IT Security Consultant Contracts in the City of London

IT Security Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median IT Security Consultant daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 141 194
Rank change year-on-year +16 +53 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Consultant 2 9 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.094% 0.32% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.34% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - £489 -
25th Percentile £513 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £538 - £515
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £525 £540 £510
% change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,978 2,612 4,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 94.06% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,841 2,835
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 55
10th Percentile £15.95 £17.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £28.06 £17.97 £18.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £38.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.63% -9.52% +29.63%
75th Percentile £112.00 £50.63 £58.13
90th Percentile £137.50 £71.75 £78.75
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £38.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -7.89% -6.17% +20.90%

IT Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured IT Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Consultant in the City of London

IT Security Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Security Consultant in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for IT Security Consultant in the City of London

IT Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, IT Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring IT Security Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Nessus
2 1 (50.00%) Tripwire
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Database Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Security Auditing
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Data Encryption
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation

IT Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) API Management
1 1 (50.00%) Application Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (50.00%) Database Security
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Security Auditing
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) Tripwire