Cybersecurity Consultant Jobs

Cybersecurity Consultant
UK

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 739 806 1133
Rank change year-on-year +67 +327 -277
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 166 140 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.16% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 96 115 113
10th Percentile £50,000 £53,900 £51,250
25th Percentile £54,813 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £92,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +96 155 £75,000 +11.11% 31
UK excluding London +31 123 £70,000 - 20
South West +19 72 £80,000 +23.08% 6
Work from Home +30 61 £63,000 -10.00% 17
London +89 40 £90,000 +38.46% 12
South East 0 23 £65,000 -18.75% 4
North of England +39 10 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Scotland -61 9 £67,050 -4.21% 2
Yorkshire - 8 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands -5 6 £55,000 -35.29% 4
Midlands -6 6 £55,000 -35.29% 4
East of England -10 2 - -
North West -14 2 £69,500 -0.71% 3
Wales +5 1 - -

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Cybersecurity Consultant 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 permanent job ads featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 166 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (50.60%) Security Cleared
3 77 (46.39%) NIST
4 63 (37.95%) Risk Management
5 48 (28.92%) Incident Management
6 47 (28.31%) Information Security
7 44 (26.51%) Social Skills
8 42 (25.30%) SIEM
9 40 (24.10%) Security Operations
10 38 (22.89%) DV Cleared
11 35 (21.08%) Network Security
11 35 (21.08%) JSP 440
11 35 (21.08%) Vulnerability Management
12 33 (19.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 33 (19.88%) Incident Response
13 32 (19.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 32 (19.28%) Information Assurance
14 31 (18.67%) Management Information System
15 28 (16.87%) Tripwire
15 28 (16.87%) CISMP
15 28 (16.87%) SolarWinds
15 28 (16.87%) vSphere
15 28 (16.87%) Security Architecture
15 28 (16.87%) Data Analytics
15 28 (16.87%) Analytics
15 28 (16.87%) Elastic Stack
15 28 (16.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 28 (16.87%) Tanium
16 27 (16.27%) Public Sector
16 27 (16.27%) Agile

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (7.23%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.83%) Azure
2 8 (4.82%) AWS
3 7 (4.22%) GCP
4 3 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.60%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (21.08%) Network Security
2 10 (6.02%) Firewall
3 2 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.60%) BGP
4 1 (0.60%) DNS
4 1 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 44 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.27%) Military
2 27 (16.27%) Public Sector
3 19 (11.45%) Finance
4 12 (7.23%) Aerospace
5 10 (6.02%) Aviation
6 5 (3.01%) Marketing
7 3 (1.81%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.81%) Retail
7 3 (1.81%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.20%) Electronics
8 2 (1.20%) Law
8 2 (1.20%) Legal
8 2 (1.20%) Police
9 1 (0.60%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.60%) Games
9 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (16.87%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.67%) Management Information System
2 28 (16.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 17 (10.24%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (9.64%) CESG
4 16 (9.64%) Operational Technology
5 15 (9.04%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (5.42%) Cyberattack
6 9 (5.42%) PKI
7 7 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.61%) Data Centre
9 5 (3.01%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.20%) SCADA
11 1 (0.60%) Blog
11 1 (0.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.60%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.60%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.20%) Linux
1 2 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (37.95%) Risk Management
3 48 (28.92%) Incident Management
4 47 (28.31%) Information Security
5 42 (25.30%) SIEM
6 40 (24.10%) Security Operations
7 35 (21.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 33 (19.88%) Incident Response
9 32 (19.28%) Information Assurance
10 28 (16.87%) Analytics
10 28 (16.87%) Data Analytics
10 28 (16.87%) Security Architecture
11 27 (16.27%) Agile
12 25 (15.06%) Business Development
13 22 (13.25%) Mentoring
14 21 (12.65%) Innovative Thinking
15 20 (12.05%) Protective Monitoring
15 20 (12.05%) SABSA
16 19 (11.45%) TOGAF
17 17 (10.24%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 84 (50.60%) Security Cleared
2 38 (22.89%) DV Cleared
3 28 (16.87%) CISMP
4 26 (15.66%) CISSP
5 20 (12.05%) Degree
6 18 (10.84%) CESG Certified Professional
7 17 (10.24%) SC Cleared
8 12 (7.23%) CISM
8 12 (7.23%) IISP
9 11 (6.63%) CREST Certified
10 9 (5.42%) Master's Degree
11 8 (4.82%) CHECK Team Member
11 8 (4.82%) OSCP
12 4 (2.41%) CRISC
13 3 (1.81%) PCI QSA
14 2 (1.20%) CISA
14 2 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (1.20%) ISACA
15 1 (0.60%) GCFE
15 1 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (46.39%) NIST
2 35 (21.08%) JSP 440
3 33 (19.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (19.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 17 (10.24%) NCSC
6 16 (9.64%) NIST 800
7 14 (8.43%) RMADS
8 11 (6.63%) GRC
9 10 (6.02%) GDPR
10 8 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (2.41%) COBIT
12 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (1.81%) PCI DSS
13 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 28 (16.87%) vSphere
2 1 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (16.87%) SolarWinds
1 28 (16.87%) Tanium
1 28 (16.87%) Tripwire
2 4 (2.41%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.20%) Palo Alto
3 2 (1.20%) SAP
3 2 (1.20%) Splunk
4 1 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.60%) Google
4 1 (0.60%) Netskope
4 1 (0.60%) QinetiQ
4 1 (0.60%) Thales
4 1 (0.60%) Zscaler