Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 428 742
Rank change year-on-year -128 +314 -168
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 377 706 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.73% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.79% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 262 538 368
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £49,625
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £55,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% +4.00%

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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
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 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 -82 338 £69,000 -1.43% 80
UK excluding London -124 245 £68,500 -2.14% 60
South West +48 127 £68,500 -2.14% 13
Work from Home -164 120 £70,500 +0.71% 43
London +33 100 £77,500 +10.71% 23
South East -35 38 £69,000 -1.43% 17
North of England -65 37 £55,000 -21.43% 15
Yorkshire +34 29 £55,000 -21.43% 9
Scotland -97 17 £65,000 -7.14% 6
East of England -4 14 - - 1
Midlands -11 11 £60,000 -14.29% 6
West Midlands +4 9 £60,000 -14.29% 6
North West -66 8 £60,000 -14.29% 5
Wales -13 1 - -
East Midlands -16 1 £60,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Security 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 Security Consultant in the job title.

1 269 (71.35%) Cybersecurity
2 170 (45.09%) Security Cleared
3 135 (35.81%) NIST
4 123 (32.63%) Risk Management
5 111 (29.44%) Information Security
6 98 (25.99%) CISSP
7 87 (23.08%) SC Cleared
8 79 (20.95%) Information Assurance
9 77 (20.42%) Network Security
9 77 (20.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 74 (19.63%) CISM
11 73 (19.36%) Security Operations
12 70 (18.57%) Social Skills
13 64 (16.98%) Security Architecture
14 62 (16.45%) SIEM
15 59 (15.65%) DV Cleared
16 56 (14.85%) Incident Management
16 56 (14.85%) CRISC
16 56 (14.85%) Agile
17 55 (14.59%) Mentoring
18 52 (13.79%) CESG Certified Professional
19 50 (13.26%) Operational Technology
20 46 (12.20%) Management Information System
21 45 (11.94%) Military
21 45 (11.94%) Vulnerability Management
22 43 (11.41%) JSP 440
22 43 (11.41%) Incident Response
23 38 (10.08%) Public Sector
23 38 (10.08%) NIST 800
24 36 (9.55%) Security Testing

Security 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 (3.18%) IIS
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.27%) SAS
2 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.86%) SAP GRC
2 5 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 21 (5.57%) Azure
2 19 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (3.71%) AWS
4 10 (2.65%) GCP
5 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (2.12%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.06%) IaaS
8 3 (0.80%) PaaS
8 3 (0.80%) SaaS
8 3 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.27%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 77 (20.42%) Network Security
2 24 (6.37%) Firewall
3 13 (3.45%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.92%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (2.65%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.65%) WAN
5 10 (2.65%) Wireless
6 8 (2.12%) Internet
6 8 (2.12%) VPN
7 6 (1.59%) DNS
7 6 (1.59%) NGFW
8 5 (1.33%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.80%) LAN
10 3 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.53%) 5G
11 2 (0.53%) BGP
11 2 (0.53%) VoIP
12 1 (0.27%) EIGRP
12 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.53%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.27%) Big Data
2 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.27%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.80%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 70 (18.57%) Social Skills
2 45 (11.94%) Military
3 38 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.28%) Finance
5 25 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.77%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.45%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.92%) Aviation
9 9 (2.39%) Marketing
10 7 (1.86%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.59%) Law
11 6 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.80%) Retail
15 2 (0.53%) Automotive
15 2 (0.53%) Games
15 2 (0.53%) Legal
15 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.53%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.16%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.53%) Middleware
3 1 (0.27%) JWT
3 1 (0.27%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.27%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.26%) Operational Technology
2 46 (12.20%) Management Information System
3 34 (9.02%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (8.75%) Cyber Defence
5 28 (7.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 16 (4.24%) CESG
7 15 (3.98%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.92%) Cyberattack
8 11 (2.92%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.92%) PKI
9 10 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.86%) IoT
11 7 (1.86%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.80%) SCADA
14 2 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
15 1 (0.27%) Cybercrime
15 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Cloud
15 1 (0.27%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.80%) Kali Linux
2 2 (0.53%) Android
2 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.53%) Linux
2 2 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (71.35%) Cybersecurity
2 123 (32.63%) Risk Management
3 111 (29.44%) Information Security
4 79 (20.95%) Information Assurance
5 73 (19.36%) Security Operations
6 64 (16.98%) Security Architecture
7 62 (16.45%) SIEM
8 56 (14.85%) Agile
8 56 (14.85%) Incident Management
9 55 (14.59%) Mentoring
10 45 (11.94%) Vulnerability Management
11 43 (11.41%) Incident Response
12 36 (9.55%) Security Testing
13 33 (8.75%) Analytics
14 29 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
15 28 (7.43%) Data Analytics
16 25 (6.63%) Cloud Security
16 25 (6.63%) Coaching
17 23 (6.10%) Business Development
17 23 (6.10%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.80%) Python
2 2 (0.53%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.53%) SQL
3 1 (0.27%) Bash
3 1 (0.27%) C#
3 1 (0.27%) Dart
3 1 (0.27%) Go
3 1 (0.27%) Java
3 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.27%) Lua
3 1 (0.27%) Objective-C
3 1 (0.27%) PHP
3 1 (0.27%) Ruby
3 1 (0.27%) Rust
3 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 170 (45.09%) Security Cleared
2 98 (25.99%) CISSP
3 87 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 74 (19.63%) CISM
5 59 (15.65%) DV Cleared
6 56 (14.85%) CRISC
7 52 (13.79%) CESG Certified Professional
8 28 (7.43%) CISMP
9 27 (7.16%) Degree
10 24 (6.37%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (4.51%) CCNP
11 17 (4.51%) CREST Certified
12 16 (4.24%) CEH
13 13 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (3.18%) CASP
14 12 (3.18%) IISP
14 12 (3.18%) OSCP
15 11 (2.92%) CCSP
16 9 (2.39%) CCIE
16 9 (2.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (35.81%) NIST
2 77 (20.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (11.41%) JSP 440
4 38 (10.08%) NIST 800
5 33 (8.75%) NCSC
6 32 (8.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 27 (7.16%) GRC
8 26 (6.90%) GDPR
9 23 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (5.84%) RMADS
11 13 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (2.92%) PCI DSS
13 10 (2.65%) COBIT
14 7 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (1.06%) ISO 9001
15 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.53%) ITGC
16 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
17 1 (0.27%) ISA99
System Software
1 27 (7.16%) vSphere
2 1 (0.27%) Firmware
2 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.59%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.80%) Nessus
2 3 (0.80%) Nmap
3 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (8.22%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.16%) SolarWinds
2 27 (7.16%) Tanium
2 27 (7.16%) Tripwire
3 21 (5.57%) Fortinet
4 20 (5.31%) Cisco
5 15 (3.98%) Palo Alto
6 10 (2.65%) CheckPoint
6 10 (2.65%) SAP
7 8 (2.12%) Zscaler
8 7 (1.86%) Aruba
8 7 (1.86%) Blue Coat
8 7 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (1.86%) Netskope
9 6 (1.59%) Meraki
9 6 (1.59%) Symantec
10 4 (1.06%) F5
11 3 (0.80%) Qualys
12 2 (0.53%) Google
12 2 (0.53%) Splunk