Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £69,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 434 756
Rank change year-on-year -120 +322 -180
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 379 706 547
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% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 262 539 357
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £48,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% -3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,125 £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 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
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 29 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 29 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 -91 339 £69,000 -1.43% 77
UK excluding London -124 247 £68,500 -2.14% 58
South West +54 126 £68,500 -2.14% 12
Work from Home -171 121 £70,000 - 39
London -13 100 £77,500 +10.71% 22
South East -41 39 £69,000 -1.43% 15
North of England -85 39 £55,000 -21.43% 14
Yorkshire +35 31 £55,000 -21.43% 8
Scotland -101 18 £65,000 -7.14% 6
East of England -2 13 - - 1
Midlands -21 11 £60,000 -14.29% 8
West Midlands -6 9 £60,000 -14.29% 8
North West -75 8 £60,000 -14.29% 5
Wales -10 1 - -
East Midlands -26 1 £60,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 270 (71.24%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (45.12%) Security Cleared
3 133 (35.09%) NIST
4 124 (32.72%) Risk Management
5 110 (29.02%) Information Security
6 97 (25.59%) CISSP
7 86 (22.69%) SC Cleared
8 79 (20.84%) Network Security
9 78 (20.58%) Information Assurance
10 77 (20.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 74 (19.53%) CISM
11 74 (19.53%) Security Operations
12 72 (19.00%) Social Skills
13 64 (16.89%) Security Architecture
14 62 (16.36%) SIEM
15 59 (15.57%) DV Cleared
16 56 (14.78%) Incident Management
16 56 (14.78%) CRISC
16 56 (14.78%) Agile
16 56 (14.78%) Mentoring
17 52 (13.72%) CESG Certified Professional
18 50 (13.19%) Operational Technology
19 47 (12.40%) Management Information System
20 46 (12.14%) Vulnerability Management
21 45 (11.87%) Military
22 44 (11.61%) Incident Response
23 43 (11.35%) JSP 440
24 38 (10.03%) Public Sector
24 38 (10.03%) NIST 800
25 36 (9.50%) 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 (3.17%) IIS
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.26%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.58%) SAP GRC
2 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 21 (5.54%) Azure
2 19 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (3.69%) AWS
4 10 (2.64%) GCP
5 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (2.11%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.06%) IaaS
8 3 (0.79%) PaaS
8 3 (0.79%) SaaS
9 2 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.26%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 79 (20.84%) Network Security
2 25 (6.60%) Firewall
3 13 (3.43%) Cisco Firepower
3 13 (3.43%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.17%) SD-WAN
5 11 (2.90%) WAN
5 11 (2.90%) Wireless
6 7 (1.85%) Internet
6 7 (1.85%) NGFW
6 7 (1.85%) VPN
7 6 (1.58%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (1.58%) DNS
8 4 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.79%) LAN
9 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.53%) 5G
10 2 (0.53%) BGP
10 2 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.53%) VoIP
11 1 (0.26%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.53%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.26%) Big Data
2 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.26%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.79%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 72 (19.00%) Social Skills
2 45 (11.87%) Military
3 38 (10.03%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.50%) Finance
5 25 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.01%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.43%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.90%) Aviation
9 10 (2.64%) Marketing
10 8 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.58%) Law
11 6 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.79%) Legal
14 3 (0.79%) Retail
15 2 (0.53%) Electronics
15 2 (0.53%) Games
15 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.53%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.12%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.53%) Middleware
3 1 (0.26%) JWT
3 1 (0.26%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.19%) Operational Technology
2 47 (12.40%) Management Information System
3 34 (8.97%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (8.71%) Cyber Defence
5 28 (7.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 16 (4.22%) CESG
7 15 (3.96%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.17%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.90%) Cyberattack
9 11 (2.90%) PKI
10 10 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.85%) IoT
12 7 (1.85%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (0.79%) SCADA
15 2 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
16 1 (0.26%) Distributed Systems
16 1 (0.26%) Insider Threat
16 1 (0.26%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.79%) Kali Linux
1 3 (0.79%) Linux
1 3 (0.79%) Windows
2 2 (0.53%) Android
2 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (71.24%) Cybersecurity
2 124 (32.72%) Risk Management
3 110 (29.02%) Information Security
4 78 (20.58%) Information Assurance
5 74 (19.53%) Security Operations
6 64 (16.89%) Security Architecture
7 62 (16.36%) SIEM
8 56 (14.78%) Agile
8 56 (14.78%) Incident Management
8 56 (14.78%) Mentoring
9 46 (12.14%) Vulnerability Management
10 44 (11.61%) Incident Response
11 36 (9.50%) Security Testing
12 34 (8.97%) Analytics
13 29 (7.65%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (7.39%) Data Analytics
15 26 (6.86%) Cloud Security
16 25 (6.60%) Coaching
16 25 (6.60%) Penetration Testing
17 23 (6.07%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.79%) Python
2 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.26%) Bash
3 1 (0.26%) C#
3 1 (0.26%) Dart
3 1 (0.26%) Go
3 1 (0.26%) Java
3 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.26%) Lua
3 1 (0.26%) Objective-C
3 1 (0.26%) PHP
3 1 (0.26%) Ruby
3 1 (0.26%) Rust
3 1 (0.26%) SQL
3 1 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 171 (45.12%) Security Cleared
2 97 (25.59%) CISSP
3 86 (22.69%) SC Cleared
4 74 (19.53%) CISM
5 59 (15.57%) DV Cleared
6 56 (14.78%) CRISC
7 52 (13.72%) CESG Certified Professional
8 28 (7.39%) CISMP
9 26 (6.86%) Degree
10 25 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (4.75%) CCNP
12 17 (4.49%) CREST Certified
13 16 (4.22%) CEH
14 12 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (3.17%) CASP
14 12 (3.17%) IISP
14 12 (3.17%) OSCP
15 10 (2.64%) CCIE
15 10 (2.64%) CCSP
16 9 (2.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (35.09%) NIST
2 77 (20.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (11.35%) JSP 440
4 38 (10.03%) NIST 800
5 33 (8.71%) NCSC
6 32 (8.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 27 (7.12%) GDPR
8 24 (6.33%) GRC
9 23 (6.07%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (5.80%) RMADS
11 14 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (2.90%) PCI DSS
13 10 (2.64%) COBIT
14 7 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (1.06%) ISO 9001
17 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.53%) ITGC
17 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
18 1 (0.26%) Def Stans
System Software
1 27 (7.12%) vSphere
2 1 (0.26%) Firmware
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (1.85%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.79%) Nessus
2 3 (0.79%) Nmap
3 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (8.18%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.12%) SolarWinds
2 27 (7.12%) Tanium
2 27 (7.12%) Tripwire
3 22 (5.80%) Fortinet
4 21 (5.54%) Cisco
5 16 (4.22%) Palo Alto
6 11 (2.90%) CheckPoint
7 10 (2.64%) SAP
8 9 (2.37%) Aruba
9 7 (1.85%) Meraki
9 7 (1.85%) Zscaler
10 6 (1.58%) Blue Coat
10 6 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (1.58%) F5
10 6 (1.58%) Netskope
11 5 (1.32%) Symantec
12 3 (0.79%) Juniper
12 3 (0.79%) Qualys
13 2 (0.53%) Concur