Information Security Consultant Jobs in England

Information Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Information Security Consultant salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 802 881 1064
Rank change year-on-year +79 +183 -273
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 30 75 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.035% 0.080% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.087% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 28 64 62
10th Percentile £43,500 £53,750 £47,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £64,188 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £73,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +12.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70,938 £87,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,500 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £73,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -24.66% +15.87% +0.80%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,061 86,064 125,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,068 54,328 75,797
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Consultant in England

Information Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Information Security Consultant in England

Information Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Consultant in England

Information Security Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
North of England +63 18 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Yorkshire +104 16 £52,500 - 3
London +123 7 £85,000 +3.03% 4
Midlands -2 3 £67,500 -7.53% 2
West Midlands +24 2 £67,500 -7.53% 2
North West +9 2 £57,500 -
South East +12 1 £47,500 -9.52% 2
South West -15 1 £80,000 -
Information Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Information 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 across the England region featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 29 (96.67%) Information Security
2 19 (63.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
4 15 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (46.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (43.33%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 12 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 11 (36.67%) Risk Register
8 11 (36.67%) Incident Response
8 11 (36.67%) GDPR
8 11 (36.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 11 (36.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 11 (36.67%) Data Protection
9 10 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (33.33%) Business Continuity
9 10 (33.33%) Security Testing
9 10 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (33.33%) Security Auditing
9 10 (33.33%) Security Operations
9 10 (33.33%) NIST
10 7 (23.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (23.33%) Incident Management
11 6 (20.00%) COBIT
11 6 (20.00%) Azure
11 6 (20.00%) CISSP
12 5 (16.67%) CISM
12 5 (16.67%) AWS
12 5 (16.67%) Social Skills

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 15 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.00%) Azure
3 5 (16.67%) AWS
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.67%) IaaS
4 2 (6.67%) PaaS
4 2 (6.67%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) SAN
1 1 (3.33%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Law
3 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Advertising
4 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.33%) Banking
4 1 (3.33%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.33%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.33%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (96.67%) Information Security
2 13 (43.33%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 12 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 11 (36.67%) Data Protection
4 11 (36.67%) Incident Response
4 11 (36.67%) Risk Register
4 11 (36.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 10 (33.33%) Business Continuity
5 10 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (33.33%) Security Auditing
5 10 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 10 (33.33%) Security Testing
5 10 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (23.33%) Incident Management
7 4 (13.33%) Cloud Security
7 4 (13.33%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
9 2 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) Bash
2 1 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) CISSP
2 5 (16.67%) CISM
3 4 (13.33%) CRISC
4 3 (10.00%) CISA
4 3 (10.00%) ISACA
5 2 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (6.67%) A+ Certification
5 2 (6.67%) CCSP
5 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (6.67%) SSCP
6 1 (3.33%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (3.33%) Degree
6 1 (3.33%) GCFA
6 1 (3.33%) GCFE
6 1 (3.33%) GCIH
6 1 (3.33%) OSCP
6 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (63.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (46.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (36.67%) GDPR
3 11 (36.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 10 (33.33%) NIST
5 7 (23.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (20.00%) COBIT
7 4 (13.33%) GRC
8 2 (6.67%) ISO 22301
8 2 (6.67%) ISO 9001
8 2 (6.67%) NIST 800
8 2 (6.67%) PCI DSS
9 1 (3.33%) Def Stans
9 1 (3.33%) ISO 31000
9 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (3.33%) JSP 440
9 1 (3.33%) NCSC
9 1 (3.33%) RMADS
9 1 (3.33%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Google