IT Security Consultant Jobs in England

IT Security Consultant
UK > England

The median IT Security Consultant salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 928 1098
Rank change year-on-year +98 +170 -259
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Consultant 7 19 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.020% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.022% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 5 19 20
10th Percentile £49,500 £54,100 £53,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +17.07%
75th Percentile £60,000 £76,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £61,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +17.07%

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 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £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 £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

IT Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Consultant in England

IT Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Security Consultant in England

IT 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 IT Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
Yorkshire - 4 £55,000 - 2
North of England - 4 £55,000 - 2
South East +19 2 £60,000 -17.24% 2
West Midlands +17 1 £55,000 -
Midlands +6 1 £55,000 -
IT Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, IT 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 IT Security Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Information Security
1 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
1 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
3 2 (28.57%) GDPR
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) IT Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) SABSA
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
4 1 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (14.29%) OSCP

IT 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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Legal
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
2 1 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
1 4 (57.14%) Information Security
1 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (28.57%) IT Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
3 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Security Auditing
4 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISM
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CEH
2 1 (14.29%) GIAC
2 1 (14.29%) OSCP
2 1 (14.29%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (14.29%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft