Principal Security Consultant Jobs in England

Principal Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Principal Security Consultant salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 838 931 1145
Rank change year-on-year +93 +214 -285
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Security Consultant 6 16 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.007% 0.017% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.019% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 2
10th Percentile £65,100 £65,000 -
25th Percentile £67,875 £66,875 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £81,125 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £81,950 £90,500 -
UK median annual salary £73,250 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -8.44% -5.88% +9.68%

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 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Principal Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Security Consultant in England

Principal Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Principal Security Consultant in England

Principal 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 Principal Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
London +128 2 - - 2
South East +27 1 £75,000 -11.76%
East of England +13 1 - - 1
South West -28 1 £80,000 -11.11% 2
Principal Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Principal 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 Principal Security Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) NIST
3 3 (50.00%) NCSC
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
4 2 (33.33%) Splunk
4 2 (33.33%) SIEM
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (33.33%) CISSP
4 2 (33.33%) Presales
4 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (16.67%) SANS
5 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (16.67%) GCFE
5 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
5 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
5 1 (16.67%) GREM
5 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) GRC
5 1 (16.67%) CCSK
5 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
5 1 (16.67%) CASP
5 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) CISA
5 1 (16.67%) GCIH
5 1 (16.67%) GCFA
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis

Principal 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 2 (33.33%) Presales
2 2 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) CASP
3 1 (16.67%) CCSK
3 1 (16.67%) CISA
3 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (16.67%) CRISC
3 1 (16.67%) GCFA
3 1 (16.67%) GCFE
3 1 (16.67%) GCIH
3 1 (16.67%) GREM
3 1 (16.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 3 (50.00%) NCSC
3 2 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (16.67%) GRC
4 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk