Security Consultant Jobs in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant salary in England is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 439 784
Rank change year-on-year -77 +345 -180
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 343 596 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.67% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.73% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 237 453 291
10th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £89,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +7.41%

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 81,017 81,732 129,546
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,430 51,948 75,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £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 £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in England

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 Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
South West +49 127 £68,500 -2.14% 2
London +7 101 £77,500 +10.71% 23
South East -31 40 £69,000 -1.43% 15
North of England -78 37 £55,000 -21.43% 8
Yorkshire +44 28 £55,000 -21.43% 4
East of England +7 16 £90,000 +28.57% 2
Midlands -3 11 £60,000 -14.29% 4
West Midlands -2 9 £57,500 -19.58% 4
North West -67 9 £69,500 -0.71% 4
East Midlands -18 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 across the England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 260 (75.80%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (50.73%) Security Cleared
3 126 (36.73%) NIST
4 119 (34.69%) Risk Management
5 113 (32.94%) Information Security
6 93 (27.11%) SC Cleared
7 90 (26.24%) CISSP
8 81 (23.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 80 (23.32%) Information Assurance
10 75 (21.87%) CISM
11 71 (20.70%) Social Skills
12 70 (20.41%) Security Operations
13 64 (18.66%) Security Architecture
13 64 (18.66%) Network Security
14 61 (17.78%) SIEM
15 58 (16.91%) Mentoring
16 57 (16.62%) CRISC
16 57 (16.62%) DV Cleared
17 54 (15.74%) Agile
17 54 (15.74%) Incident Management
18 50 (14.58%) CESG Certified Professional
19 49 (14.29%) Operational Technology
20 45 (13.12%) JSP 440
21 44 (12.83%) Military
21 44 (12.83%) Management Information System
21 44 (12.83%) Incident Response
22 43 (12.54%) Vulnerability Management
23 41 (11.95%) Public Sector
24 38 (11.08%) NIST 800
25 37 (10.79%) Finance

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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.50%) IIS
2 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.75%) SAP GRC
2 4 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.58%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.66%) Azure
1 16 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (3.50%) AWS
3 8 (2.33%) GCP
4 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.17%) IaaS
5 4 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (0.87%) PaaS
6 3 (0.87%) SaaS
7 2 (0.58%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.29%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 64 (18.66%) Network Security
2 16 (4.66%) Firewall
3 15 (4.37%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.04%) SD-WAN
4 7 (2.04%) WAN
5 6 (1.75%) DNS
5 6 (1.75%) Wireless
6 5 (1.46%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.17%) NGFW
8 3 (0.87%) LAN
8 3 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.58%) 5G
9 2 (0.58%) Internet
9 2 (0.58%) VoIP
10 1 (0.29%) BGP
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.29%) SAN
10 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.87%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.29%) Big Data
2 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.29%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.17%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.87%) Metasploit
General
1 71 (20.70%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.83%) Military
3 41 (11.95%) Public Sector
4 37 (10.79%) Finance
5 24 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.54%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.21%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.21%) Aviation
8 8 (2.33%) Marketing
9 6 (1.75%) Law
9 6 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.58%) Advertising
13 2 (0.58%) Games
13 2 (0.58%) Legal
13 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.58%) Police
13 2 (0.58%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.29%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.29%) Middleware
2 1 (0.29%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 44 (12.83%) Management Information System
3 33 (9.62%) Cyber Defence
3 33 (9.62%) Security Operations Centre
4 26 (7.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 15 (4.37%) CESG
6 13 (3.79%) Cyberattack
7 11 (3.21%) PKI
7 11 (3.21%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (2.62%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.75%) IoT
11 5 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.17%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.17%) SCADA
13 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.29%) e-Learning
14 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Cloud
14 1 (0.29%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.87%) Kali Linux
1 3 (0.87%) Linux
1 3 (0.87%) Windows
2 1 (0.29%) Android
2 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (75.80%) Cybersecurity
2 119 (34.69%) Risk Management
3 113 (32.94%) Information Security
4 80 (23.32%) Information Assurance
5 70 (20.41%) Security Operations
6 64 (18.66%) Security Architecture
7 61 (17.78%) SIEM
8 58 (16.91%) Mentoring
9 54 (15.74%) Agile
9 54 (15.74%) Incident Management
10 44 (12.83%) Incident Response
11 43 (12.54%) Vulnerability Management
12 31 (9.04%) Security Testing
13 29 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (7.58%) Analytics
14 26 (7.58%) Coaching
14 26 (7.58%) Data Analytics
15 24 (7.00%) Penetration Testing
16 23 (6.71%) Business Development
16 23 (6.71%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.87%) SQL
2 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.58%) Python
3 1 (0.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 174 (50.73%) Security Cleared
2 93 (27.11%) SC Cleared
3 90 (26.24%) CISSP
4 75 (21.87%) CISM
5 57 (16.62%) CRISC
5 57 (16.62%) DV Cleared
6 50 (14.58%) CESG Certified Professional
7 27 (7.87%) CISMP
8 24 (7.00%) Degree
9 18 (5.25%) CREST Certified
10 17 (4.96%) CEH
11 13 (3.79%) CASP
11 13 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (3.50%) IISP
12 12 (3.50%) OSCP
13 10 (2.92%) Master's Degree
14 9 (2.62%) PCI QSA
15 8 (2.33%) CHECK Team Member
16 7 (2.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 7 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (36.73%) NIST
2 81 (23.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (13.12%) JSP 440
4 38 (11.08%) NIST 800
5 33 (9.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 30 (8.75%) NCSC
7 28 (8.16%) GRC
8 24 (7.00%) RMADS
9 21 (6.12%) GDPR
10 20 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (3.50%) PCI DSS
13 10 (2.92%) COBIT
14 7 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (1.17%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.58%) ITGC
17 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
18 1 (0.29%) Def Stans
System Software
1 25 (7.29%) vSphere
2 1 (0.29%) Firmware
2 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.17%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.87%) Nessus
2 3 (0.87%) Nmap
3 1 (0.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 25 (7.29%) SolarWinds
1 25 (7.29%) Tanium
1 25 (7.29%) Tripwire
2 23 (6.71%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.92%) SAP
4 9 (2.62%) Cisco
4 9 (2.62%) Fortinet
5 8 (2.33%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.46%) Aruba
6 5 (1.46%) Meraki
7 3 (0.87%) Ariba
7 3 (0.87%) CheckPoint
7 3 (0.87%) F5
7 3 (0.87%) Qualys
8 2 (0.58%) Concur
8 2 (0.58%) Google
8 2 (0.58%) Splunk
9 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.29%) Netskope
9 1 (0.29%) Zscaler