Security Consultant Jobs in the Midlands

Security Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Security Consultant salary in the Midlands is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 299 347
Rank change year-on-year -6 +48 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 11 24 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.094% 0.25% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.28% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7 19 8
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,500 £42,375
25th Percentile £51,250 £65,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £73,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +42.44% -26.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £55,625
90th Percentile £81,500 £79,500 £64,250
England median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,020 8,571 10,293
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 89.47% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,242 4,769 7,094
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +14 9 £57,500 -21.23% 4
East Midlands -15 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Midlands region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) NIST
3 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 5 (45.45%) Information Security
3 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
4 4 (36.36%) Azure
4 4 (36.36%) AWS
4 4 (36.36%) GRC
5 3 (27.27%) NCSC
5 3 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
6 2 (18.18%) CISSP
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) CISM
6 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Google
6 2 (18.18%) GCP
6 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
6 2 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) Innovative Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Due Diligence
6 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
6 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
6 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
7 1 (9.09%) Public Speaking

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (18.18%) GCP
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (9.09%) IaaS
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (9.09%) PaaS
4 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) SAN
1 1 (9.09%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Advertising
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Public Speaking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Information Security
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Due Diligence
4 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (9.09%) DevSecOps
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
5 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
5 1 (9.09%) Secrets Management
5 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CISM
1 2 (18.18%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) CRISC
2 1 (9.09%) PCI QSA
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) NIST
2 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (36.36%) GRC
4 3 (27.27%) NCSC
5 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
6 1 (9.09%) COBIT
6 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (9.09%) GDPR
6 1 (9.09%) ISO 31000
6 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
6 1 (9.09%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Google