Security Consultant Jobs in the North West

Security Consultant
England > North West

The median Security Consultant salary in the North West is £69,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 235 318
Rank change year-on-year -45 +83 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 9 69 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.094% 0.85% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.95% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4 51 11
10th Percentile £55,625 £53,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £58,438 £58,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £84,500 - £76,250
90th Percentile £86,300 £77,500 £93,750
England median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.14% -3.45% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,086 7,244 9,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.30% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,011 4,162 5,539
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,996
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the North West

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the North West

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the North West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the North West

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Manchester +7 5 £69,500 -0.71% 1
Cheshire - 4 - -
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 North West region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) NCSC
3 2 (22.22%) NIST
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (11.11%) ISMS
4 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (11.11%) PCI QSA
4 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 1 (11.11%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Bash
4 1 (11.11%) OSCP
4 1 (11.11%) Python
4 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) CREST Certified
4 1 (11.11%) GCFE
4 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (11.11%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
General
1 1 (11.11%) Games
1 1 (11.11%) Public Speaking
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Blue Team
4 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) ISMS
4 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (11.11%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) Offensive Security
4 1 (11.11%) Purple Team
4 1 (11.11%) Red Team
4 1 (11.11%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Bash
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) CREST Certified
2 1 (11.11%) GCFA
2 1 (11.11%) GCFE
2 1 (11.11%) GCIH
2 1 (11.11%) OSCP
2 1 (11.11%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) NCSC
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) GRC
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS