Security Consultant Jobs in the South West

Security Consultant
England > South West

The median Security Consultant salary in the South West is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 214 299
Rank change year-on-year +45 +85 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 125 49 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.34% 0.73% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.82% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 82 39 8
10th Percentile £52,500 £56,000 £52,250
25th Percentile £66,750 £65,000 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £97,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £77,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,984 5,976 7,844
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.23% 89.03% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6,599 3,705 5,107
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,350 £77,700
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the South West

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the South West

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the South West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the South West

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Bristol +66 104 £68,500 -2.14% 1
Wiltshire -5 12 £91,500 +30.71% 1
Gloucestershire -12 7 £60,000 -17.24%
Somerset +1 1 £80,000 -
Dorset - 1 £80,000 -
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 South West region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 124 (99.20%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (68.80%) Security Cleared
3 74 (59.20%) Risk Management
4 58 (46.40%) Information Assurance
5 54 (43.20%) NIST
6 50 (40.00%) Social Skills
7 43 (34.40%) SC Cleared
8 41 (32.80%) Security Operations
9 40 (32.00%) Information Security
10 39 (31.20%) Mentoring
11 38 (30.40%) CISSP
12 37 (29.60%) CESG Certified Professional
13 36 (28.80%) CISM
14 35 (28.00%) JSP 440
15 33 (26.40%) CRISC
16 31 (24.80%) DV Cleared
17 30 (24.00%) Network Security
17 30 (24.00%) Incident Management
17 30 (24.00%) NIST 800
18 28 (22.40%) Incident Response
18 28 (22.40%) Military
18 28 (22.40%) SIEM
19 23 (18.40%) Coaching
20 21 (16.80%) Security Architecture
21 20 (16.00%) Business Development
21 20 (16.00%) Protective Monitoring
22 19 (15.20%) Agile
23 18 (14.40%) Programme Management
23 18 (14.40%) Resource Management
23 18 (14.40%) Analytical Skills

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (9.60%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.80%) AWS
1 1 (0.80%) Azure
1 1 (0.80%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (24.00%) Network Security
2 1 (0.80%) Wireless
General
1 50 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (22.40%) Military
3 18 (14.40%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.20%) Finance
5 11 (8.80%) Aerospace
6 10 (8.00%) Aviation
7 8 (6.40%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.60%) Retail
9 1 (0.80%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.40%) Cyber Defence
1 18 (14.40%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (11.20%) CESG
2 14 (11.20%) Management Information System
3 10 (8.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (3.20%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.80%) Insider Threat
6 1 (0.80%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.80%) Android
1 1 (0.80%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (99.20%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (59.20%) Risk Management
3 58 (46.40%) Information Assurance
4 41 (32.80%) Security Operations
5 40 (32.00%) Information Security
6 39 (31.20%) Mentoring
7 30 (24.00%) Incident Management
8 28 (22.40%) Incident Response
8 28 (22.40%) SIEM
9 23 (18.40%) Coaching
10 21 (16.80%) Security Architecture
11 20 (16.00%) Business Development
11 20 (16.00%) Protective Monitoring
12 19 (15.20%) Agile
13 18 (14.40%) Programme Management
13 18 (14.40%) Resource Management
13 18 (14.40%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 16 (12.80%) Innovative Thinking
15 13 (10.40%) Matrix Organization
16 12 (9.60%) Creative Thinking
Qualifications
1 86 (68.80%) Security Cleared
2 43 (34.40%) SC Cleared
3 38 (30.40%) CISSP
4 37 (29.60%) CESG Certified Professional
5 36 (28.80%) CISM
6 33 (26.40%) CRISC
7 31 (24.80%) DV Cleared
8 16 (12.80%) CISMP
9 12 (9.60%) IISP
10 9 (7.20%) Degree
11 8 (6.40%) CHECK Team Member
11 8 (6.40%) OSCP
12 1 (0.80%) CISA
12 1 (0.80%) CLAS
12 1 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (43.20%) NIST
2 35 (28.00%) JSP 440
3 30 (24.00%) NIST 800
4 14 (11.20%) RMADS
5 13 (10.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 10 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (4.80%) GRC
8 3 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (2.40%) NCSC
9 1 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 10 (8.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 10 (8.00%) SolarWinds
1 10 (8.00%) Tanium
1 10 (8.00%) Tripwire