Security Consultant Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Consultant salary in the Thames Valley is £69,000 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 233 228 263
Rank change year-on-year -5 +35 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 15 30 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.22% 0.49% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.54% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 11
10th Percentile - £57,500 -
25th Percentile £67,000 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - +5.66%
75th Percentile £71,000 - £83,750
90th Percentile £73,000 £92,500 -
South East median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,373 5,528 6,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.94% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,571 3,223 4,190
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,725
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the Thames Valley

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the Thames Valley

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +5 14 £69,000 -1.43% 5
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 1
Security Consultant
South East

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

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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) NIST
2 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) Information Assurance
3 8 (53.33%) JSP 440
3 8 (53.33%) RMADS
4 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (40.00%) Information Security
6 5 (33.33%) Data Centre
7 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (26.67%) GDPR
7 4 (26.67%) Conflict Resolution
7 4 (26.67%) Application Security
7 4 (26.67%) COBIT
7 4 (26.67%) Network Security
7 4 (26.67%) OWASP
7 4 (26.67%) ITIL
7 4 (26.67%) Information Security Management
7 4 (26.67%) Security Management
7 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
7 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
9 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
9 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
9 2 (13.33%) Budgeting
9 2 (13.33%) ISACA
9 2 (13.33%) Capacity Management

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) BGP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (6.67%) Military
1 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (6.67%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Information Assurance
2 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (40.00%) Information Security
4 4 (26.67%) Application Security
4 4 (26.67%) Conflict Resolution
4 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (26.67%) Information Security Management
4 4 (26.67%) ITIL
4 4 (26.67%) OWASP
4 4 (26.67%) Security Management
4 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
6 2 (13.33%) Budgeting
6 2 (13.33%) Capacity Management
6 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
7 1 (6.67%) Business Enablement
7 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) CISM
2 2 (13.33%) CISSP
2 2 (13.33%) ISACA
3 1 (6.67%) CCSK
3 1 (6.67%) CISA
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (86.67%) NIST
2 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (53.33%) JSP 440
3 8 (53.33%) RMADS
4 4 (26.67%) COBIT
4 4 (26.67%) GDPR
5 1 (6.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework