Security Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £68,500 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 522 404 704
Rank change year-on-year -118 +300 -139
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 244 404 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.68% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.76% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 160 309 106
10th Percentile £49,775 £57,050 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £83,125
90th Percentile £107,500 £76,250 £90,000
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,190 53,191 68,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 89.20% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,534 30,285 42,785
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the UK excluding London 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
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% 1
Scotland -100 12 £65,000 -7.14% 9
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
Wales -3 1 - -
East Midlands -18 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Security Consultant
UK

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 203 (83.20%) Cybersecurity
2 134 (54.92%) Security Cleared
3 112 (45.90%) Risk Management
4 96 (39.34%) NIST
5 83 (34.02%) Information Security
6 78 (31.97%) SC Cleared
7 76 (31.15%) Information Assurance
8 73 (29.92%) CISSP
9 60 (24.59%) CISM
9 60 (24.59%) Social Skills
10 52 (21.31%) Mentoring
11 51 (20.90%) Security Operations
11 51 (20.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 48 (19.67%) CESG Certified Professional
13 47 (19.26%) CRISC
14 44 (18.03%) JSP 440
15 41 (16.80%) Management Information System
15 41 (16.80%) Incident Response
16 39 (15.98%) Incident Management
17 38 (15.57%) Agile
18 37 (15.16%) Network Security
19 36 (14.75%) Security Architecture
19 36 (14.75%) NIST 800
20 35 (14.34%) DV Cleared
21 33 (13.52%) Finance
21 33 (13.52%) NCSC
22 30 (12.30%) Military
22 30 (12.30%) SIEM
23 27 (11.07%) Vulnerability Management
24 24 (9.84%) Operational Technology

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.92%) IIS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.46%) SAP GRC
2 4 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.82%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (5.33%) Azure
3 10 (4.10%) AWS
4 7 (2.87%) GCP
5 4 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.82%) IaaS
7 2 (0.82%) PaaS
7 2 (0.82%) SaaS
8 1 (0.41%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.16%) Network Security
2 15 (6.15%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.23%) Firewall
4 2 (0.82%) Wireless
5 1 (0.41%) BGP
5 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.41%) DNS
5 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.41%) NGFW
5 1 (0.41%) SAN
5 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.41%) VPN
5 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.23%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
General
1 60 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.52%) Finance
3 30 (12.30%) Military
4 24 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 22 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.74%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.33%) Aerospace
8 10 (4.10%) Aviation
9 3 (1.23%) Retail
10 2 (0.82%) Automotive
10 2 (0.82%) Games
10 2 (0.82%) Law
10 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.82%) Marketing
11 1 (0.41%) Advertising
11 1 (0.41%) Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Electronics
11 1 (0.41%) Legal
11 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.10%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.41%) Middleware
2 1 (0.41%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.80%) Management Information System
2 24 (9.84%) Operational Technology
3 18 (7.38%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (7.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (6.15%) CESG
5 11 (4.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (4.10%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (3.28%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.46%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.82%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.41%) Blog
11 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.41%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.41%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.41%) SCADA
11 1 (0.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.41%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.23%) Linux
1 3 (1.23%) Windows
2 1 (0.41%) Android
2 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (83.20%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (45.90%) Risk Management
3 83 (34.02%) Information Security
4 76 (31.15%) Information Assurance
5 52 (21.31%) Mentoring
6 51 (20.90%) Security Operations
7 41 (16.80%) Incident Response
8 39 (15.98%) Incident Management
9 38 (15.57%) Agile
10 36 (14.75%) Security Architecture
11 30 (12.30%) SIEM
12 27 (11.07%) Vulnerability Management
13 23 (9.43%) Coaching
14 21 (8.61%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (8.61%) Security Testing
15 20 (8.20%) Business Development
15 20 (8.20%) Innovative Thinking
15 20 (8.20%) Programme Management
15 20 (8.20%) Protective Monitoring
16 18 (7.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.23%) SQL
2 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.82%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.82%) Python
3 1 (0.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 134 (54.92%) Security Cleared
2 78 (31.97%) SC Cleared
3 73 (29.92%) CISSP
4 60 (24.59%) CISM
5 48 (19.67%) CESG Certified Professional
6 47 (19.26%) CRISC
7 35 (14.34%) DV Cleared
8 23 (9.43%) CISMP
9 14 (5.74%) Degree
10 13 (5.33%) CASP
10 13 (5.33%) CEH
11 12 (4.92%) IISP
12 9 (3.69%) OSCP
13 8 (3.28%) CHECK Team Member
13 8 (3.28%) CREST Certified
14 4 (1.64%) PCI QSA
15 3 (1.23%) GCFE
15 3 (1.23%) GCIH
16 2 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
16 2 (0.82%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (39.34%) NIST
2 51 (20.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (18.03%) JSP 440
4 36 (14.75%) NIST 800
5 33 (13.52%) NCSC
6 23 (9.43%) RMADS
7 22 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (9.02%) GRC
8 21 (8.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 20 (8.20%) GDPR
10 13 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 10 (4.10%) COBIT
12 7 (2.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (2.46%) PCI DSS
14 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.82%) ITGC
16 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 1 (0.41%) Def Stans
16 1 (0.41%) ISO 31000
16 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (4.10%) vSphere
2 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (7.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.10%) SAP
2 10 (4.10%) SolarWinds
2 10 (4.10%) Tanium
2 10 (4.10%) Tripwire
3 3 (1.23%) Ariba
3 3 (1.23%) Palo Alto
4 2 (0.82%) Concur
4 2 (0.82%) Google
5 1 (0.41%) Aruba
5 1 (0.41%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.41%) Cisco
5 1 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.41%) F5
5 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.41%) Meraki
5 1 (0.41%) Netskope
5 1 (0.41%) QinetiQ
5 1 (0.41%) Thales
5 1 (0.41%) Zscaler