Cybersecurity Consultant Jobs

Cybersecurity Consultant
UK

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 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 740 829 1073
Rank change year-on-year +89 +244 -275
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 168 169 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.16% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.17% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 105 127 114
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £81,250 £85,938
90th Percentile £97,250 £87,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the UK 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
England +148 156 £75,000 +7.14% 22
UK excluding London +75 113 £62,500 -10.71% 18
Work from Home +73 69 £64,100 -8.43% 10
South West +40 69 £62,500 -10.71% 2
London +132 50 £85,000 +30.77% 5
South East +9 21 £65,000 +8.33% 10
Scotland -59 9 £67,050 -13.48% 3
West Midlands +39 6 £55,000 -35.29% 1
Midlands +20 6 £55,000 -21.43% 1
North of England +55 5 £60,000 -22.58% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £47,500 -
East of England +31 2 - -
North West +11 2 £69,500 -10.32% 2
Wales +5 1 - -

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Cybersecurity 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 featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 168 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 91 (54.17%) Security Cleared
3 74 (44.05%) NIST
4 63 (37.50%) Risk Management
5 51 (30.36%) Social Skills
6 50 (29.76%) Information Security
7 44 (26.19%) Incident Management
8 40 (23.81%) Security Operations
9 39 (23.21%) SIEM
10 35 (20.83%) JSP 440
11 34 (20.24%) DV Cleared
11 34 (20.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 33 (19.64%) Information Assurance
12 33 (19.64%) Incident Response
13 32 (19.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 32 (19.05%) Security Architecture
14 31 (18.45%) Vulnerability Management
14 31 (18.45%) Network Security
15 30 (17.86%) SC Cleared
16 28 (16.67%) Management Information System
17 27 (16.07%) Military
18 26 (15.48%) Public Sector
19 25 (14.88%) CISMP
19 25 (14.88%) Business Development
19 25 (14.88%) Analytics
20 24 (14.29%) Data Analytics
20 24 (14.29%) SolarWinds
20 24 (14.29%) vSphere
20 24 (14.29%) Tripwire
20 24 (14.29%) CISSP

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (7.14%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.14%) Azure
2 8 (4.76%) AWS
3 7 (4.17%) GCP
4 3 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.60%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.60%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (18.45%) Network Security
2 11 (6.55%) Firewall
3 2 (1.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.60%) BGP
4 1 (0.60%) DNS
4 1 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 51 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.07%) Military
3 26 (15.48%) Public Sector
4 16 (9.52%) Finance
5 12 (7.14%) Aerospace
6 10 (5.95%) Aviation
7 3 (1.79%) Marketing
7 3 (1.79%) Retail
8 2 (1.19%) Local Government
8 2 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.60%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.60%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.60%) Games
9 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.60%) Law
9 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.60%) Police
9 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (14.29%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 24 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 18 (10.71%) Operational Technology
4 16 (9.52%) CESG
5 15 (8.93%) Cyber Defence
5 15 (8.93%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (7.74%) Cyberattack
7 10 (5.95%) PKI
8 7 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (3.57%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.98%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.60%) Blog
12 1 (0.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.60%) Insider Threat
12 1 (0.60%) SCADA
12 1 (0.60%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 50 (29.76%) Information Security
4 44 (26.19%) Incident Management
5 40 (23.81%) Security Operations
6 39 (23.21%) SIEM
7 33 (19.64%) Incident Response
7 33 (19.64%) Information Assurance
8 32 (19.05%) Security Architecture
9 31 (18.45%) Vulnerability Management
10 25 (14.88%) Analytics
10 25 (14.88%) Business Development
11 24 (14.29%) Data Analytics
12 23 (13.69%) Agile
12 23 (13.69%) Mentoring
13 21 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
14 20 (11.90%) Protective Monitoring
14 20 (11.90%) SABSA
15 17 (10.12%) Matrix Organization
15 17 (10.12%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 91 (54.17%) Security Cleared
2 34 (20.24%) DV Cleared
3 30 (17.86%) SC Cleared
4 25 (14.88%) CISMP
5 24 (14.29%) CISSP
6 20 (11.90%) Degree
7 16 (9.52%) CESG Certified Professional
8 13 (7.74%) CISM
8 13 (7.74%) CREST Certified
9 12 (7.14%) IISP
10 9 (5.36%) Master's Degree
11 7 (4.17%) CHECK Team Member
11 7 (4.17%) CRISC
11 7 (4.17%) OSCP
12 5 (2.98%) Cyber Scheme
13 3 (1.79%) PCI QSA
14 2 (1.19%) CISA
14 2 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (1.19%) ISACA
15 1 (0.60%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (44.05%) NIST
2 35 (20.83%) JSP 440
3 34 (20.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (19.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 21 (12.50%) NCSC
6 18 (10.71%) RMADS
7 16 (9.52%) NIST 800
8 15 (8.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (5.95%) GDPR
9 10 (5.95%) GRC
10 4 (2.38%) COBIT
11 3 (1.79%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 24 (14.29%) vSphere
2 1 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (14.29%) SolarWinds
1 24 (14.29%) Tanium
1 24 (14.29%) Tripwire
2 4 (2.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.19%) Google
3 2 (1.19%) Palo Alto
3 2 (1.19%) Splunk
4 1 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.60%) Netskope
4 1 (0.60%) QinetiQ
4 1 (0.60%) Thales
4 1 (0.60%) Zscaler
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