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 4 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
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 749 843 1084
Rank change year-on-year +94 +241 -276
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 162 156 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.16% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 98 122 111
10th Percentile £49,625 £54,550 £51,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £55,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £87,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,000 £70,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -3.08%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 4 May 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 4 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
England +110 151 £75,000 +7.14% 23
UK excluding London +48 112 £63,000 -10.00% 16
South West +28 69 £62,500 -10.71% 2
Work from Home +54 63 £63,800 -8.86% 15
London +102 47 £85,000 +30.77% 6
South East +22 21 £65,000 +8.33% 7
Scotland -60 9 £67,050 -10.60% 1
North of England +36 5 £60,000 -22.58% 4
Midlands +21 5 £55,000 -35.29% 1
West Midlands +20 5 £55,000 -35.29% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £47,500 - 1
East of England +18 2 - - 1
North West +9 2 £69,500 -10.32% 3
Wales +11 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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.

1 162 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 87 (53.70%) Security Cleared
3 72 (44.44%) NIST
4 61 (37.65%) Risk Management
5 49 (30.25%) Information Security
6 47 (29.01%) Social Skills
7 44 (27.16%) Incident Management
8 40 (24.69%) Security Operations
9 39 (24.07%) SIEM
10 35 (21.60%) JSP 440
11 33 (20.37%) DV Cleared
11 33 (20.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 33 (20.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 32 (19.75%) Information Assurance
12 32 (19.75%) Security Architecture
13 31 (19.14%) Network Security
13 31 (19.14%) Vulnerability Management
13 31 (19.14%) Incident Response
14 29 (17.90%) Management Information System
15 27 (16.67%) Military
15 27 (16.67%) CISMP
15 27 (16.67%) Public Sector
16 25 (15.43%) Business Development
17 24 (14.81%) vSphere
17 24 (14.81%) SolarWinds
17 24 (14.81%) SC Cleared
17 24 (14.81%) Analytics
17 24 (14.81%) Data Analytics
17 24 (14.81%) Agile
17 24 (14.81%) Tripwire

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 (7.41%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.41%) Azure
2 8 (4.94%) AWS
3 7 (4.32%) GCP
4 3 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.62%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (19.14%) Network Security
2 11 (6.79%) Firewall
3 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.62%) BGP
4 1 (0.62%) DNS
4 1 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 47 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.67%) Military
2 27 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 16 (9.88%) Finance
4 12 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 10 (6.17%) Aviation
6 3 (1.85%) Marketing
6 3 (1.85%) Retail
7 2 (1.23%) Law
7 2 (1.23%) Police
8 1 (0.62%) Agriculture
8 1 (0.62%) Games
8 1 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (14.81%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.90%) Management Information System
2 24 (14.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 16 (9.88%) CESG
3 16 (9.88%) Operational Technology
4 15 (9.26%) Cyber Defence
4 15 (9.26%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (6.79%) Cyberattack
6 10 (6.17%) PKI
7 7 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.70%) Data Centre
9 5 (3.09%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.62%) Blog
11 1 (0.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.62%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.62%) SCADA
11 1 (0.62%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (37.65%) Risk Management
3 49 (30.25%) Information Security
4 44 (27.16%) Incident Management
5 40 (24.69%) Security Operations
6 39 (24.07%) SIEM
7 32 (19.75%) Information Assurance
7 32 (19.75%) Security Architecture
8 31 (19.14%) Incident Response
8 31 (19.14%) Vulnerability Management
9 25 (15.43%) Business Development
10 24 (14.81%) Agile
10 24 (14.81%) Analytics
10 24 (14.81%) Data Analytics
11 22 (13.58%) Mentoring
12 21 (12.96%) Innovative Thinking
12 21 (12.96%) SABSA
13 20 (12.35%) Protective Monitoring
14 18 (11.11%) TOGAF
15 17 (10.49%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 87 (53.70%) Security Cleared
2 33 (20.37%) DV Cleared
3 27 (16.67%) CISMP
4 24 (14.81%) SC Cleared
5 23 (14.20%) CISSP
6 21 (12.96%) Degree
7 17 (10.49%) CESG Certified Professional
8 14 (8.64%) CREST Certified
9 12 (7.41%) IISP
10 10 (6.17%) CISM
10 10 (6.17%) Master's Degree
11 8 (4.94%) CHECK Team Member
11 8 (4.94%) OSCP
12 4 (2.47%) CRISC
12 4 (2.47%) Cyber Scheme
13 3 (1.85%) PCI QSA
14 2 (1.23%) CISA
14 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (1.23%) ISACA
15 1 (0.62%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (44.44%) NIST
2 35 (21.60%) JSP 440
3 33 (20.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 33 (20.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (11.73%) NCSC
5 16 (9.88%) NIST 800
6 15 (9.26%) RMADS
7 14 (8.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (6.79%) GRC
9 10 (6.17%) GDPR
10 4 (2.47%) COBIT
11 3 (1.85%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 24 (14.81%) vSphere
2 1 (0.62%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.62%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (14.81%) SolarWinds
1 24 (14.81%) Tanium
1 24 (14.81%) Tripwire
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.23%) Palo Alto
3 2 (1.23%) Splunk
4 1 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.62%) Google
4 1 (0.62%) Netskope
4 1 (0.62%) QinetiQ
4 1 (0.62%) Thales
4 1 (0.62%) Zscaler
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