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 24 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
24 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 725 817 1074
Rank change year-on-year +92 +257 -272
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 169 168 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.16% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.17% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 105 129 112
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,900 £51,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £55,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £81,250 £85,000
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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
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 £96,250
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 24 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 24 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 +142 157 £75,000 +7.14% 25
UK excluding London +75 113 £62,500 -10.71% 19
Work from Home +78 69 £64,100 -8.43% 11
South West +32 69 £62,500 -10.71% 3
London +143 51 £85,000 +30.77% 7
South East +27 21 £65,000 +8.33% 9
Scotland -56 9 £67,050 -13.48% 3
West Midlands +36 6 £55,000 -35.29% 2
Midlands +8 6 £55,000 -21.43% 2
North of England +52 5 £60,000 -29.41% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £47,500 -
East of England +25 2 - - 1
North West +8 2 £69,500 -18.24% 1
Wales +7 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 169 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 92 (54.44%) Security Cleared
3 74 (43.79%) NIST
4 63 (37.28%) Risk Management
5 51 (30.18%) Social Skills
6 49 (28.99%) Information Security
7 44 (26.04%) Incident Management
8 40 (23.67%) SIEM
8 40 (23.67%) Security Operations
9 36 (21.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 35 (20.71%) DV Cleared
10 35 (20.71%) JSP 440
11 34 (20.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 33 (19.53%) Incident Response
12 33 (19.53%) Information Assurance
12 33 (19.53%) Security Architecture
13 31 (18.34%) Vulnerability Management
13 31 (18.34%) Network Security
14 29 (17.16%) SC Cleared
14 29 (17.16%) Management Information System
15 28 (16.57%) Public Sector
16 27 (15.98%) Military
16 27 (15.98%) CISMP
17 25 (14.79%) CISSP
17 25 (14.79%) Business Development
17 25 (14.79%) Analytics
18 24 (14.20%) Data Analytics
18 24 (14.20%) SolarWinds
18 24 (14.20%) vSphere
18 24 (14.20%) Agile

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 (7.10%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.10%) Azure
2 8 (4.73%) AWS
3 7 (4.14%) GCP
4 3 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.59%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.59%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (18.34%) Network Security
2 12 (7.10%) Firewall
3 2 (1.18%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.59%) BGP
4 1 (0.59%) DNS
4 1 (0.59%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 51 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.57%) Public Sector
3 27 (15.98%) Military
4 16 (9.47%) Finance
5 12 (7.10%) Aerospace
6 10 (5.92%) Aviation
7 3 (1.78%) Marketing
7 3 (1.78%) Retail
8 2 (1.18%) Law
8 2 (1.18%) Local Government
8 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.18%) Police
9 1 (0.59%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.59%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Games
9 1 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (14.20%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.16%) Management Information System
2 24 (14.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 18 (10.65%) Operational Technology
4 16 (9.47%) CESG
5 15 (8.88%) Cyber Defence
5 15 (8.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (7.69%) Cyberattack
7 11 (6.51%) PKI
8 8 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (3.55%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.96%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.59%) Blog
12 1 (0.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.59%) Insider Threat
12 1 (0.59%) SCADA
12 1 (0.59%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (37.28%) Risk Management
3 49 (28.99%) Information Security
4 44 (26.04%) Incident Management
5 40 (23.67%) Security Operations
5 40 (23.67%) SIEM
6 33 (19.53%) Incident Response
6 33 (19.53%) Information Assurance
6 33 (19.53%) Security Architecture
7 31 (18.34%) Vulnerability Management
8 25 (14.79%) Analytics
8 25 (14.79%) Business Development
9 24 (14.20%) Agile
9 24 (14.20%) Data Analytics
10 23 (13.61%) Mentoring
11 22 (13.02%) SABSA
12 21 (12.43%) Innovative Thinking
13 20 (11.83%) Protective Monitoring
14 19 (11.24%) TOGAF
15 17 (10.06%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 92 (54.44%) Security Cleared
2 35 (20.71%) DV Cleared
3 29 (17.16%) SC Cleared
4 27 (15.98%) CISMP
5 25 (14.79%) CISSP
6 21 (12.43%) Degree
7 17 (10.06%) CESG Certified Professional
8 15 (8.88%) CREST Certified
9 12 (7.10%) CISM
9 12 (7.10%) IISP
10 10 (5.92%) Master's Degree
11 7 (4.14%) CHECK Team Member
11 7 (4.14%) OSCP
12 6 (3.55%) CRISC
13 5 (2.96%) Cyber Scheme
14 3 (1.78%) PCI QSA
15 2 (1.18%) CISA
15 2 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (1.18%) ISACA
16 1 (0.59%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (43.79%) NIST
2 36 (21.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (20.71%) JSP 440
4 34 (20.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 21 (12.43%) NCSC
6 17 (10.06%) RMADS
7 16 (9.47%) NIST 800
8 15 (8.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (6.51%) GRC
10 10 (5.92%) GDPR
11 4 (2.37%) COBIT
12 3 (1.78%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 24 (14.20%) vSphere
2 1 (0.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.59%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (14.20%) SolarWinds
1 24 (14.20%) Tanium
1 24 (14.20%) Tripwire
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.18%) Google
3 2 (1.18%) Palo Alto
3 2 (1.18%) Splunk
4 1 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.59%) Netskope
4 1 (0.59%) QinetiQ
4 1 (0.59%) Thales
4 1 (0.59%) Zscaler
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