The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Security Consultant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Security Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Security Consultant
Rank 849 888 874
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Consultant 13 11 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.012% 0.009% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.010% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 6
Average salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.36% +5.83%
UK excluding London average salary £70,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year
+10.23% +5.83%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Lead Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lead Security Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Lead Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Security Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lead Security Consultant within the UK.

Lead Security Consultant Salary Trend

Lead Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Security Consultant over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Lead Security Consultant Salary Histogram

Lead Security Consultant
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Security Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +28 12 £65,000 +13.04%
Yorkshire - 6 - -
West Yorkshire - 6 - -
London - 3 £60,000 -
North West 0 2 £60,000 -5.51%
Cheshire 0 1 £70,000 +10.23%
Scotland - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £75,000 -
Northamptonshire - 1 £75,000 -
Manchester - 1 £50,000 -
Edinburgh - 1 - -

Lead Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Lead Security Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Lead Security Consultant in their job title.

1 16 (88.89%) Information Security
2 13 (72.22%) CISM
2 13 (72.22%) CISSP
3 10 (55.56%) CISA
4 9 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (50.00%) PCI DSS
5 8 (44.44%) Finance
6 6 (33.33%) Banking
6 6 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (22.22%) Network Security
8 3 (16.67%) CEH
8 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (16.67%) Firewall
9 2 (11.11%) Cryptography
9 2 (11.11%) Business Development
9 2 (11.11%) Marketing
9 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
9 2 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
10 1 (5.556%) FortiGate
10 1 (5.556%) PKI
10 1 (5.556%) ISSMP
10 1 (5.556%) Financial Institution
10 1 (5.556%) PMP
10 1 (5.556%) PMI Certification
10 1 (5.556%) Juniper
10 1 (5.556%) CheckPoint
10 1 (5.556%) Project Management
10 1 (5.556%) SSCP
10 1 (5.556%) Java
10 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2

Lead Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Lead Security Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Lead Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Network Security
2 3 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (5.556%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Cryptography
2 1 (5.556%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Information Security
2 6 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) Business Development
4 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (5.556%) Project Management
5 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) CISM
1 13 (72.22%) CISSP
2 10 (55.56%) CISA
3 3 (16.67%) CEH
4 1 (5.556%) ISSMP
4 1 (5.556%) PMP
4 1 (5.556%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.556%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Juniper
1 1 (5.556%) CheckPoint
1 1 (5.556%) Cisco
West Yorkshire
Information Security Specialist. Information, Security, InfoSec, CISSP, CISM, CISA, Penetration Testing, Pen Testing, Software, Online, Application, Software, Development, Application... We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £excellent plus Car plus Pension plus bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cheshire
Relevant industry qualifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, etc. This is as outstanding opportunity for a Lead Security Solutions Consultant (Banking, Risk, ISO, PCI) to join the highly...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum + Banking Bonus and Flexible Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will utilise your in-depth knowledge of information security and of firewall managements tools and interfaces. In addition, you will have strong matter expert of one of...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013