Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 433 748
Rank change year-on-year -120 +315 -188
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 382 743 526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.72% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.78% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 267 565 371
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £55,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £87,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% +4.00%

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 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 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 -62 349 £69,000 -1.43% 57
UK excluding London -90 246 £68,500 -2.14% 28
Work from Home -156 130 £72,500 +3.57% 29
South West +51 128 £68,500 -2.14% 2
London +5 106 £77,500 +10.71% 24
South East -29 41 £69,000 -1.43% 11
North of England -63 36 £55,000 -21.43% 8
Yorkshire +36 27 £55,000 -21.43% 5
East of England +20 16 £90,000 +28.57% 1
Scotland -108 13 £67,500 -3.57% 3
Midlands +3 11 £60,000 -16.08% 3
West Midlands +7 9 £57,500 -21.23% 3
North West -64 9 £69,500 -0.71% 3
East Midlands -7 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Wales -9 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 279 (73.04%) Cybersecurity
2 182 (47.64%) Security Cleared
3 138 (36.13%) NIST
4 125 (32.72%) Risk Management
5 119 (31.15%) Information Security
6 102 (26.70%) CISSP
7 100 (26.18%) SC Cleared
8 83 (21.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 83 (21.73%) Information Assurance
9 79 (20.68%) CISM
10 77 (20.16%) Social Skills
11 74 (19.37%) Network Security
12 70 (18.32%) Security Operations
13 69 (18.06%) Security Architecture
14 60 (15.71%) CRISC
14 60 (15.71%) SIEM
15 58 (15.18%) Mentoring
15 58 (15.18%) DV Cleared
16 53 (13.87%) Agile
16 53 (13.87%) Incident Management
16 53 (13.87%) Operational Technology
16 53 (13.87%) CESG Certified Professional
17 46 (12.04%) Management Information System
18 45 (11.78%) Military
18 45 (11.78%) JSP 440
19 44 (11.52%) Incident Response
20 42 (10.99%) Vulnerability Management
21 40 (10.47%) Public Sector
22 38 (9.95%) NIST 800
23 37 (9.69%) NCSC

Security 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 (3.14%) IIS
2 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.83%) SAP GRC
2 5 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.52%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 19 (4.97%) Azure
2 18 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (3.40%) AWS
4 9 (2.36%) GCP
5 7 (1.83%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.05%) IaaS
6 4 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.79%) PaaS
7 3 (0.79%) SaaS
8 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.26%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.26%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 74 (19.37%) Network Security
2 21 (5.50%) Firewall
3 15 (3.93%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.36%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (2.09%) Internet
6 7 (1.83%) VPN
7 6 (1.57%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (1.57%) DNS
7 6 (1.57%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.57%) WAN
7 6 (1.57%) Wireless
8 5 (1.31%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.79%) LAN
9 3 (0.79%) NGFW
9 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.52%) 5G
10 2 (0.52%) VoIP
11 1 (0.26%) BGP
11 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.79%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.26%) Big Data
2 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.26%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.79%) Metasploit
General
1 77 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 45 (11.78%) Military
3 40 (10.47%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.16%) Finance
5 25 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.71%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.40%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.88%) Aviation
9 8 (2.09%) Marketing
10 7 (1.83%) Law
11 6 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Retail
14 2 (0.52%) Advertising
14 2 (0.52%) Automotive
14 2 (0.52%) Games
14 2 (0.52%) Legal
14 2 (0.52%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.28%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.52%) Middleware
3 1 (0.26%) JWT
3 1 (0.26%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.26%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 53 (13.87%) Operational Technology
2 46 (12.04%) Management Information System
3 33 (8.64%) Cyber Defence
3 33 (8.64%) Security Operations Centre
4 25 (6.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 16 (4.19%) CESG
6 15 (3.93%) Cyberattack
6 15 (3.93%) Security Posture
7 12 (3.14%) PKI
8 10 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.36%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.83%) IoT
11 5 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.31%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.05%) SCADA
13 2 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.26%) Cybercrime
14 1 (0.26%) e-Learning
14 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.79%) Android
1 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
1 3 (0.79%) Kali Linux
2 2 (0.52%) Linux
2 2 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (73.04%) Cybersecurity
2 125 (32.72%) Risk Management
3 119 (31.15%) Information Security
4 83 (21.73%) Information Assurance
5 70 (18.32%) Security Operations
6 69 (18.06%) Security Architecture
7 60 (15.71%) SIEM
8 58 (15.18%) Mentoring
9 53 (13.87%) Agile
9 53 (13.87%) Incident Management
10 44 (11.52%) Incident Response
11 42 (10.99%) Vulnerability Management
12 34 (8.90%) Security Testing
13 29 (7.59%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (7.33%) Penetration Testing
15 26 (6.81%) Analytics
15 26 (6.81%) Coaching
16 25 (6.54%) Data Analytics
17 24 (6.28%) SABSA
18 23 (6.02%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.79%) JavaScript
1 3 (0.79%) Python
1 3 (0.79%) SQL
2 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.26%) Bash
3 1 (0.26%) C#
3 1 (0.26%) Dart
3 1 (0.26%) Go
3 1 (0.26%) Java
3 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.26%) Lua
3 1 (0.26%) Objective-C
3 1 (0.26%) PHP
3 1 (0.26%) Ruby
3 1 (0.26%) Rust
3 1 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 182 (47.64%) Security Cleared
2 102 (26.70%) CISSP
3 100 (26.18%) SC Cleared
4 79 (20.68%) CISM
5 60 (15.71%) CRISC
6 58 (15.18%) DV Cleared
7 53 (13.87%) CESG Certified Professional
8 27 (7.07%) CISMP
9 26 (6.81%) Degree
10 23 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (5.50%) CREST Certified
12 19 (4.97%) CEH
13 16 (4.19%) CCNP
14 13 (3.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 13 (3.40%) CASP
14 13 (3.40%) OSCP
15 12 (3.14%) IISP
16 11 (2.88%) CCSP
17 10 (2.62%) Master's Degree
18 9 (2.36%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (36.13%) NIST
2 83 (21.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (11.78%) JSP 440
4 38 (9.95%) NIST 800
5 37 (9.69%) NCSC
6 33 (8.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 30 (7.85%) Cyber Essentials
8 29 (7.59%) GRC
9 27 (7.07%) GDPR
10 26 (6.81%) RMADS
11 13 (3.40%) PCI DSS
12 12 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 10 (2.62%) COBIT
14 7 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (1.05%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 3 (0.79%) SOC 2
17 2 (0.52%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.52%) ITGC
18 1 (0.26%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 24 (6.28%) vSphere
2 1 (0.26%) Firmware
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.79%) FortiGate
1 3 (0.79%) Nessus
1 3 (0.79%) Nmap
2 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (7.07%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.28%) SolarWinds
2 24 (6.28%) Tanium
2 24 (6.28%) Tripwire
3 19 (4.97%) Cisco
3 19 (4.97%) Fortinet
4 13 (3.40%) Palo Alto
5 10 (2.62%) SAP
6 9 (2.36%) CheckPoint
7 7 (1.83%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (1.83%) Netskope
7 7 (1.83%) Zscaler
8 6 (1.57%) Blue Coat
8 6 (1.57%) Symantec
9 5 (1.31%) Aruba
9 5 (1.31%) Meraki
10 3 (0.79%) Ariba
10 3 (0.79%) F5
10 3 (0.79%) Google
10 3 (0.79%) Qualys