The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior 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
Senior Security Consultant
Rank 819 829 836
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 43 70 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.040% 0.058% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.061% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 21 59 39
Average salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £52,500 £49,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £76,100 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £62,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -12.00%
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%

Senior Security Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Security Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Senior Security Consultant Salary Trend

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Senior Security Consultant Salary Histogram

Senior 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 Senior 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 +1 38 £62,500 +8.69%
London +42 21 £65,000 -3.70%
Yorkshire +12 10 - -
West Yorkshire - 10 - -
Midlands - 3 - -
East Midlands -3 1 £35,000 -17.64%
South East -17 1 £62,500 +13.63%
North West - 1 £59,500 -
Lincoln - 1 £35,000 -
Lincolnshire - 1 £35,000 -
Cheshire - 1 £59,500 -

Senior Security Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant in their job title.

1 45 (46.88%) Information Security
2 41 (42.71%) Network Security
3 35 (36.46%) Finance
3 35 (36.46%) CISSP
4 31 (32.29%) CISM
5 29 (30.21%) Security Cleared
6 26 (27.08%) CISA
7 22 (22.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 21 (21.88%) Security Management
9 20 (20.83%) PCI DSS
9 20 (20.83%) Security Architecture
10 19 (19.79%) SC Cleared
10 19 (19.79%) CheckPoint
11 18 (18.75%) Cisco
12 16 (16.67%) Firewall
12 16 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
13 14 (14.58%) CISMP
13 14 (14.58%) CEH
13 14 (14.58%) SSCP
13 14 (14.58%) Juniper
13 14 (14.58%) CRISC
13 14 (14.58%) OWASP
14 13 (13.54%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (11.46%) VPN
15 11 (11.46%) Project Management
15 11 (11.46%) CCSA
15 11 (11.46%) Security Testing
15 11 (11.46%) Blog
16 10 (10.42%) Cisco ASA
16 10 (10.42%) Management Information System

Senior Security Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (6.250%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.167%) SAP Portal
2 1 (1.042%) CICS
Applications
1 2 (2.083%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.167%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 41 (42.71%) Network Security
2 16 (16.67%) Firewall
3 11 (11.46%) VPN
4 10 (10.42%) Cisco ASA
5 8 (8.333%) LAN
6 7 (7.292%) WAN
6 7 (7.292%) MPLS
6 7 (7.292%) OSPF
6 7 (7.292%) BGP
6 7 (7.292%) EIGRP
6 7 (7.292%) Cisco PIX
7 2 (2.083%) Wireless
8 1 (1.042%) Internet
8 1 (1.042%) X.500
8 1 (1.042%) LDAP
8 1 (1.042%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.167%) SAP BW
General
1 35 (36.46%) Finance
2 9 (9.375%) Banking
3 8 (8.333%) Retail
4 6 (6.250%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.167%) Back Office
6 1 (1.042%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.46%) Blog
2 10 (10.42%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.167%) PKI
3 4 (4.167%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (4.167%) CESG
3 4 (4.167%) CESG CLAS
4 2 (2.083%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (2.083%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (2.083%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.042%) Cryptography
5 1 (1.042%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.042%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.083%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (46.88%) Information Security
2 21 (21.88%) Security Management
3 20 (20.83%) Security Architecture
4 16 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 14 (14.58%) OWASP
6 11 (11.46%) Project Management
6 11 (11.46%) Security Testing
7 9 (9.375%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (9.375%) Information Assurance
8 8 (8.333%) SIEM
9 7 (7.292%) ITIL
9 7 (7.292%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (7.292%) Load Balancing
9 7 (7.292%) Network Management
9 7 (7.292%) Cyber Security
10 6 (6.250%) Computer Security
10 6 (6.250%) Information Security Management
11 4 (4.167%) Data Protection
11 4 (4.167%) CRM
11 4 (4.167%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.167%) Java
Qualifications
1 35 (36.46%) CISSP
2 31 (32.29%) CISM
3 29 (30.21%) Security Cleared
4 26 (27.08%) CISA
5 19 (19.79%) SC Cleared
6 14 (14.58%) CISMP
6 14 (14.58%) CEH
6 14 (14.58%) SSCP
6 14 (14.58%) CRISC
7 13 (13.54%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (11.46%) CCSA
9 7 (7.292%) CCNP
10 6 (6.250%) Degree
10 6 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (6.250%) MCSE
11 5 (5.208%) PCI QSA
12 4 (4.167%) CCNA
13 2 (2.083%) DV Cleared
13 2 (2.083%) MCITP
13 2 (2.083%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (22.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (20.83%) PCI DSS
3 6 (6.250%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.042%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 1 (1.042%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (1.042%) UAG
1 1 (1.042%) RACF
Vendors
1 19 (19.79%) CheckPoint
2 18 (18.75%) Cisco
3 14 (14.58%) Juniper
4 8 (8.333%) ArcSight
5 7 (7.292%) TippingPoint
6 6 (6.250%) Fortinet
6 6 (6.250%) IBM
7 4 (4.167%) SAP
8 3 (3.125%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.042%) F5
9 1 (1.042%) Brocade
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Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum Competitive Salary and Benefits Package includ
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The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £excellent + big bonus + car + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
I am looking for an Information Security Consultant to join my client's rapidly expanding InfoSec practice... Ideally you will come from a big 4 background and demonstrate...
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits & Bonus
Posted: 1 May 2013