Senior Security Consultant Jobs

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 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 845 897 1118
Rank change year-on-year +52 +221 -280
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 66 102 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.098% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.11% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 50 60 72
10th Percentile £53,750 £62,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,688 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,125 £86,250
90th Percentile £82,750 £89,250 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% -17.65% -

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%

Senior Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Consultant over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security 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 +91 58 £70,000 - 6
UK excluding London -25 36 £62,500 -10.71% 1
Work from Home +65 31 £65,000 -7.14% 2
London +109 19 £70,000 -11.11% 4
South West -6 18 £60,000 -14.29%
North of England +30 8 £58,750 -16.07%
Yorkshire +86 6 £60,000 -
South East +18 5 £65,000 -10.34%
Scotland -87 3 £65,000 -7.14%
Midlands +16 2 £70,000 -3.45% 1
North West +10 2 £58,750 -16.07%
West Midlands +16 1 £80,000 +6.67% 1
East Midlands -13 1 £60,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 35 (53.03%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (45.45%) Information Security
3 28 (42.42%) NIST
4 23 (34.85%) Risk Management
5 22 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 17 (25.76%) Innovative Thinking
7 16 (24.24%) Management Information System
8 15 (22.73%) NIST 800
9 14 (21.21%) Matrix Organization
9 14 (21.21%) CESG
9 14 (21.21%) JSP 440
9 14 (21.21%) CISMP
9 14 (21.21%) Information Assurance
10 13 (19.70%) Security Testing
10 13 (19.70%) Project Management
10 13 (19.70%) CISSP
10 13 (19.70%) Creative Thinking
11 12 (18.18%) IISP
11 12 (18.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 12 (18.18%) IIS
11 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
12 11 (16.67%) RMADS
12 11 (16.67%) Finance
12 11 (16.67%) Aerospace
13 10 (15.15%) CISM
13 10 (15.15%) Military
13 10 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 10 (15.15%) Active Listening
13 10 (15.15%) Aviation

Senior 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 (18.18%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.55%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.58%) AWS
2 4 (6.06%) Azure
2 4 (6.06%) GCP
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.61%) Cisco Firepower
1 7 (10.61%) Network Security
2 5 (7.58%) Cisco ISE
2 5 (7.58%) Wireless
3 4 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (4.55%) Firewall
5 2 (3.03%) NGFW
5 2 (3.03%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.03%) WAN
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Burp Suite
2 3 (4.55%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 11 (16.67%) Finance
2 10 (15.15%) Aviation
2 10 (15.15%) Military
3 6 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Marketing
6 2 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Advertising
7 1 (1.52%) Games
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) JWT
1 1 (1.52%) Middleware
1 1 (1.52%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 16 (24.24%) Management Information System
2 14 (21.21%) CESG
3 7 (10.61%) Operational Technology
4 4 (6.06%) IoT
5 3 (4.55%) Mobile App
5 3 (4.55%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.03%) Cyberattack
6 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.52%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.52%) PKI
7 1 (1.52%) Robotics
7 1 (1.52%) SCADA
7 1 (1.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.55%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Android
2 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.52%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (53.03%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (45.45%) Information Security
3 23 (34.85%) Risk Management
4 17 (25.76%) Innovative Thinking
5 14 (21.21%) Information Assurance
5 14 (21.21%) Matrix Organization
6 13 (19.70%) Creative Thinking
6 13 (19.70%) Project Management
6 13 (19.70%) Security Testing
7 10 (15.15%) Active Listening
8 7 (10.61%) Application Security
8 7 (10.61%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (10.61%) Threat Modelling
9 6 (9.09%) Internal Audit
9 6 (9.09%) Red Team
10 5 (7.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 5 (7.58%) Information Security Management
10 5 (7.58%) Risk Assessment
10 5 (7.58%) SAP Security
10 5 (7.58%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
1 2 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (1.52%) Bash
2 1 (1.52%) C#
2 1 (1.52%) Dart
2 1 (1.52%) Go
2 1 (1.52%) Java
2 1 (1.52%) Kotlin
2 1 (1.52%) Lua
2 1 (1.52%) Objective-C
2 1 (1.52%) PHP
2 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.52%) Ruby
2 1 (1.52%) Rust
2 1 (1.52%) SQL
2 1 (1.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 14 (21.21%) CISMP
3 13 (19.70%) CISSP
4 12 (18.18%) IISP
4 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 10 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (15.15%) CISM
6 8 (12.12%) CCNP
7 7 (10.61%) CRISC
7 7 (10.61%) PCI QSA
8 6 (9.09%) CREST Certified
9 5 (7.58%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (6.06%) OSCP
11 3 (4.55%) CEH
11 3 (4.55%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (4.55%) GPEN
11 3 (4.55%) ISACA
11 3 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (4.55%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (42.42%) NIST
2 15 (22.73%) NIST 800
3 14 (21.21%) JSP 440
4 12 (18.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (16.67%) RMADS
6 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (12.12%) NCSC
7 8 (12.12%) PCI DSS
8 5 (7.58%) GRC
9 4 (6.06%) GDPR
10 3 (4.55%) ISO 9001
11 2 (3.03%) ISO 22301
12 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) Nessus
1 3 (4.55%) Nmap
2 2 (3.03%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (12.12%) Cisco
2 7 (10.61%) Fortinet
3 5 (7.58%) Palo Alto
3 5 (7.58%) SAP
4 3 (4.55%) CheckPoint
4 3 (4.55%) F5
4 3 (4.55%) Qualys
5 2 (3.03%) Aruba
5 2 (3.03%) Meraki
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.52%) QinetiQ
6 1 (1.52%) VMware