Security Consultant Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Security Consultant salary in the West Midlands is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 269 280
Rank change year-on-year +39 +11 -66
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 11 20 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.29% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.32% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 11
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,050 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,625 £67,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £73,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +37.74% -24.29%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £76,250
90th Percentile £81,500 £81,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.14% -3.45% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,615 6,279 6,864
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 90.15% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,112 3,429 4,860
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.12%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
Birmingham +4 8 £55,000 -29.03% 2
Warwickshire +53 1 - -
Worcestershire -21 1 £55,000 -6.38%
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 April 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) NIST
3 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
4 4 (36.36%) Finance
4 4 (36.36%) Information Security
4 4 (36.36%) NCSC
5 3 (27.27%) GRC
5 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (27.27%) Azure
5 3 (27.27%) AWS
6 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
6 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) GCP
6 2 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) Innovative Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) Google
6 2 (18.18%) Due Diligence
6 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
6 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
7 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
7 1 (9.09%) Incident Response

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Law
3 1 (9.09%) Local Government
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Public Speaking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
1 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Information Security
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) Due Diligence
3 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Innovative Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 1 (9.09%) DevSecOps
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
4 1 (9.09%) Red Team
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Secrets Management
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Scheme
2 1 (9.09%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) NIST
2 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (36.36%) NCSC
4 3 (27.27%) GRC
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 1 (9.09%) RMADS
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Google