Security Consultant Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Consultant salary in Work from Home is £71,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 462 295 584
Rank change year-on-year -167 +289 -196
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 126 453 289
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 1.11% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 1.15% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 69 383 202
10th Percentile £50,000 £58,800 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +7.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,342 39,326 68,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.04% 95.99% 97.38%
Number of salaries quoted 24,803 27,952 42,090
10th Percentile £33,152 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,318 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Consultant.

Security Consultant salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Security Consultant salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 14 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 86 (68.25%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (46.03%) Risk Management
3 43 (34.13%) Security Cleared
4 35 (27.78%) JSP 440
4 35 (27.78%) Information Security
4 35 (27.78%) CISSP
4 35 (27.78%) Mentoring
5 33 (26.19%) NIST
6 29 (23.02%) Finance
7 27 (21.43%) Management Information System
7 27 (21.43%) Operational Technology
8 26 (20.63%) Incident Response
8 26 (20.63%) Security Operations
9 25 (19.84%) Social Skills
10 24 (19.05%) Incident Management
11 23 (18.25%) CISM
12 22 (17.46%) SC Cleared
13 20 (15.87%) Network Security
13 20 (15.87%) Business Development
13 20 (15.87%) Protective Monitoring
14 19 (15.08%) Security Architecture
14 19 (15.08%) Information Assurance
15 18 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
16 17 (13.49%) NCSC
16 17 (13.49%) CRISC
17 16 (12.70%) Matrix Organization
17 16 (12.70%) Fortinet
17 16 (12.70%) Cisco
18 15 (11.90%) CEH
18 15 (11.90%) Problem-Solving

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (8.73%) IIS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) SAP GRC
1 3 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.56%) Azure
1 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
2 5 (3.97%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.38%) AWS
4 3 (2.38%) IaaS
5 2 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.59%) PaaS
5 2 (1.59%) SaaS
6 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.87%) Network Security
2 12 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 9 (7.14%) Firewall
4 7 (5.56%) VPN
5 6 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
5 6 (4.76%) Internet
6 5 (3.97%) SD-WAN
6 5 (3.97%) WAN
7 4 (3.17%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (3.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.38%) LAN
8 3 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.59%) NGFW
10 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.79%) SAN
10 1 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
General
1 29 (23.02%) Finance
2 25 (19.84%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.52%) Aerospace
3 12 (9.52%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.73%) Military
5 10 (7.94%) Aviation
6 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.17%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.38%) Retail
9 2 (1.59%) Advertising
9 2 (1.59%) Marketing
9 2 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.79%) Banking
10 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.79%) Law
10 1 (0.79%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.59%) Middleware
2 1 (0.79%) JWT
2 1 (0.79%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.79%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.43%) Management Information System
1 27 (21.43%) Operational Technology
2 14 (11.11%) CESG
3 6 (4.76%) Cyberattack
4 5 (3.97%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.17%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.59%) PKI
7 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) IoT
7 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.79%) Robotics
7 1 (0.79%) SCADA
7 1 (0.79%) Social Media
7 1 (0.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Android
1 2 (1.59%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.59%) Linux
1 2 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (68.25%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (46.03%) Risk Management
3 35 (27.78%) Information Security
3 35 (27.78%) Mentoring
4 26 (20.63%) Incident Response
4 26 (20.63%) Security Operations
5 24 (19.05%) Incident Management
6 20 (15.87%) Business Development
6 20 (15.87%) Protective Monitoring
7 19 (15.08%) Information Assurance
7 19 (15.08%) Security Architecture
8 18 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
9 16 (12.70%) Matrix Organization
10 15 (11.90%) Cloud Security
10 15 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
11 14 (11.11%) Project Management
12 13 (10.32%) Agile
12 13 (10.32%) Line Management
12 13 (10.32%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.59%) Python
2 1 (0.79%) C#
2 1 (0.79%) Dart
2 1 (0.79%) Go
2 1 (0.79%) Java
2 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
2 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.79%) Lua
2 1 (0.79%) Objective-C
2 1 (0.79%) PHP
2 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.79%) Ruby
2 1 (0.79%) Rust
2 1 (0.79%) SQL
2 1 (0.79%) Swift
Qualifications
1 43 (34.13%) Security Cleared
2 35 (27.78%) CISSP
3 23 (18.25%) CISM
4 22 (17.46%) SC Cleared
5 17 (13.49%) CRISC
6 15 (11.90%) CEH
7 13 (10.32%) CCNP
7 13 (10.32%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (10.32%) CISMP
8 12 (9.52%) CASP
9 11 (8.73%) IISP
10 7 (5.56%) CCIE
10 7 (5.56%) DV Cleared
11 6 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (4.76%) CCIE Security
11 6 (4.76%) CCSP
11 6 (4.76%) Degree
12 4 (3.17%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (3.17%) CREST Certified
13 3 (2.38%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (27.78%) JSP 440
2 33 (26.19%) NIST
3 17 (13.49%) NCSC
4 13 (10.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (10.32%) RMADS
5 12 (9.52%) NIST 800
6 11 (8.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (5.56%) GRC
8 4 (3.17%) GDPR
9 3 (2.38%) COBIT
10 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (1.59%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.79%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.79%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (12.70%) Cisco
1 16 (12.70%) Fortinet
2 10 (7.94%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.14%) Palo Alto
4 6 (4.76%) Blue Coat
4 6 (4.76%) CheckPoint
4 6 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (4.76%) Netskope
4 6 (4.76%) Symantec
4 6 (4.76%) Zscaler
5 3 (2.38%) Aruba
5 3 (2.38%) Meraki
5 3 (2.38%) SAP
6 1 (0.79%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.79%) Juniper
6 1 (0.79%) Thales
6 1 (0.79%) VMware