Cybersecurity Consultant Job Trends in Belfast

Cybersecurity Consultant
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in Belfast is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - -
75th Percentile £44,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £39,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 530 180 368
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.15% 93.26% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 288 52 247
10th Percentile - £45,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £50,000 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £59,715 £57,276
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% +4.26% +14.55%
75th Percentile £71,875 £93,750 £69,900
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £88,500
County Antrim median annual salary £45,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -24.28% +8.05% +10.00%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancy trend in Belfast

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 23 April 2026, Cybersecurity Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) ECIH
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) ECIH
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk