Security Consultant Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Consultant
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Consultant salary in Edinburgh is £74,870 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 100 137
Rank change year-on-year +12 +37 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 5 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.55% 0.47% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.49% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,899 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,870 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% -7.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £78,420 - £77,500
90th Percentile £79,368 - £78,500
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 825 1,438 1,961
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 95.80% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 394 1,018 1,166
10th Percentile £27,725 £32,675 £35,616
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,250 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,868
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.68% +8.32%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Edinburgh

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 Edinburgh region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Statistics
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Power BI
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Management
3 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (20.00%) Key Management
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) OAuth2
4 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (20.00%) ForgeRock

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (20.00%) OpenID
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) SAML
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Cost Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
3 2 (40.00%) Statistics
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Key Management
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Groovy
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) NDS
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CA Single Sign-On
1 1 (20.00%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ForgeRock
1 1 (20.00%) NetIQ
1 1 (20.00%) Okta
1 1 (20.00%) Ping Identity