Security Consultant Jobs in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant salary in England is £68,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 461 776
Rank change year-on-year -47 +315 -174
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 354 607 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.65% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.71% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 246 461 306
10th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £87,500 £91,250
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
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
South West +62 128 £68,500 -2.14% 5
London +19 107 £76,750 +9.64% 24
South East -9 43 £69,000 -1.43% 12
North of England -57 36 £55,000 -21.43% 7
Yorkshire +54 27 £55,000 -21.43% 4
East of England +17 16 £90,000 +28.57% 1
Midlands -3 13 £57,500 -21.23% 2
West Midlands +17 11 £55,000 -24.66% 2
North West -60 9 £69,500 -0.71% 3
East Midlands -17 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 271 (76.55%) Cybersecurity
2 181 (51.13%) Security Cleared
3 127 (35.88%) NIST
4 126 (35.59%) Risk Management
5 119 (33.62%) Information Security
6 101 (28.53%) SC Cleared
7 97 (27.40%) CISSP
8 85 (24.01%) Information Assurance
9 84 (23.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 82 (23.16%) CISM
11 76 (21.47%) Social Skills
12 70 (19.77%) Security Operations
13 66 (18.64%) Security Architecture
14 64 (18.08%) CRISC
15 60 (16.95%) SIEM
16 59 (16.67%) Network Security
17 58 (16.38%) DV Cleared
17 58 (16.38%) Mentoring
18 55 (15.54%) CESG Certified Professional
19 53 (14.97%) Agile
19 53 (14.97%) Incident Management
20 50 (14.12%) Operational Technology
21 45 (12.71%) Management Information System
21 45 (12.71%) JSP 440
22 44 (12.43%) Military
22 44 (12.43%) Incident Response
23 42 (11.86%) Vulnerability Management
24 40 (11.30%) Public Sector
25 38 (10.73%) NIST 800
26 35 (9.89%) Finance

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.39%) IIS
2 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) SAP GRC
2 4 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.56%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (4.80%) Azure
2 16 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (3.67%) AWS
4 8 (2.26%) GCP
5 4 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.13%) IaaS
5 4 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.85%) PaaS
6 3 (0.85%) SaaS
7 2 (0.56%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.28%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.28%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 59 (16.67%) Network Security
2 15 (4.24%) TCP/IP
3 12 (3.39%) Firewall
4 6 (1.69%) DNS
5 4 (1.13%) Wireless
6 3 (0.85%) LAN
6 3 (0.85%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.85%) WAN
6 3 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.56%) 5G
7 2 (0.56%) Internet
7 2 (0.56%) VoIP
8 1 (0.28%) BGP
8 1 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.28%) SAN
8 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.85%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.28%) Big Data
2 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.28%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.13%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.85%) Metasploit
General
1 76 (21.47%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.43%) Military
3 40 (11.30%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.89%) Finance
5 24 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.11%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.11%) Aviation
8 8 (2.26%) Law
9 7 (1.98%) Marketing
10 5 (1.41%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.56%) Advertising
13 2 (0.56%) Games
13 2 (0.56%) Legal
13 2 (0.56%) Police
13 2 (0.56%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.78%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.28%) Middleware
2 1 (0.28%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 50 (14.12%) Operational Technology
2 45 (12.71%) Management Information System
3 33 (9.32%) Cyber Defence
3 33 (9.32%) Security Operations Centre
4 25 (7.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 15 (4.24%) CESG
5 15 (4.24%) Cyberattack
6 11 (3.11%) PKI
6 11 (3.11%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.98%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.69%) IoT
9 6 (1.69%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.13%) SCADA
12 2 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.28%) Insider Threat
13 1 (0.28%) Smart Energy
13 1 (0.28%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.85%) Android
1 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
1 3 (0.85%) Kali Linux
1 3 (0.85%) Linux
1 3 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (76.55%) Cybersecurity
2 126 (35.59%) Risk Management
3 119 (33.62%) Information Security
4 85 (24.01%) Information Assurance
5 70 (19.77%) Security Operations
6 66 (18.64%) Security Architecture
7 60 (16.95%) SIEM
8 58 (16.38%) Mentoring
9 53 (14.97%) Agile
9 53 (14.97%) Incident Management
10 44 (12.43%) Incident Response
11 42 (11.86%) Vulnerability Management
12 32 (9.04%) Security Testing
13 30 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (7.91%) Penetration Testing
15 26 (7.34%) Analytics
15 26 (7.34%) Coaching
16 25 (7.06%) Data Analytics
17 24 (6.78%) SABSA
18 23 (6.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.85%) SQL
2 2 (0.56%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.56%) Python
3 1 (0.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 181 (51.13%) Security Cleared
2 101 (28.53%) SC Cleared
3 97 (27.40%) CISSP
4 82 (23.16%) CISM
5 64 (18.08%) CRISC
6 58 (16.38%) DV Cleared
7 55 (15.54%) CESG Certified Professional
8 27 (7.63%) CISMP
9 22 (6.21%) CREST Certified
10 21 (5.93%) Degree
11 18 (5.08%) CEH
12 13 (3.67%) CASP
13 12 (3.39%) IISP
13 12 (3.39%) OSCP
14 10 (2.82%) Master's Degree
14 10 (2.82%) PCI QSA
15 9 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (1.98%) CHECK Team Member
16 7 (1.98%) CISA
16 7 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (35.88%) NIST
2 84 (23.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (12.71%) JSP 440
4 38 (10.73%) NIST 800
5 33 (9.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 32 (9.04%) NCSC
7 30 (8.47%) GRC
8 29 (8.19%) RMADS
9 25 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (5.93%) GDPR
11 13 (3.67%) PCI DSS
12 12 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 10 (2.82%) COBIT
14 7 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (1.13%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.56%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 2 (0.56%) ITGC
16 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
17 1 (0.28%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 24 (6.78%) vSphere
2 1 (0.28%) Firmware
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.85%) Nessus
1 3 (0.85%) Nmap
2 1 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 24 (6.78%) SolarWinds
1 24 (6.78%) Tanium
1 24 (6.78%) Tripwire
2 21 (5.93%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.54%) SAP
4 5 (1.41%) Cisco
4 5 (1.41%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.13%) Palo Alto
6 3 (0.85%) Ariba
6 3 (0.85%) Aruba
6 3 (0.85%) Google
6 3 (0.85%) Meraki
6 3 (0.85%) Qualys
7 2 (0.56%) Concur
7 2 (0.56%) Splunk
8 1 (0.28%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.28%) F5
8 1 (0.28%) Netskope
8 1 (0.28%) QinetiQ
8 1 (0.28%) Zscaler