Security Consultant Jobs in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 611 523 432
Rank change year-on-year -88 -91 +373
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 74 339 579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.38% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.40% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 45 230 445
10th Percentile £56,600 £50,000 £53,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £62,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £69,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £117,750 £97,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £69,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.11% -0.71% -3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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
London +58 44 £82,500 +6.45% 96
North of England +26 13 £80,000 +45.45% 234
Yorkshire +38 9 £80,000 +45.45% 96
South East +53 4 £75,000 +8.70% 279
North West +5 4 £80,000 +33.33% 112
South West -13 4 £66,250 -3.28% 138
Midlands +77 2 £80,000 +33.33% 200
West Midlands +50 1 £80,000 +33.33% 108
East Midlands +46 1 £80,000 +33.33% 79
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 40 (54.05%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (51.35%) CISSP
3 33 (44.59%) CISM
4 28 (37.84%) Business Development
4 28 (37.84%) Social Skills
5 24 (32.43%) Life Science
6 22 (29.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (29.73%) Regulatory Compliance
7 14 (18.92%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (17.57%) Information Security
8 13 (17.57%) Palo Alto
9 12 (16.22%) SD-WAN
9 12 (16.22%) WAN
9 12 (16.22%) Cisco
9 12 (16.22%) Firewall
9 12 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (16.22%) Fortinet
9 12 (16.22%) Network Security
10 11 (14.86%) CCNP
10 11 (14.86%) CheckPoint
10 11 (14.86%) Migration
10 11 (14.86%) CCSA
10 11 (14.86%) Cisco Firepower
10 11 (14.86%) Incident Response
11 10 (13.51%) Vulnerability Management
12 9 (12.16%) Microsoft
12 9 (12.16%) Presales
12 9 (12.16%) GDPR
13 8 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (10.81%) Security Operations

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) SAP BPC
1 2 (2.70%) SAP GRC
1 2 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.76%) AWS
3 4 (5.41%) Azure
4 3 (4.05%) GCP
5 1 (1.35%) IaaS
5 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.22%) Firewall
1 12 (16.22%) Network Security
1 12 (16.22%) SD-WAN
1 12 (16.22%) WAN
2 11 (14.86%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (1.35%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.35%) Metasploit
General
1 28 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.11%) Finance
2 6 (8.11%) Law
3 4 (5.41%) Military
4 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.70%) Retail
5 1 (1.35%) Automotive
5 1 (1.35%) Aviation
5 1 (1.35%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.35%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 24 (32.43%) Life Science
2 7 (9.46%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (8.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 6 (8.11%) Cyberattack
3 6 (8.11%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.05%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.70%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.70%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.35%) Blog
6 1 (1.35%) CESG
6 1 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.35%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.35%) Kali Linux
1 1 (1.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (54.05%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (37.84%) Business Development
3 22 (29.73%) Regulatory Compliance
3 22 (29.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (17.57%) Information Security
5 11 (14.86%) Incident Response
5 11 (14.86%) Migration
6 10 (13.51%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (12.16%) Presales
8 8 (10.81%) Security Operations
9 7 (9.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 7 (9.46%) Offensive Security
9 7 (9.46%) Red Team
9 7 (9.46%) Security Testing
9 7 (9.46%) Threat Intelligence
9 7 (9.46%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 6 (8.11%) Business Continuity
10 6 (8.11%) Data Protection
10 6 (8.11%) Incident Management
10 6 (8.11%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.05%) Python
2 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 38 (51.35%) CISSP
2 33 (44.59%) CISM
3 14 (18.92%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (14.86%) CCNP
4 11 (14.86%) CCSA
5 7 (9.46%) Security Cleared
6 5 (6.76%) CEH
6 5 (6.76%) SC Cleared
7 4 (5.41%) OSCP
8 3 (4.05%) CCSAM
8 3 (4.05%) CCSAS
8 3 (4.05%) CHECK Team Leader
9 2 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (2.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.70%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.70%) GCIA
9 2 (2.70%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (12.16%) GDPR
3 8 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (10.81%) NIST
4 7 (9.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 6 (8.11%) QA
6 4 (5.41%) PCI DSS
7 3 (4.05%) GRC
8 2 (2.70%) NCSC
9 1 (1.35%) COBIT
9 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.35%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (2.70%) IAG
2 1 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.35%) Ansible
2 1 (1.35%) Nessus
2 1 (1.35%) OpenVAS
2 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (17.57%) Palo Alto
2 12 (16.22%) Cisco
2 12 (16.22%) Fortinet
3 11 (14.86%) CheckPoint
4 9 (12.16%) Microsoft
5 3 (4.05%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.70%) Google
6 2 (2.70%) Qualys
6 2 (2.70%) SAP
7 1 (1.35%) Juniper
7 1 (1.35%) Sophos