Security Consultant Jobs in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant salary in England is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 505 452 768
Rank change year-on-year -53 +316 -152
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 345 597 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.66% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.72% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 237 456 291
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,125 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,531 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £90,000 £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 81,041 82,556 127,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,522 52,365 74,626
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +52 126 £68,500 -2.14% 1
London -13 103 £77,500 +10.71% 25
South East -35 41 £69,000 -1.43% 13
North of England -57 37 £55,000 -21.43% 8
Yorkshire +47 28 £55,000 -21.43% 5
East of England +23 16 £90,000 +28.57% 1
Midlands -20 11 £60,000 -14.29% 3
West Midlands +3 9 £57,500 -21.23% 3
North West -56 9 £69,500 -0.71% 3
East Midlands -18 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 9 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 job ads across the England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 261 (75.65%) Cybersecurity
2 175 (50.72%) Security Cleared
3 125 (36.23%) NIST
4 120 (34.78%) Risk Management
5 113 (32.75%) Information Security
6 95 (27.54%) SC Cleared
7 91 (26.38%) CISSP
8 82 (23.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 80 (23.19%) Information Assurance
10 76 (22.03%) CISM
11 74 (21.45%) Social Skills
12 70 (20.29%) Security Operations
13 64 (18.55%) Security Architecture
14 63 (18.26%) Network Security
15 60 (17.39%) SIEM
16 58 (16.81%) Mentoring
17 57 (16.52%) CRISC
18 56 (16.23%) DV Cleared
19 53 (15.36%) Agile
19 53 (15.36%) Incident Management
20 50 (14.49%) CESG Certified Professional
21 48 (13.91%) Operational Technology
22 45 (13.04%) JSP 440
23 44 (12.75%) Military
23 44 (12.75%) Management Information System
23 44 (12.75%) Incident Response
24 42 (12.17%) Vulnerability Management
25 41 (11.88%) Public Sector
26 38 (11.01%) NIST 800
27 36 (10.43%) 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 (3.48%) IIS
2 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.74%) SAP GRC
2 4 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.58%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.64%) Azure
1 16 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (3.48%) AWS
3 8 (2.32%) GCP
4 4 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (1.16%) IaaS
4 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (0.87%) PaaS
5 3 (0.87%) SaaS
6 2 (0.58%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.29%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 63 (18.26%) Network Security
2 16 (4.64%) Firewall
3 15 (4.35%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.03%) SD-WAN
4 7 (2.03%) WAN
5 6 (1.74%) DNS
5 6 (1.74%) Wireless
6 5 (1.45%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.16%) NGFW
8 3 (0.87%) LAN
8 3 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.58%) 5G
9 2 (0.58%) Internet
9 2 (0.58%) VoIP
10 1 (0.29%) BGP
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.29%) SAN
10 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.87%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.29%) Big Data
2 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.29%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.87%) Metasploit
General
1 74 (21.45%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.75%) Military
3 41 (11.88%) Public Sector
4 36 (10.43%) Finance
5 24 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.51%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.19%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.19%) Aviation
8 8 (2.32%) Marketing
9 7 (2.03%) Law
10 6 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.87%) Legal
13 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.58%) Advertising
14 2 (0.58%) Automotive
14 2 (0.58%) Games
14 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.58%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.96%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.29%) Middleware
2 1 (0.29%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.91%) Operational Technology
2 44 (12.75%) Management Information System
3 33 (9.57%) Cyber Defence
3 33 (9.57%) Security Operations Centre
4 25 (7.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 15 (4.35%) CESG
6 13 (3.77%) Cyberattack
7 11 (3.19%) PKI
7 11 (3.19%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (2.61%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.74%) IoT
11 5 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.45%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.16%) SCADA
13 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.29%) Insider Threat
14 1 (0.29%) Smart Energy
14 1 (0.29%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.87%) Kali Linux
1 3 (0.87%) Linux
1 3 (0.87%) Windows
2 2 (0.58%) Android
2 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (75.65%) Cybersecurity
2 120 (34.78%) Risk Management
3 113 (32.75%) Information Security
4 80 (23.19%) Information Assurance
5 70 (20.29%) Security Operations
6 64 (18.55%) Security Architecture
7 60 (17.39%) SIEM
8 58 (16.81%) Mentoring
9 53 (15.36%) Agile
9 53 (15.36%) Incident Management
10 44 (12.75%) Incident Response
11 42 (12.17%) Vulnerability Management
12 32 (9.28%) Security Testing
13 29 (8.41%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (7.83%) Penetration Testing
15 26 (7.54%) Coaching
16 25 (7.25%) Analytics
16 25 (7.25%) Data Analytics
17 24 (6.96%) SABSA
18 23 (6.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.87%) SQL
2 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.58%) Python
3 1 (0.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 175 (50.72%) Security Cleared
2 95 (27.54%) SC Cleared
3 91 (26.38%) CISSP
4 76 (22.03%) CISM
5 57 (16.52%) CRISC
6 56 (16.23%) DV Cleared
7 50 (14.49%) CESG Certified Professional
8 27 (7.83%) CISMP
9 23 (6.67%) Degree
10 20 (5.80%) CREST Certified
11 18 (5.22%) CEH
12 13 (3.77%) CASP
12 13 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (3.77%) OSCP
13 12 (3.48%) IISP
14 10 (2.90%) Master's Degree
15 9 (2.61%) PCI QSA
16 8 (2.32%) CHECK Team Member
17 7 (2.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 7 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (36.23%) NIST
2 82 (23.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (13.04%) JSP 440
4 38 (11.01%) NIST 800
5 33 (9.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 30 (8.70%) NCSC
7 28 (8.12%) GRC
8 24 (6.96%) RMADS
9 23 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (6.09%) GDPR
11 13 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (3.48%) PCI DSS
13 10 (2.90%) COBIT
14 7 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (1.16%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.58%) ITGC
17 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
18 1 (0.29%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 24 (6.96%) vSphere
2 1 (0.29%) Firmware
2 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.16%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.87%) Nessus
2 3 (0.87%) Nmap
3 1 (0.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 24 (6.96%) SolarWinds
1 24 (6.96%) Tanium
1 24 (6.96%) Tripwire
2 22 (6.38%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.90%) SAP
4 9 (2.61%) Cisco
4 9 (2.61%) Fortinet
5 8 (2.32%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.45%) Aruba
6 5 (1.45%) Meraki
7 3 (0.87%) Ariba
7 3 (0.87%) CheckPoint
7 3 (0.87%) F5
7 3 (0.87%) Qualys
8 2 (0.58%) Concur
8 2 (0.58%) Google
8 2 (0.58%) Splunk
9 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.29%) Netskope
9 1 (0.29%) Zscaler