Senior Security Consultant Jobs in England

Senior Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 779 883 1068
Rank change year-on-year +104 +185 -242
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 58 57 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.068% 0.062% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.068% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 43 40 62
10th Percentile £53,750 £62,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £81,950 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +6.67%

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 80,754 84,293 127,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.52% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,385 53,462 75,679
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 £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Senior Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
London +115 19 £70,000 -15.15% 4
South West -18 18 £60,000 -14.29%
North of England +50 8 £58,750 -16.07%
Yorkshire +92 6 £60,000 -
South East +20 5 £65,000 -10.34%
North West +17 2 £58,750 -16.07%
Midlands +14 2 £70,000 -3.45% 1
West Midlands +26 1 £80,000 +6.67% 1
East Midlands -14 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Senior Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 33 (56.90%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (48.28%) Information Security
3 27 (46.55%) NIST
4 22 (37.93%) Risk Management
5 21 (36.21%) Security Cleared
6 16 (27.59%) Innovative Thinking
7 15 (25.86%) NIST 800
7 15 (25.86%) Management Information System
8 14 (24.14%) CESG
8 14 (24.14%) CISMP
8 14 (24.14%) Information Assurance
8 14 (24.14%) JSP 440
9 13 (22.41%) Project Management
9 13 (22.41%) CISSP
9 13 (22.41%) Matrix Organization
10 12 (20.69%) Creative Thinking
10 12 (20.69%) IISP
10 12 (20.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 12 (20.69%) IIS
11 11 (18.97%) Finance
11 11 (18.97%) RMADS
11 11 (18.97%) Security Testing
11 11 (18.97%) SC Cleared
12 10 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 10 (17.24%) Aerospace
12 10 (17.24%) Military
12 10 (17.24%) CISM
12 10 (17.24%) Active Listening
12 10 (17.24%) Aviation
13 8 (13.79%) PCI DSS

Senior 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 (20.69%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.17%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) AWS
2 3 (5.17%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) GCP
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.62%) Wireless
2 3 (5.17%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (5.17%) Firewall
2 3 (5.17%) Network Security
3 2 (3.45%) NGFW
3 2 (3.45%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.45%) WAN
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Burp Suite
2 3 (5.17%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (18.97%) Finance
2 10 (17.24%) Aerospace
2 10 (17.24%) Aviation
2 10 (17.24%) Military
3 6 (10.34%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.17%) Marketing
6 2 (3.45%) Law
7 1 (1.72%) Advertising
7 1 (1.72%) Games
7 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.86%) Management Information System
2 14 (24.14%) CESG
3 6 (10.34%) Operational Technology
4 3 (5.17%) IoT
4 3 (5.17%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.17%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.45%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.72%) SCADA
6 1 (1.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (56.90%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (48.28%) Information Security
3 22 (37.93%) Risk Management
4 16 (27.59%) Innovative Thinking
5 14 (24.14%) Information Assurance
6 13 (22.41%) Matrix Organization
6 13 (22.41%) Project Management
7 12 (20.69%) Creative Thinking
8 11 (18.97%) Security Testing
9 10 (17.24%) Active Listening
10 7 (12.07%) Penetration Testing
11 6 (10.34%) Application Security
11 6 (10.34%) Internal Audit
11 6 (10.34%) Red Team
11 6 (10.34%) Threat Modelling
12 5 (8.62%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 5 (8.62%) Information Security Management
12 5 (8.62%) SAP Security
12 5 (8.62%) Security Management
12 5 (8.62%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.72%) Bash
1 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.72%) Python
1 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (36.21%) Security Cleared
2 14 (24.14%) CISMP
3 13 (22.41%) CISSP
4 12 (20.69%) IISP
5 11 (18.97%) SC Cleared
6 10 (17.24%) CISM
7 7 (12.07%) CRISC
7 7 (12.07%) PCI QSA
8 6 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (10.34%) CREST Certified
9 5 (8.62%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (6.90%) CCNP
10 4 (6.90%) OSCP
11 3 (5.17%) CCIE
11 3 (5.17%) CEH
11 3 (5.17%) CISA
11 3 (5.17%) GPEN
11 3 (5.17%) ISACA
11 3 (5.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (5.17%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (46.55%) NIST
2 15 (25.86%) NIST 800
3 14 (24.14%) JSP 440
4 12 (20.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (18.97%) RMADS
6 10 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (13.79%) PCI DSS
8 7 (12.07%) NCSC
9 5 (8.62%) GRC
10 4 (6.90%) GDPR
11 3 (5.17%) ISO 9001
12 2 (3.45%) ISO 22301
13 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Nessus
1 3 (5.17%) Nmap
2 2 (3.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (8.62%) Palo Alto
1 5 (8.62%) SAP
2 4 (6.90%) Cisco
3 3 (5.17%) CheckPoint
3 3 (5.17%) F5
3 3 (5.17%) Fortinet
3 3 (5.17%) Qualys
4 2 (3.45%) Aruba
4 2 (3.45%) Meraki
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.72%) QinetiQ
5 1 (1.72%) VMware