Security Consultant Jobs in Glasgow

Security Consultant
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Security Consultant salary in Glasgow is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 230 105
Rank change year-on-year +179 -125 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 2 4 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.41% 0.10% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.10% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 19
10th Percentile - £56,830 £67,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £60,700 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £67,050 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.23% -4.21% +52.17%
75th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 -
90th Percentile - - £70,500
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
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 435 3,904 1,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.41% 98.04% 85.78%
Number of salaries quoted 260 852 664
10th Percentile £31,925 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% -4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £75,360 £65,000 £68,975
90th Percentile £85,400 £78,750 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,462
% change year-on-year +4.76% -5.34% +5.64%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Glasgow

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in Glasgow

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 10 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 Glasgow region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case