Cybersecurity Consultant Job Trends in Leeds

Cybersecurity Consultant
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in Leeds is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 89 109
Rank change year-on-year -12 +20 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.074% 0.18% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.19% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 - £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -36.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,263 1,042 1,276
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 95.42% 97.18%
Number of salaries quoted 838 598 943
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,652 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,872 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.30% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,233 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.22% -5.45% -

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancy trend in Leeds

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Leeds

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, Cybersecurity Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leeds region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Check Point GAiA
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Junos
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) VPN

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Junos
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto