Security Consultant Jobs in Leeds

Security Consultant
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Security Consultant salary in Leeds is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 149 201
Rank change year-on-year +40 +52 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 20 31 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.88% 1.01% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.06% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 19 17 5
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile £61,000 - £80,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +40.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,190 2,919 3,662
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 95.21% 97.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,572 1,743 2,554
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,959 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Leeds

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in Leeds

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Leeds over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Leeds region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (75.00%) Information Security
2 11 (55.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (55.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (45.00%) Security Testing
4 9 (45.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 9 (45.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 9 (45.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 8 (40.00%) Security Auditing
5 8 (40.00%) GDPR
5 8 (40.00%) Security Operations
5 8 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (40.00%) Data Protection
5 8 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (40.00%) Business Continuity
5 8 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (40.00%) Risk Register
5 8 (40.00%) Incident Response
6 7 (35.00%) NIST
7 5 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (25.00%) Incident Management
7 5 (25.00%) COBIT
8 4 (20.00%) SAP
8 4 (20.00%) SAP Security
8 4 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
9 3 (15.00%) GRC

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 4 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (10.00%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.00%) IaaS
3 1 (5.00%) PaaS
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Games
3 1 (5.00%) Law
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Information Security
2 10 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 9 (45.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 9 (45.00%) Security Testing
3 9 (45.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 8 (40.00%) Business Continuity
4 8 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 8 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 8 (40.00%) Risk Register
4 8 (40.00%) Security Auditing
4 8 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 8 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (25.00%) Incident Management
6 4 (20.00%) SAP Security
7 2 (10.00%) Application Security
7 2 (10.00%) Information Security Management
7 2 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (55.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (55.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (45.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 8 (40.00%) GDPR
4 7 (35.00%) NIST
5 5 (25.00%) COBIT
5 5 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (15.00%) GRC
7 1 (5.00%) NCSC
7 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) SAP