Cybersecurity Consultant Job Trends in Leicestershire

Cybersecurity Consultant
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in Leicestershire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 374 723 383
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 92.22% 97.70%
Number of salaries quoted 223 344 277
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,825 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,750 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.89% -14.29% +5.00%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in Leicestershire

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Leicestershire

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. 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
Market Harborough - 1 £60,000 - 1
Cybersecurity Consultant
East Midlands

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Cybersecurity 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 Leicestershire region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS