Security Consultant Jobs in London

Security Consultant
England > London

The median Security Consultant salary in London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 407 394
Rank change year-on-year +58 -13 +282
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 44 100 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.42% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.44% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 18 75 181
10th Percentile £47,000 £53,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £71,875 £64,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +10.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £118,125 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £123,625 - £97,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.94% -1.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Central London +22 1 £60,000 -7.69% 11
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 33 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (65.91%) CISSP
3 27 (61.36%) CISM
3 27 (61.36%) Business Development
4 25 (56.82%) Social Skills
5 24 (54.55%) Life Science
6 22 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 21 (47.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (15.91%) Presales
8 7 (15.91%) Red Team
8 7 (15.91%) Offensive Security
9 6 (13.64%) Blue Team
9 6 (13.64%) Purple Team
9 6 (13.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (13.64%) QA
10 5 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
10 5 (11.36%) Cloud Security
11 4 (9.09%) NIST
11 4 (9.09%) AWS
11 4 (9.09%) Finance
12 3 (6.82%) Risk Management
12 3 (6.82%) Information Security
12 3 (6.82%) Python
12 3 (6.82%) Azure
12 3 (6.82%) CEH
12 3 (6.82%) CCSAS
12 3 (6.82%) CCSAM
12 3 (6.82%) Incident Response
12 3 (6.82%) GCP

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

Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (6.82%) Azure
2 3 (6.82%) GCP
3 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Network Security
1 2 (4.55%) SD-WAN
1 2 (4.55%) WAN
2 1 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (2.27%) Firewall
2 1 (2.27%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
General
1 25 (56.82%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.55%) Retail
4 1 (2.27%) Military
4 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 24 (54.55%) Life Science
2 6 (13.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.55%) Hedge funds
3 2 (4.55%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.27%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (61.36%) Business Development
3 22 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 21 (47.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (15.91%) Offensive Security
5 7 (15.91%) Presales
5 7 (15.91%) Red Team
6 6 (13.64%) Blue Team
6 6 (13.64%) Purple Team
7 5 (11.36%) Cloud Security
7 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
8 3 (6.82%) Incident Response
8 3 (6.82%) Information Security
8 3 (6.82%) Risk Management
9 2 (4.55%) ITIL
9 2 (4.55%) Penetration Testing
9 2 (4.55%) Security Operations
9 2 (4.55%) Service Delivery
9 2 (4.55%) Threat Modelling
9 2 (4.55%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 29 (65.91%) CISSP
2 27 (61.36%) CISM
3 3 (6.82%) CCSAM
3 3 (6.82%) CCSAS
3 3 (6.82%) CEH
3 3 (6.82%) CHECK Team Leader
4 2 (4.55%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.55%) GCIA
4 2 (4.55%) GCIH
4 2 (4.55%) OSCP
5 1 (2.27%) CCNP
5 1 (2.27%) CCSA
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) QA
2 5 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (9.09%) NIST
4 2 (4.55%) GRC
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.27%) GDPR
5 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.27%) Ansible
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Cisco
1 2 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (4.55%) Google
1 2 (4.55%) Palo Alto
2 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
2 1 (2.27%) Juniper
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) Qualys