Security Consultant Jobs in London

Security Consultant
England > London

The median Security Consultant salary in London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 405 392
Rank change year-on-year +63 -13 +257
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 54 103 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.42% 0.44% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.46% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28 77 191
10th Percentile £55,400 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +10.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £112,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 - £95,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.94% -1.43% -3.45%

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 11,514 22,211 32,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 94.13% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,380 16,662 24,070
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £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 £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +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 9 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 9 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 +25 3 £90,000 +38.46% 6
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 39 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (59.26%) CISSP
3 30 (55.56%) CISM
3 30 (55.56%) Business Development
4 26 (48.15%) Social Skills
5 24 (44.44%) Life Science
6 22 (40.74%) Regulatory Compliance
7 21 (38.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (22.22%) Presales
9 10 (18.52%) Red Team
9 10 (18.52%) Offensive Security
10 9 (16.67%) Blue Team
10 9 (16.67%) Purple Team
10 9 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 9 (16.67%) QA
11 8 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 7 (12.96%) Cloud Security
12 7 (12.96%) Risk Management
12 7 (12.96%) NIST
12 7 (12.96%) Mentoring
13 5 (9.26%) AWS
13 5 (9.26%) Network Security
13 5 (9.26%) CCSAS
13 5 (9.26%) CCSAM
13 5 (9.26%) CHECK Team Leader
14 4 (7.41%) Azure
14 4 (7.41%) Finance
14 4 (7.41%) Information Security
14 4 (7.41%) Roadmaps
14 4 (7.41%) Zero Trust

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 5 (9.26%) AWS
2 4 (7.41%) Azure
3 3 (5.56%) GCP
4 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.26%) Network Security
2 2 (3.70%) SD-WAN
2 2 (3.70%) WAN
3 1 (1.85%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (1.85%) Firewall
3 1 (1.85%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
General
1 26 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.41%) Finance
3 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.70%) Retail
4 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.85%) Military
4 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 24 (44.44%) Life Science
2 9 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.70%) Hedge funds
4 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (55.56%) Business Development
3 22 (40.74%) Regulatory Compliance
4 21 (38.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (22.22%) Presales
6 10 (18.52%) Offensive Security
6 10 (18.52%) Red Team
7 9 (16.67%) Blue Team
7 9 (16.67%) Purple Team
8 7 (12.96%) Cloud Security
8 7 (12.96%) Mentoring
8 7 (12.96%) Risk Management
9 4 (7.41%) Information Security
9 4 (7.41%) Roadmaps
9 4 (7.41%) Zero Trust
10 3 (5.56%) Business Case
10 3 (5.56%) Data Management
10 3 (5.56%) Incident Response
10 3 (5.56%) Strategic Planning
10 3 (5.56%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.56%) Python
2 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.85%) Go
Qualifications
1 32 (59.26%) CISSP
2 30 (55.56%) CISM
3 5 (9.26%) CCSAM
3 5 (9.26%) CCSAS
3 5 (9.26%) CHECK Team Leader
4 3 (5.56%) AWS Certification
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.56%) CEH
4 3 (5.56%) OSCP
4 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.70%) GCIA
5 2 (3.70%) GCIH
6 1 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.85%) CCNP
6 1 (1.85%) CISA
6 1 (1.85%) CRISC
6 1 (1.85%) MCSA
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) QA
2 8 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (12.96%) NIST
4 2 (3.70%) GDPR
4 2 (3.70%) GRC
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.85%) Ansible
2 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (5.56%) Google
2 2 (3.70%) Cisco
2 2 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.85%) Juniper
3 1 (1.85%) Qualys
3 1 (1.85%) Veeam
3 1 (1.85%) VMware