Security Consultant Jobs in Manchester

Security Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median Security Consultant salary in Manchester is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 218 210
Rank change year-on-year +60 -8 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 3 5 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.13% 0.097% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.10% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 29
10th Percentile £78,250 £55,625 £53,750
25th Percentile £79,375 £58,438 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £69,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.30% -0.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £91,875 £84,500 -
90th Percentile £93,750 £86,300 £77,750
North West median annual salary £80,000 £69,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.11% -0.71% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,036 4,891 4,477
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.40% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 3,774 2,630
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,017 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,334 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.59% -5.51% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,375 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,125 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Manchester

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 Manchester region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) CCSA
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Case
1 1 (33.33%) Business Development
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) CCSA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto