Information Security Consultant Jobs in the North of England

Information Security Consultant
England > North of England

The median Information Security Consultant salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 424 445
Rank change year-on-year +51 +21 -97
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 18 7 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.10% 0.040% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.044% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 11
10th Percentile £40,000 - £55,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -17.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £61,750 £66,150 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £73,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -24.66% +12.31% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,339 15,764 17,416
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.09% 89.45% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 12,639 8,316 11,201
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Consultant in the North of England

Information Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Consultant in the North of England.

Salary trend for Information Security Consultant in the North of England

Information Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Consultant in the North of England

Information Security Consultant
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Yorkshire +100 16 £52,500 - 4
North West +2 2 £57,500 -
Information Security Consultant
England

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Information 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 North of England region featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Information Security
2 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 14 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (72.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (72.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (61.11%) Threat Intelligence
4 11 (61.11%) Incident Response
4 11 (61.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 11 (61.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 11 (61.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 10 (55.56%) Security Auditing
5 10 (55.56%) Security Operations
5 10 (55.56%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (55.56%) GDPR
5 10 (55.56%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (55.56%) Security Testing
5 10 (55.56%) Data Protection
5 10 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (55.56%) Risk Register
6 9 (50.00%) Business Continuity
7 8 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (38.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (38.89%) Incident Management
9 6 (33.33%) NIST
10 5 (27.78%) COBIT
11 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
11 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
12 2 (11.11%) Penetration Testing

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 14 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.56%) IaaS
3 1 (5.56%) PaaS
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Games
3 1 (5.56%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Information Security
2 11 (61.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 11 (61.11%) Incident Response
2 11 (61.11%) Threat Intelligence
2 11 (61.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 10 (55.56%) Data Protection
3 10 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (55.56%) Risk Register
3 10 (55.56%) Security Auditing
3 10 (55.56%) Security Operations
3 10 (55.56%) Security Testing
3 10 (55.56%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (50.00%) Business Continuity
5 8 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (38.89%) Incident Management
7 2 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
8 1 (5.56%) DevOps
8 1 (5.56%) Microservices
8 1 (5.56%) Reverse Engineering
8 1 (5.56%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Bash
2 1 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) GCFA
2 1 (5.56%) GCFE
2 1 (5.56%) GCIH
2 1 (5.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 13 (72.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (61.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 10 (55.56%) GDPR
4 7 (38.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (33.33%) NIST
6 5 (27.78%) COBIT
7 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft