Security Consultant Jobs in the South East

Security Consultant
England > South East

The median Security Consultant salary in the South East is £75,000 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 290 352 316
Rank change year-on-year +62 -36 +134
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 4 41 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.043% 0.24% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.26% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3 31 63
10th Percentile £64,500 £51,250 £57,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -1.43% +9.80%
75th Percentile £81,875 £73,750 -
90th Percentile £84,500 £77,500 £87,000
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
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,064 15,797 13,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.48% 93.98% 90.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,562 11,357 8,268
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the South East

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Thames Valley +51 2 £78,750 +14.13% 5
Berkshire +33 2 £78,750 +14.13% 2
Hampshire +52 1 - - 3
West Sussex - 1 £65,000 - 2
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Aviation
3 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (25.00%) NCSC
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CESG
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) GIAC
3 1 (25.00%) OWASP
3 1 (25.00%) Metasploit
3 1 (25.00%) SAP GRC
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Security
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) SAP BPC
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) IAG
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (25.00%) SAP GRC
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Aviation
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Application Security
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) OWASP
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Security
2 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (25.00%) CISA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) GIAC
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus
1 1 (25.00%) OpenVAS
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Qualys
1 1 (25.00%) SAP