Cyber Defence Consultant Job Trends in the South West

Cyber Defence Consultant
England > South West

The median Cyber Defence Consultant salary in the South West is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 - 264
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cyber Defence Consultant 7 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.091% - 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £35,750
25th Percentile £32,500 - £39,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £56,250
75th Percentile £37,500 - £70,375
90th Percentile - - £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +7.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,266 2,423 8,720
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.30% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,993 1,535 6,630
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,945
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,457 £57,560 £53,250
% change year-on-year -3.65% +8.09% -12.42%

Cyber Defence Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cyber Defence Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Cyber Defence Consultant job vacancy trend in the South West

Cyber Defence Consultant
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Cyber Defence Consultant job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Cyber Defence Consultant job vacancies in the South West

Cyber Defence Consultant
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence Consultant within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 May 2026. 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
Gloucestershire - 2 £35,000 -
Cyber Defence Consultant
England

Cyber Defence Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 May 2026, Cyber Defence Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Cyber Defence Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 5 (71.43%) AWS
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (71.43%) CISM
2 5 (71.43%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) Cloud Security
2 5 (71.43%) Containerisation
2 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) GDPR
2 5 (71.43%) GRC
2 5 (71.43%) ISMS
2 5 (71.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) JSP 440
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) NIST
2 5 (71.43%) PCI DSS
2 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 5 (71.43%) Security Architecture
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Thought Leadership
2 5 (71.43%) Threat Modelling
2 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 5 (71.43%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery

Cyber Defence Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 2 (28.57%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Cloud Security
2 5 (71.43%) Containerisation
2 5 (71.43%) ISMS
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 5 (71.43%) Security Architecture
2 5 (71.43%) Thought Leadership
2 5 (71.43%) Threat Modelling
2 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 5 (71.43%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (71.43%) CISM
1 5 (71.43%) CISSP
1 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) GDPR
1 5 (71.43%) GRC
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (71.43%) JSP 440
1 5 (71.43%) NIST
1 5 (71.43%) PCI DSS