Cybersecurity Consultant Jobs in the South West

Cybersecurity Consultant
England > South West

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in the South West is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 254 303
Rank change year-on-year +32 +49 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 69 24 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.76% 0.34% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.38% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 28 20 7
10th Percentile £49,325 £57,250 £57,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £97,250 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile - £84,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 8,760 6,334 7,632
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.12% 89.34% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,432 3,910 5,108
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,918 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% +3.84% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the South West

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the South West.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the South West

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the South West

Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Consultant within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Bristol +44 53 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Wiltshire +6 12 £91,500 +30.71%
Gloucestershire -14 4 £55,000 -24.14% 1
Cybersecurity Consultant
England

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Cybersecurity 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 West region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 69 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (57.97%) Risk Management
3 34 (49.28%) JSP 440
3 34 (49.28%) NIST
4 32 (46.38%) Social Skills
5 31 (44.93%) Security Cleared
6 29 (42.03%) Incident Management
7 28 (40.58%) Incident Response
8 23 (33.33%) Security Operations
9 22 (31.88%) Mentoring
10 21 (30.43%) Information Assurance
11 20 (28.99%) Business Development
11 20 (28.99%) Protective Monitoring
12 19 (27.54%) Information Security
13 16 (23.19%) Innovative Thinking
13 16 (23.19%) CISMP
14 14 (20.29%) RMADS
14 14 (20.29%) CESG
14 14 (20.29%) Management Information System
15 13 (18.84%) Finance
15 13 (18.84%) Matrix Organization
15 13 (18.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 12 (17.39%) IISP
16 12 (17.39%) NIST 800
16 12 (17.39%) Creative Thinking
16 12 (17.39%) IIS
17 11 (15.94%) Network Security
17 11 (15.94%) DV Cleared
18 10 (14.49%) Project Management
18 10 (14.49%) Aerospace

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (17.39%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.45%) AWS
1 1 (1.45%) Azure
1 1 (1.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.94%) Network Security
General
1 32 (46.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.84%) Finance
3 10 (14.49%) Aerospace
3 10 (14.49%) Aviation
3 10 (14.49%) Military
4 6 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.90%) Retail
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.04%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.29%) CESG
1 14 (20.29%) Management Information System
2 9 (13.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (7.25%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.45%) Insider Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (57.97%) Risk Management
3 29 (42.03%) Incident Management
4 28 (40.58%) Incident Response
5 23 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 22 (31.88%) Mentoring
7 21 (30.43%) Information Assurance
8 20 (28.99%) Business Development
8 20 (28.99%) Protective Monitoring
9 19 (27.54%) Information Security
10 16 (23.19%) Innovative Thinking
11 13 (18.84%) Matrix Organization
12 12 (17.39%) Creative Thinking
13 10 (14.49%) Active Listening
13 10 (14.49%) Project Management
14 9 (13.04%) Computer Science
14 9 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
14 9 (13.04%) Risk Analysis
14 9 (13.04%) SIEM
14 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 31 (44.93%) Security Cleared
2 16 (23.19%) CISMP
3 12 (17.39%) IISP
4 11 (15.94%) DV Cleared
5 8 (11.59%) Degree
6 7 (10.14%) CHECK Team Member
6 7 (10.14%) OSCP
7 6 (8.70%) SC Cleared
8 3 (4.35%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (4.35%) CISSP
9 1 (1.45%) CISA
9 1 (1.45%) CISM
9 1 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (49.28%) JSP 440
1 34 (49.28%) NIST
2 14 (20.29%) RMADS
3 13 (18.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 12 (17.39%) NIST 800
5 6 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (5.80%) NCSC
7 3 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (4.35%) GRC
8 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 9 (13.04%) SolarWinds
1 9 (13.04%) Tanium
1 9 (13.04%) Tripwire