Security Consultant Jobs in the South East

Security Consultant
England > South East

The median Security Consultant salary in the South East is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 316 448
Rank change year-on-year -35 +132 -127
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 41 77 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.53% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.59% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 31 63 32
10th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £56,138
25th Percentile £57,500 £69,375 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £70,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +9.80% +6.25%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,000 £83,500
England median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,797 13,155 19,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 90.38% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,357 8,270 12,438
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 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
Thames Valley -12 15 £69,000 -1.43% 3
Hampshire -31 15 £71,250 +1.79% 7
Berkshire -6 14 £69,000 -1.43% 3
Surrey +13 9 £52,500 -27.59% 3
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 26 (63.41%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (58.54%) Security Cleared
3 21 (51.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (41.46%) Information Assurance
5 16 (39.02%) NIST
5 16 (39.02%) Risk Management
6 14 (34.15%) CISSP
6 14 (34.15%) Information Security
6 14 (34.15%) SC Cleared
7 13 (31.71%) Management Information System
8 11 (26.83%) SABSA
9 10 (24.39%) CESG Certified Professional
9 10 (24.39%) Public Sector
10 9 (21.95%) GRC
11 8 (19.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (19.51%) JSP 440
11 8 (19.51%) RMADS
11 8 (19.51%) Security Management
12 7 (17.07%) Information Security Management
12 7 (17.07%) CISM
12 7 (17.07%) Security Testing
12 7 (17.07%) CISMP
12 7 (17.07%) Enterprise Architecture
12 7 (17.07%) Agile
12 7 (17.07%) TOGAF
12 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (17.07%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (17.07%) CREST Certified
12 7 (17.07%) Security Monitoring
12 7 (17.07%) Self-Motivation

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 4 (9.76%) SAP GRC
2 2 (4.88%) SAP BPC
3 1 (2.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) AWS
2 4 (9.76%) GCP
2 4 (9.76%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Network Security
2 1 (2.44%) BGP
2 1 (2.44%) DNS
2 1 (2.44%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) SAP BW
General
1 10 (24.39%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.88%) Automotive
2 2 (4.88%) Legal
2 2 (4.88%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.44%) Electronics
3 1 (2.44%) Finance
3 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.44%) Marketing
3 1 (2.44%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 13 (31.71%) Management Information System
2 7 (17.07%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (12.20%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.44%) Blog
5 1 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.44%) PKI
5 1 (2.44%) YARA
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (63.41%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (41.46%) Information Assurance
3 16 (39.02%) Risk Management
4 14 (34.15%) Information Security
5 11 (26.83%) SABSA
6 8 (19.51%) Security Management
7 7 (17.07%) Agile
7 7 (17.07%) Application Security
7 7 (17.07%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (17.07%) Information Security Management
7 7 (17.07%) Security Monitoring
7 7 (17.07%) Security Testing
7 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (17.07%) TOGAF
7 7 (17.07%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (9.76%) Conflict Resolution
8 4 (9.76%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (9.76%) ITIL
8 4 (9.76%) OWASP
8 4 (9.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
1 2 (4.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (58.54%) Security Cleared
2 14 (34.15%) CISSP
2 14 (34.15%) SC Cleared
3 10 (24.39%) CESG Certified Professional
4 7 (17.07%) CISM
4 7 (17.07%) CISMP
4 7 (17.07%) CREST Certified
5 3 (7.32%) PCI QSA
6 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.88%) ISACA
7 1 (2.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.44%) CCSK
7 1 (2.44%) CEH
7 1 (2.44%) CISA
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.44%) Degree
7 1 (2.44%) GIAC
7 1 (2.44%) OSCP
7 1 (2.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (51.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (39.02%) NIST
3 9 (21.95%) GRC
4 8 (19.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 8 (19.51%) JSP 440
4 8 (19.51%) RMADS
5 4 (9.76%) COBIT
5 4 (9.76%) GDPR
5 4 (9.76%) NIST 800
6 3 (7.32%) NCSC
6 3 (7.32%) PCI DSS
7 2 (4.88%) ITGC
8 1 (2.44%) Def Stans
8 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) Ariba
3 2 (4.88%) Concur
4 1 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.44%) Netskope
4 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.44%) QinetiQ
4 1 (2.44%) Zscaler