Cybersecurity Consultant Job Trends in Staffordshire

Cybersecurity Consultant
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in Staffordshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £77,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year -22.58% +12.73% +19.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 845 523 338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.18% 91.75% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 393 352 298
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,119 £25,771
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -1.23% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,300 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £62,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Cybersecurity 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 Staffordshire region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Validation

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Validation