Cybersecurity Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £78,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 641 691
Rank change year-on-year +74 +50 +133
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 8 114 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.16% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 54 48
10th Percentile £58,987 £48,425 £51,271
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,313 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.15% -7.14% +11.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 36,103 67,726 52,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 94.86% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,704 47,866 30,035
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Midlands +58 2 £78,750 +43.18% 3
West Midlands +53 2 £78,750 +43.18% 2
South West +45 2 £65,000 -7.14% 12
North of England +38 2 £85,000 +41.67% 7
North West 0 2 £85,000 +22.30% 4
Scotland +110 1 £90,000 +34.23% 6
Wales +41 1 £49,104 -
Cybersecurity Consultant
UK

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Business Development
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Operational Technology
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Business Case
3 2 (25.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) CISSP
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Military
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) CISM
4 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
4 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ModSecurity
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Blog
2 1 (12.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (12.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (12.50%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Business Development
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Case
3 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (12.50%) Business Impact Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Internal Audit
4 1 (12.50%) Presales
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) SOAR
4 1 (12.50%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (12.50%) CISM
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) GRC
2 1 (12.50%) JSP 440
2 1 (12.50%) NCSC