Lead Security Consultant Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lead Security Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Security Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 - 725
Rank change year-on-year - - -168
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Consultant 8 0 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% - 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% - 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 19
10th Percentile - - £71,250
25th Percentile £95,000 - £73,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £91,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.71%
75th Percentile £105,000 - £97,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £100,000 £130,000 £91,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +42.08% +30.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 63,407 26,060 69,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 89.07% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 42,403 13,910 50,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Lead Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Security Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Lead Security Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Lead Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Security Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Security Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Lead Security 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 Lead Security Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
South West - 6 - - 1
East of England - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 £100,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £100,000 -
Lead Security Consultant
UK

Lead Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2026, Lead Security 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead Security Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) GRC
1 8 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 7 (87.50%) AWS
2 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) CISM
2 7 (87.50%) CISSP
2 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (87.50%) DV Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) GDPR
2 7 (87.50%) ISMS
2 7 (87.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 7 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (87.50%) JSP 440
2 7 (87.50%) Mentoring
2 7 (87.50%) NIST
2 7 (87.50%) PCI DSS
2 7 (87.50%) Risk Management
2 7 (87.50%) Thought Leadership
2 7 (87.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 7 (87.50%) Workshop Facilitation
3 6 (75.00%) Cloud Security
3 6 (75.00%) Containerisation
3 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 6 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) IAG

Lead Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP BPC
1 1 (12.50%) SAP GRC
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HCM
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) AWS
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Firewall
General
1 7 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (87.50%) Public Sector
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (87.50%) ISMS
2 7 (87.50%) Mentoring
2 7 (87.50%) Risk Management
2 7 (87.50%) Thought Leadership
2 7 (87.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 7 (87.50%) Workshop Facilitation
3 6 (75.00%) Cloud Security
3 6 (75.00%) Containerisation
3 6 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Security
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) CISM
2 7 (87.50%) CISSP
2 7 (87.50%) DV Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) GRC
2 7 (87.50%) GDPR
2 7 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (87.50%) JSP 440
2 7 (87.50%) NIST
2 7 (87.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) SAP