Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Cybersecurity Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £49,104 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 577 733 755
Rank change year-on-year +156 +22 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant 3 25 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.035% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.037% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 7
10th Percentile - £53,750 £54,528
25th Percentile £44,956 £54,438 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,104 £61,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% -12.50% +1.45%
75th Percentile £69,126 £72,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,650 £72,500 £78,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £71,250
% change year-on-year +28.00% -12.28% -5.00%

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 35,260 67,223 53,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,851 47,591 30,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,716 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK excluding London

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK excluding London

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Cybersecurity Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Wales - 2 £49,104 -
West Midlands - 1 £80,000 -
Midlands - 1 £80,000 -
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
UK

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Business Impact Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) NIST

Senior 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Business Impact Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST