Cybersecurity Consultant
UK
The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 677 | 752 | 821 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +75 | +69 | +287 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant | 34 | 158 | 143 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.062% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.069% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13 | 93 | 116 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,000 | £50,000 | £54,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £65,000 | £54,250 | £57,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.33% | +7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £95,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £118,750 | £97,250 | £92,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £71,250 | £67,500 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -3.57% | +9.38% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant.
Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Cybersecurity Consultant
Top 9 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 28 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 |
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| England | +45 | 33 | £75,000 | - | 211 |
| London | +110 | 29 | £76,250 | -15.28% | 27 |
| Work from Home | +68 | 6 | £65,000 | +3.17% | 127 |
| UK excluding London | +82 | 4 | £71,250 | +5.56% | 211 |
| South West | +50 | 2 | £65,000 | -18.75% | 36 |
| West Midlands | +60 | 1 | £77,500 | +40.91% | 17 |
| Midlands | +56 | 1 | £77,500 | +40.91% | 32 |
| North of England | +35 | 1 | £80,000 | +33.33% | 45 |
| North West | 0 | 1 | £80,000 | +15.11% | 24 |
Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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 featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.
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Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: