Cybersecurity Consultant Jobs

Cybersecurity Consultant
UK

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 733 827
Rank change year-on-year +63 +94 +288
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 42 158 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 21 93 120
10th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £54,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £97,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £78,750 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +21.15% -7.14% +11.11%

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 50,683 94,601 90,752
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.69% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 27,196 67,610 57,343
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Top 11 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 19 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
England +39 39 £80,000 +6.67% 63
London +103 32 £90,000 - 23
UK excluding London +81 8 £78,750 +21.15% 42
Work from Home +71 8 £65,000 +4.00% 41
Midlands +67 2 £78,750 +43.18% 3
North of England +40 2 £85,000 +41.67% 7
West Midlands +40 2 £78,750 +43.18% 2
South West +38 2 £65,000 -7.14% 12
North West -5 2 £85,000 +22.30% 5
Scotland +111 1 £90,000 +34.23% 7
Wales +38 1 £49,104 -

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 42 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (78.57%) Business Development
3 28 (66.67%) CISSP
3 28 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 27 (64.29%) CISM
5 24 (57.14%) Life Science
6 22 (52.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 8 (19.05%) Risk Management
9 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (16.67%) NIST
9 7 (16.67%) Operational Technology
10 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
10 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
11 5 (11.90%) Network Security
11 5 (11.90%) Strategic Planning
11 5 (11.90%) Data Management
11 5 (11.90%) Business Case
11 5 (11.90%) Zero Trust
11 5 (11.90%) Data Loss Prevention
12 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
13 3 (7.14%) Mentoring
13 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (7.14%) GRC
13 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
14 2 (4.76%) NCSC
14 2 (4.76%) Finance
14 2 (4.76%) Retail
14 2 (4.76%) Security Architecture
14 2 (4.76%) Vulnerability Management

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) AWS
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) Network Security
General
1 28 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.76%) Finance
3 2 (4.76%) Retail
4 1 (2.38%) Automotive
4 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.38%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) ModSecurity
1 1 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (57.14%) Life Science
2 7 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.76%) IoT
4 1 (2.38%) Blog
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.38%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (78.57%) Business Development
3 22 (52.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 21 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 8 (19.05%) Risk Management
6 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 5 (11.90%) Business Case
7 5 (11.90%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (11.90%) Data Management
7 5 (11.90%) Strategic Planning
7 5 (11.90%) Zero Trust
8 3 (7.14%) Mentoring
9 2 (4.76%) Presales
9 2 (4.76%) Security Architecture
9 2 (4.76%) Vulnerability Management
10 1 (2.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (2.38%) Digital Forensics
10 1 (2.38%) Incident Management
10 1 (2.38%) Information Assurance
10 1 (2.38%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 28 (66.67%) CISSP
2 27 (64.29%) CISM
3 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.38%) CEH
5 1 (2.38%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (2.38%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (16.67%) NIST
2 3 (7.14%) GRC
3 2 (4.76%) NCSC
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.38%) GDPR
4 1 (2.38%) JSP 440
4 1 (2.38%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (2.38%) Cisco
1 1 (2.38%) Google
1 1 (2.38%) Juniper
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
1 1 (2.38%) Qualys