Information Security Consultant
UK
The median Information Security Consultant salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 707 | 867 | 910 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +160 | +43 | +242 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant | 10 | 27 | 71 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.018% | 0.027% | 0.070% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.020% | 0.029% | 0.077% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 25 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £42,000 | £52,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £45,000 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £73,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -24.66% | +12.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £62,500 | £90,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £91,250 | £77,500 | £95,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -8.33% | -7.69% |
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 | 49,922 | 93,907 | 92,301 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.55% | 94.63% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,447 | 67,290 | 58,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,627 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Consultant
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Consultant.
Information Security Consultant
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.
Information Security Consultant
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 | +132 | 10 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 21 |
| UK excluding London | +148 | 9 | £62,500 | +13.64% | 17 |
| Yorkshire | +61 | 7 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 6 |
| North of England | +51 | 7 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 8 |
| South East | +98 | 2 | £65,000 | +36.84% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +134 | 1 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 8 |
| London | +111 | 1 | £60,000 | -15.79% | 8 |
Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Information Security 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 Information Security Consultant in the job title.
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Information Security 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: