Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 603 531
Rank change year-on-year +199 -72 -123
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 366 81 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.18% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.20% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 255 49 279
10th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +15.94% -1.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,600 £113,250 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +16.79% -2.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 86,220 39,579 100,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 89.52% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 58,944 22,377 72,921
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,878 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Security Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Security Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +136 308 £65,000 -18.75% 81
UK excluding London +161 249 £60,000 -25.00% 60
Work from Home +116 109 £55,000 -23.87% 42
South West +38 97 £61,250 -7.55% 18
London +16 68 £80,000 - 24
Midlands +44 63 £55,000 -31.25% 5
East Midlands +25 49 £55,000 -31.25% 4
North of England -9 38 £60,000 -25.00% 21
South East +10 30 £65,000 -13.33% 15
North West +28 28 £62,500 -21.88% 9
West Midlands -7 14 £100,000 +25.00% 1
Scotland +20 11 £93,750 +25.22% 1
North East - 7 £50,000 - 6
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
East of England - 4 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire -51 3 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £40,750 -

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 June 2026, 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 featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 245 (66.94%) Cybersecurity
2 136 (37.16%) Security Cleared
3 100 (27.32%) SC Cleared
4 68 (18.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 66 (18.03%) NIST
6 63 (17.21%) DV Cleared
7 61 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 53 (14.48%) CISSP
9 48 (13.11%) CISM
10 44 (12.02%) Cloud Security
11 43 (11.75%) Penetration Testing
12 39 (10.66%) AWS
13 38 (10.38%) Azure
14 32 (8.74%) GRC
14 32 (8.74%) Security Architecture
15 28 (7.65%) Security Testing
16 25 (6.83%) Red Team
17 23 (6.28%) Mentoring
17 23 (6.28%) PCI DSS
18 22 (6.01%) Information Security
18 22 (6.01%) Threat Modelling
19 20 (5.46%) GDPR
19 20 (5.46%) Information Assurance
19 20 (5.46%) Microsoft
19 20 (5.46%) Scrum
20 19 (5.19%) CREST Certified
21 18 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
21 18 (4.92%) NCSC
21 18 (4.92%) Threat Intelligence
22 17 (4.64%) Firewall

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.27%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (10.66%) AWS
2 38 (10.38%) Azure
3 15 (4.10%) GCP
4 10 (2.73%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (1.37%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 5 (1.37%) SaaS
7 4 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.55%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (0.55%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.27%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.64%) Firewall
2 16 (4.37%) Network Security
3 6 (1.64%) LAN
4 5 (1.37%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.37%) WAN
5 2 (0.55%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.27%) DMZ
6 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.27%) Wireless
6 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.27%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Yeoman
2 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 79 (21.58%) Public Sector
2 53 (14.48%) Social Skills
3 28 (7.65%) Finance
4 19 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.46%) Law
6 7 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (1.64%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.37%) Banking
8 5 (1.37%) Games
8 5 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.82%) Legal
9 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.55%) Billing
10 2 (0.55%) Electronics
10 2 (0.55%) Marketing
11 1 (0.27%) Advertising
11 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.27%) Military
11 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.82%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.55%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.55%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.27%) .NET
3 1 (0.27%) NumPy
3 1 (0.27%) Pandas
3 1 (0.27%) PySpark
3 1 (0.27%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.27%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.56%) Security Posture
2 27 (7.38%) PKI
3 10 (2.73%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (2.46%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.19%) Blog
5 8 (2.19%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 7 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.91%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.64%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.82%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.55%) Social Media
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.27%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.27%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.27%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.27%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.28%) Windows
2 11 (3.01%) Linux
3 7 (1.91%) Android
3 7 (1.91%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (66.94%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 44 (12.02%) Cloud Security
4 43 (11.75%) Penetration Testing
5 32 (8.74%) Security Architecture
6 28 (7.65%) Security Testing
7 25 (6.83%) Red Team
8 23 (6.28%) Mentoring
9 22 (6.01%) Information Security
9 22 (6.01%) Threat Modelling
10 20 (5.46%) Information Assurance
10 20 (5.46%) Scrum
11 18 (4.92%) Threat Intelligence
12 16 (4.37%) Agile
12 16 (4.37%) Vulnerability Management
13 15 (4.10%) AI
14 14 (3.83%) Incident Response
14 14 (3.83%) Presales
14 14 (3.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 13 (3.55%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.55%) Python
2 1 (0.27%) C
2 1 (0.27%) C#
2 1 (0.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 136 (37.16%) Security Cleared
2 100 (27.32%) SC Cleared
3 63 (17.21%) DV Cleared
4 53 (14.48%) CISSP
5 48 (13.11%) CISM
6 19 (5.19%) CREST Certified
7 16 (4.37%) CEH
8 15 (4.10%) OSCP
9 14 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (3.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (3.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 10 (2.73%) CRISC
13 9 (2.46%) CISA
14 8 (2.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 7 (1.91%) CESG Certified Professional
16 6 (1.64%) CHECK Team Member
16 6 (1.64%) Degree
17 5 (1.37%) CCSP
17 5 (1.37%) DBS Check
18 4 (1.09%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (18.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (18.03%) NIST
3 32 (8.74%) GRC
4 23 (6.28%) PCI DSS
5 20 (5.46%) GDPR
6 18 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (4.92%) NCSC
7 14 (3.83%) JSP 440
8 9 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 7 (1.91%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.27%) QA
13 1 (0.27%) RMADS
13 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (3.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (1.64%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.82%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.55%) QRadar
5 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) Nessus
5 1 (0.27%) Nmap
5 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (5.46%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.46%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (1.91%) SAP
4 6 (1.64%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.09%) Splunk
6 2 (0.55%) Google
7 1 (0.27%) Cisco
7 1 (0.27%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.27%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.27%) Qualys