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 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 566 523
Rank change year-on-year +192 -43 -148
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 519 122 316
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.25% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.27% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 321 86 213
10th Percentile - - £50,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -1.46% -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 99,712 44,763 79,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.90% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 68,207 26,557 53,034
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +188 452 £65,000 -3.70% 264
UK excluding London +126 341 £60,000 -11.11% 161
Work from Home +78 159 £65,000 - 192
London +37 119 £80,000 +3.23% 124
North of England +37 98 £60,000 -25.00% 40
South West -17 97 £55,000 +10.00% 60
Midlands +48 70 £70,000 -17.65% 11
North West +35 57 £62,500 -21.88% 32
East Midlands - 49 £60,000 - 2
South East +4 44 £65,000 -21.21% 23
North East - 27 £50,000 - 4
West Midlands -1 21 £80,000 - 9
East of England - 16 £80,000 - 7
Yorkshire -20 14 £50,000 -37.50% 4
Scotland +12 7 - - 14
Northern Ireland - 5 £42,500 - 6
Wales - 4 £53,355 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 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.

1 354 (68.21%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (32.95%) Security Cleared
3 112 (21.58%) SC Cleared
4 94 (18.11%) Risk Management
5 85 (16.38%) NIST
6 80 (15.41%) Cloud Security
7 79 (15.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 76 (14.64%) CISSP
9 69 (13.29%) AWS
10 63 (12.14%) Threat Modelling
11 61 (11.75%) CISM
12 59 (11.37%) DV Cleared
13 58 (11.18%) Security Architecture
14 55 (10.60%) Information Security
15 53 (10.21%) Mentoring
16 41 (7.90%) Azure
17 39 (7.51%) GRC
18 37 (7.13%) Network Security
19 34 (6.55%) GDPR
20 33 (6.36%) AI
20 33 (6.36%) Identity Access Management
21 30 (5.78%) AWS Certification
22 29 (5.59%) Cloud Computing
23 28 (5.39%) Agile
23 28 (5.39%) Penetration Testing
24 27 (5.20%) Degree
25 25 (4.82%) Data Protection
25 25 (4.82%) NCSC
26 24 (4.62%) CRISC
26 24 (4.62%) PCI DSS

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.16%) SAS
2 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.19%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (13.29%) AWS
2 41 (7.90%) Azure
3 29 (5.59%) Cloud Computing
4 16 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
4 16 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
4 16 (3.08%) Serverless
5 15 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
5 15 (2.89%) GCP
6 14 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
6 14 (2.70%) Amazon EventBridge
6 14 (2.70%) AWS Control Tower
7 13 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.93%) SaaS
9 5 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (0.96%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.77%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 3 (0.58%) Amazon Bedrock
11 3 (0.58%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.13%) Network Security
2 19 (3.66%) Firewall
3 7 (1.35%) SD-WAN
3 7 (1.35%) WAN
4 6 (1.16%) LAN
5 2 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
1 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.19%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (0.77%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.77%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.39%) Yeoman
General
1 114 (21.97%) Public Sector
2 66 (12.72%) Social Skills
3 39 (7.51%) Finance
4 25 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 11 (2.12%) Telecoms
7 10 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.73%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.54%) Law
10 7 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.96%) Legal
11 5 (0.96%) Military
12 3 (0.58%) Banking
12 3 (0.58%) Games
12 3 (0.58%) Police
13 2 (0.39%) Electronics
14 1 (0.19%) Advertising
14 1 (0.19%) French Language
14 1 (0.19%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.70%) AWS CDK
2 5 (0.96%) ModSecurity
3 4 (0.77%) NumPy
3 4 (0.77%) Pandas
3 4 (0.77%) PySpark
3 4 (0.77%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.58%) Kafka
5 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.36%) PKI
2 29 (5.59%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.43%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.47%) Enterprise Cloud
4 18 (3.47%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.89%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.35%) Blog
6 7 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.16%) Mobile App
8 5 (0.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (0.96%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.77%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.58%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.58%) Social Media
11 2 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.39%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.70%) Windows
2 12 (2.31%) Linux
3 6 (1.16%) Android
3 6 (1.16%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (68.21%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (18.11%) Risk Management
3 80 (15.41%) Cloud Security
4 63 (12.14%) Threat Modelling
5 58 (11.18%) Security Architecture
6 55 (10.60%) Information Security
7 53 (10.21%) Mentoring
8 33 (6.36%) AI
8 33 (6.36%) Identity Access Management
9 28 (5.39%) Agile
9 28 (5.39%) Penetration Testing
10 25 (4.82%) Data Protection
11 24 (4.62%) Presales
12 23 (4.43%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (4.43%) Security Testing
12 23 (4.43%) SIEM
13 22 (4.24%) Incident Response
13 22 (4.24%) Information Assurance
14 21 (4.05%) GAP Analysis
14 21 (4.05%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.85%) Python
2 14 (2.70%) Bash
2 14 (2.70%) Java
2 14 (2.70%) Perl
2 14 (2.70%) PHP
2 14 (2.70%) Ruby
3 3 (0.58%) SQL
4 2 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 171 (32.95%) Security Cleared
2 112 (21.58%) SC Cleared
3 76 (14.64%) CISSP
4 61 (11.75%) CISM
5 59 (11.37%) DV Cleared
6 30 (5.78%) AWS Certification
7 27 (5.20%) Degree
8 24 (4.62%) CRISC
9 20 (3.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 17 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 15 (2.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 15 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (2.70%) CISA
13 11 (2.12%) CREST Certified
14 9 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.73%) CESG Certified Professional
14 9 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (1.54%) CCSP
16 7 (1.35%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (16.38%) NIST
2 79 (15.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (7.51%) GRC
4 34 (6.55%) GDPR
5 25 (4.82%) NCSC
6 24 (4.62%) PCI DSS
7 15 (2.89%) JSP 440
7 15 (2.89%) NIST 800
8 14 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 6 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.39%) QA
13 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.19%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 11 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.93%) Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) IAG
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (3.08%) Terraform
2 6 (1.16%) FortiGate
2 6 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.77%) Nmap
4 3 (0.58%) QRadar
5 2 (0.39%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.19%) CASB
6 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (2.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (1.54%) Fortinet
2 8 (1.54%) Google
3 5 (0.96%) Splunk
4 3 (0.58%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.39%) Cisco
5 2 (0.39%) OneTrust
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle
5 2 (0.39%) OutSystems
5 2 (0.39%) SAP
6 1 (0.19%) Netskope
6 1 (0.19%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.19%) Qualys
6 1 (0.19%) Tenable
6 1 (0.19%) VMware
6 1 (0.19%) Zscaler