Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £79,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 November 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 516 489
Rank change year-on-year +191 -27 -16
Permanent Security Consultant jobs 704 142 271
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.27% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.30% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 403 121 147
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £47,600
25th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,000 £67,500 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.04% -9.40% -0.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,313 47,341 64,128
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.79% 89.91% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 74,793 29,269 36,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £50,055
% change year-on-year +18.28% -7.10% -4.66%

Security Consultant Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Security Consultant job postings 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 Security Consultant jobs over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Security Consultant jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 13 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +152 609 £80,000 +18.52% 296
UK excluding London +81 430 £75,000 +15.38% 173
Work from Home +12 187 £80,000 +45.45% 171
London +82 177 £80,000 +9.59% 108
North of England +39 142 £60,433 -23.26% 44
South East +20 106 £70,000 -24.32% 46
South West -58 103 £80,000 +33.33% 39
North West -16 73 £65,000 -27.78% 23
North East - 45 £50,000 - 6
Midlands -48 33 £80,000 -5.88% 17
East of England -26 29 £62,500 -3.85% 5
Yorkshire -16 24 £50,000 -35.48% 15
West Midlands -39 18 £80,000 -16.88% 13
Scotland +6 15 - - 17
East Midlands -33 15 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Northern Ireland - 4 £71,250 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, Security Consultant job ads cited 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 Security Consultant job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cybersecurity60.4%425
2Security Cleared27.8%196
3SC Cleared20.0%141
4Risk Management16.3%115
5Cloud Security15.2%107
5NIST15.2%107
7Threat Modelling13.2%93
8CISSP12.9%91
9ISO/IEC 2700112.2%86
10Security Architecture11.2%79
11Information Security11.1%78
12AWS10.9%77
13CISM10.1%71
14Mentoring9.2%65
15Network Security7.8%55
16Azure7.5%53
17AI7.4%52
18GRC6.5%46
18NCSC6.5%46
20Presales6.0%42
21GDPR5.7%40
21Identity Access Management5.7%40
21Python5.7%40
24Degree5.5%39
25Business Development5.3%37
26AWS Certification5.1%36
26Roadmaps5.1%36
28Data Protection4.7%33
29Cyber Essentials4.5%32
29DV Cleared4.5%32

Security Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cybersecurity Consultant33.7%237
2Senior Security Consultant20.0%141
3Principal Security Consultant7.1%50
3Security Technical Consultant7.1%50
5Lead Security Consultant6.1%43
6Information Security Consultant5.4%38
6Risk Consultant5.4%38
8Senior Cybersecurity Consultant5.3%37
9Cloud Security Consultant4.3%30
10Governance Consultant3.4%24
11Senior Technical Consultant2.7%19
12IT Security Consultant2.1%15
12Security Penetration Tester2.1%15
14Sales Consultant2.0%14
15SC Cleared Technical Consultant1.4%10
16AWS Consultant1.3%9
16Network Security Consultant1.3%9
16Testing Consultant1.3%9
19Cyber Defence Consultant1.1%8
19Junior Security Consultant1.1%8
359 Security Consultant jobs Nationwide