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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 575 520
Rank change year-on-year +182 -55 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 416 82 416
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.18% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.20% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 276 48 285
10th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £47,600
25th Percentile £50,000 £69,375 £56,250
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 £85,313 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,000 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year -21.88% +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 89,394 40,455 102,187
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.45% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 61,374 23,051 73,787
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,620
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 £98,474 £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 24 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 24 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 +175 358 £65,000 -18.75% 51
UK excluding London +168 274 £62,500 -21.88% 36
Work from Home +114 123 £60,000 -16.95% 25
South West +31 99 £60,000 -9.43% 7
London +26 88 £80,000 +1.59% 18
Midlands +37 62 £65,000 -18.75% 1
North of England +8 58 £60,000 -25.00% 17
East Midlands +19 47 £55,000 -31.25% 1
North West +33 40 £60,000 -25.00% 8
South East +7 35 £65,000 -17.46% 7
West Midlands +1 15 £100,000 +25.00%
North East - 14 £50,000 - 6
Scotland +11 8 £93,750 +25.22%
East of England - 6 £80,000 - 3
Yorkshire -48 4 £30,000 -62.50% 4
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £40,750 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 279 (67.07%) Cybersecurity
2 161 (38.70%) Security Cleared
3 120 (28.85%) SC Cleared
4 78 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 76 (18.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 74 (17.79%) NIST
7 66 (15.87%) CISSP
8 65 (15.63%) DV Cleared
9 59 (14.18%) CISM
10 54 (12.98%) Cloud Security
11 51 (12.26%) AWS
12 43 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
12 43 (10.34%) Security Architecture
13 42 (10.10%) Azure
14 33 (7.93%) GRC
15 31 (7.45%) Threat Modelling
16 30 (7.21%) Information Security
17 29 (6.97%) Mentoring
18 27 (6.49%) Security Testing
19 26 (6.25%) GDPR
19 26 (6.25%) Network Security
20 24 (5.77%) AI
20 24 (5.77%) PCI DSS
21 22 (5.29%) Information Assurance
21 22 (5.29%) Red Team
22 21 (5.05%) Agile
22 21 (5.05%) NCSC
23 20 (4.81%) Scrum
23 20 (4.81%) Threat Intelligence
24 19 (4.57%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (12.26%) AWS
2 42 (10.10%) Azure
3 17 (4.09%) GCP
4 11 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.16%) SaaS
6 8 (1.92%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (1.20%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 5 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (0.96%) Amazon EventBridge
8 4 (0.96%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (0.96%) AWS Control Tower
8 4 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.96%) Serverless
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (0.48%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.48%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.25%) Network Security
2 19 (4.57%) Firewall
3 7 (1.68%) LAN
4 6 (1.44%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.44%) WAN
5 3 (0.72%) VPN
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.24%) DMZ
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.48%) Hadoop
1 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Yeoman
General
1 91 (21.88%) Public Sector
2 59 (14.18%) Social Skills
3 36 (8.65%) Finance
4 22 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.16%) Law
6 7 (1.68%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.44%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.20%) Banking
8 5 (1.20%) Games
8 5 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (0.96%) Military
10 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.72%) Legal
11 2 (0.48%) Advertising
11 2 (0.48%) Billing
12 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.24%) Marketing
12 1 (0.24%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.20%) ModSecurity
2 4 (0.96%) AWS CDK
3 3 (0.72%) NumPy
3 3 (0.72%) Pandas
3 3 (0.72%) PySpark
3 3 (0.72%) scikit-learn
4 2 (0.48%) Kafka
4 2 (0.48%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.24%) .NET
5 1 (0.24%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.17%) Security Posture
2 28 (6.73%) PKI
3 14 (3.37%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.92%) Blog
7 7 (1.68%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.68%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.44%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.48%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.48%) Social Media
12 1 (0.24%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.24%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.24%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.24%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.64%) Windows
2 10 (2.40%) Linux
3 6 (1.44%) Android
3 6 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (67.07%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (18.75%) Risk Management
3 54 (12.98%) Cloud Security
4 43 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
4 43 (10.34%) Security Architecture
5 31 (7.45%) Threat Modelling
6 30 (7.21%) Information Security
7 29 (6.97%) Mentoring
8 27 (6.49%) Security Testing
9 24 (5.77%) AI
10 22 (5.29%) Information Assurance
10 22 (5.29%) Red Team
11 21 (5.05%) Agile
12 20 (4.81%) Scrum
12 20 (4.81%) Threat Intelligence
13 18 (4.33%) Vulnerability Management
14 17 (4.09%) Identity Access Management
14 17 (4.09%) Presales
15 16 (3.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 15 (3.61%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.92%) Python
2 4 (0.96%) Bash
2 4 (0.96%) Java
2 4 (0.96%) Perl
2 4 (0.96%) PHP
2 4 (0.96%) Ruby
3 2 (0.48%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.48%) SQL
4 1 (0.24%) C
4 1 (0.24%) C#
4 1 (0.24%) C++
Qualifications
1 161 (38.70%) Security Cleared
2 120 (28.85%) SC Cleared
3 66 (15.87%) CISSP
4 65 (15.63%) DV Cleared
5 59 (14.18%) CISM
6 18 (4.33%) CREST Certified
6 18 (4.33%) CRISC
7 17 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 16 (3.85%) CEH
9 14 (3.37%) OSCP
10 13 (3.13%) CISA
11 12 (2.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 12 (2.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 11 (2.64%) AWS Certification
12 11 (2.64%) CESG Certified Professional
13 10 (2.40%) Degree
14 8 (1.92%) CCSP
15 6 (1.44%) DBS Check
15 6 (1.44%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (18.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (17.79%) NIST
3 33 (7.93%) GRC
4 26 (6.25%) GDPR
5 24 (5.77%) PCI DSS
6 21 (5.05%) NCSC
7 17 (4.09%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (3.85%) JSP 440
9 9 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 9 (2.16%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.72%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.24%) QA
11 1 (0.24%) RMADS
11 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (1.68%) FortiGate
1 7 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (1.20%) Terraform
3 3 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.48%) QRadar
5 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (4.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (1.92%) Fortinet
3 6 (1.44%) SAP
4 5 (1.20%) Splunk
5 4 (0.96%) Google
6 2 (0.48%) Cisco
6 2 (0.48%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.24%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.24%) Qualys
7 1 (0.24%) Tenable