Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £64,350 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 December 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 509 469
Rank change year-on-year +27 -40 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 174 241 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.39% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.41% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 143 133 202
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,350 £77,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.97% +8.77% +1.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +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 50,704 58,391 48,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.00% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31,404 32,367 37,457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

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 11 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 14 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 11 December 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
England +48 163 £65,000 -18.75% 46
UK excluding London +89 140 £62,500 -10.71% 44
South West +104 106 £60,000 -34.43% 14
Work from Home +99 92 £55,000 -29.03% 29
London +9 22 £71,000 -11.25% 14
South East +32 12 £86,250 +43.75% 9
Midlands +32 10 £60,000 -22.58% 6
East Midlands +18 6 £55,000 -29.03% 5
North of England -29 6 £77,500 +19.23% 5
Yorkshire -58 5 £77,500 +29.17% 2
East of England +26 3 £65,000 -5.80% 2
West Midlands +26 3 £96,250 +24.19% 1
Scotland -3 3 £46,000 -16.36% 7
North West +36 1 £100,000 +31.15% 3

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

For the 6 months to 11 December 2025, 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.

1 133 (76.44%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (56.90%) Security Cleared
3 96 (55.17%) NIST
4 92 (52.87%) CISSP
5 78 (44.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 65 (37.36%) CISM
7 62 (35.63%) Risk Management
8 55 (31.61%) SAP
9 53 (30.46%) Business Intelligence
10 52 (29.89%) GRC
11 51 (29.31%) Digital Marketing
11 51 (29.31%) Programme Management
11 51 (29.31%) SC Cleared
12 48 (27.59%) ISMS
13 35 (20.11%) Network Security
14 34 (19.54%) Information Security
15 32 (18.39%) Mentoring
15 32 (18.39%) PCI DSS
16 31 (17.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 28 (16.09%) CEH
17 28 (16.09%) JSP 440
17 28 (16.09%) Security Management
18 27 (15.52%) CompTIA Security+
18 27 (15.52%) DV Cleared
19 26 (14.94%) NCSC
20 25 (14.37%) NIST 800
20 25 (14.37%) Vulnerability Management
21 24 (13.79%) Collaborative Culture
21 24 (13.79%) Information Assurance
21 24 (13.79%) SAP CAF

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 16 (9.20%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) GNU Octave
1 1 (0.57%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.72%) SAP BPC
2 3 (1.72%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.34%) Azure
2 16 (9.20%) AWS
3 8 (4.60%) GCP
4 5 (2.87%) SaaS
5 3 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.15%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.15%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.57%) OCI
7 1 (0.57%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 35 (20.11%) Network Security
2 5 (2.87%) Firewall
3 3 (1.72%) DMZ
4 2 (1.15%) Junos
4 2 (1.15%) TETRA
4 2 (1.15%) VPN
5 1 (0.57%) LAN
5 1 (0.57%) WAN
5 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
General
1 74 (42.53%) Public Sector
2 59 (33.91%) Finance
3 53 (30.46%) Telecoms
4 51 (29.31%) Marketing
5 50 (28.74%) Electronics
5 50 (28.74%) Manufacturing
6 45 (25.86%) Social Skills
7 32 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.30%) Law
10 4 (2.30%) Military
11 3 (1.72%) Banking
11 3 (1.72%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.57%) Games
13 1 (0.57%) Legal
13 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (13.79%) SAP CAF
2 5 (2.87%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.57%) LDAP
3 1 (0.57%) OAuth
3 1 (0.57%) OpenID
3 1 (0.57%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.57%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.57%) SAML
3 1 (0.57%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 24 (13.79%) Management Information System
3 16 (9.20%) CESG
4 12 (6.90%) Security Posture
5 8 (4.60%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.45%) PKI
7 4 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.72%) Blog
8 3 (1.72%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.72%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.72%) Smart City
9 2 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.57%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.57%) Mobile Computing
10 1 (0.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.57%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (76.44%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (35.63%) Risk Management
3 53 (30.46%) Business Intelligence
4 51 (29.31%) Digital Marketing
4 51 (29.31%) Programme Management
5 48 (27.59%) ISMS
6 34 (19.54%) Information Security
7 32 (18.39%) Mentoring
8 28 (16.09%) Security Management
9 25 (14.37%) Vulnerability Management
10 24 (13.79%) Collaborative Culture
10 24 (13.79%) Information Assurance
11 18 (10.34%) Information Security Management
11 18 (10.34%) Security Architecture
12 17 (9.77%) Agile
13 16 (9.20%) Active Listening
13 16 (9.20%) Cloud Security
13 16 (9.20%) Creative Thinking
13 16 (9.20%) Innovative Thinking
13 16 (9.20%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.72%) Python
2 1 (0.57%) Bash
2 1 (0.57%) Go
2 1 (0.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 99 (56.90%) Security Cleared
2 92 (52.87%) CISSP
3 65 (37.36%) CISM
4 51 (29.31%) SC Cleared
5 31 (17.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 28 (16.09%) CEH
7 27 (15.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 27 (15.52%) DV Cleared
8 20 (11.49%) CESG Certified Professional
8 20 (11.49%) CISMP
9 16 (9.20%) IISP
10 10 (5.75%) CRISC
11 9 (5.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (2.30%) CISA
12 4 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.72%) CCSP
13 3 (1.72%) Degree
14 2 (1.15%) CHECK Team Member
14 2 (1.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (55.17%) NIST
2 78 (44.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (29.89%) GRC
4 32 (18.39%) PCI DSS
5 28 (16.09%) JSP 440
6 26 (14.94%) NCSC
7 25 (14.37%) NIST 800
8 19 (10.92%) RMADS
9 16 (9.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (4.60%) GDPR
11 5 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (1.72%) QA
14 2 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (1.15%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 3 (1.72%) IAG
2 2 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.87%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.57%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.57%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (31.61%) SAP
2 5 (2.87%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.72%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.15%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (1.15%) Juniper
4 2 (1.15%) Netskope
4 2 (1.15%) Rapid7
4 2 (1.15%) VMware
5 1 (0.57%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.57%) Cisco
5 1 (0.57%) Google
5 1 (0.57%) Okta
5 1 (0.57%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.57%) Ping Identity