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 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 576 532
Rank change year-on-year +178 -44 -134
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 383 80 414
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.18% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.20% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 266 47 283
10th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £48,200
25th Percentile £50,000 £68,750 £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 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £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 87,868 39,889 102,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 89.49% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 22,587 74,092
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,524
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 17 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 17 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 +160 326 £65,000 -18.75% 128
UK excluding London +142 256 £62,500 -21.88% 96
Work from Home +101 110 £55,000 -23.87% 84
South West +39 99 £62,500 -5.66% 28
London +1 75 £80,000 +1.59% 40
Midlands +38 61 £55,000 -31.25% 5
East Midlands +18 48 £55,000 -31.25% 1
North of England -1 45 £60,000 -25.00% 30
North West +27 33 £60,000 -25.00% 17
South East +14 33 £65,000 -13.33% 18
West Midlands -6 13 £100,000 +25.00% 4
North East - 9 £50,000 - 10
Scotland +9 8 £93,750 +25.22% 11
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
East of England - 4 £65,000 - 4
Yorkshire -48 3 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 2 £40,750 -

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 256 (66.84%) Cybersecurity
2 148 (38.64%) Security Cleared
3 111 (28.98%) SC Cleared
4 71 (18.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 69 (18.02%) NIST
6 67 (17.49%) Risk Management
7 64 (16.71%) DV Cleared
8 60 (15.67%) CISSP
9 55 (14.36%) CISM
10 44 (11.49%) Cloud Security
11 42 (10.97%) AWS
11 42 (10.97%) Penetration Testing
12 39 (10.18%) Azure
13 35 (9.14%) Security Architecture
14 32 (8.36%) GRC
15 27 (7.05%) Security Testing
16 24 (6.27%) Information Security
16 24 (6.27%) PCI DSS
16 24 (6.27%) Threat Modelling
17 23 (6.01%) GDPR
17 23 (6.01%) Mentoring
17 23 (6.01%) Red Team
18 21 (5.48%) Information Assurance
18 21 (5.48%) NCSC
19 20 (5.22%) Scrum
20 19 (4.96%) Agile
21 18 (4.70%) AI
21 18 (4.70%) CREST Certified
21 18 (4.70%) Firewall
21 18 (4.70%) Network Security

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 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.26%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (10.97%) AWS
2 39 (10.18%) Azure
3 16 (4.18%) GCP
4 8 (2.09%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.83%) SaaS
6 6 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.52%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (0.52%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.70%) Firewall
1 18 (4.70%) Network Security
2 7 (1.83%) LAN
3 6 (1.57%) SD-WAN
3 6 (1.57%) WAN
4 2 (0.52%) VPN
5 1 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.26%) DMZ
5 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.26%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Yeoman
General
1 85 (22.19%) Public Sector
2 56 (14.62%) Social Skills
3 29 (7.57%) Finance
4 20 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.35%) Law
6 7 (1.83%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.31%) Banking
8 5 (1.31%) Games
8 5 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.78%) Legal
9 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.52%) Billing
10 2 (0.52%) Electronics
10 2 (0.52%) Marketing
11 1 (0.26%) Advertising
11 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.26%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.04%) ModSecurity
2 3 (0.78%) NumPy
2 3 (0.78%) Pandas
2 3 (0.78%) PySpark
2 3 (0.78%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.52%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.52%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.26%) .NET
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.88%) Security Posture
2 27 (7.05%) PKI
3 10 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
4 8 (2.09%) Blog
4 8 (2.09%) Cloud Native
5 7 (1.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 7 (1.83%) Operational Technology
6 6 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.57%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.31%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.78%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.52%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.52%) Social Media
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.26%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.26%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.87%) Windows
2 10 (2.61%) Linux
3 6 (1.57%) Android
3 6 (1.57%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (66.84%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (17.49%) Risk Management
3 44 (11.49%) Cloud Security
4 42 (10.97%) Penetration Testing
5 35 (9.14%) Security Architecture
6 27 (7.05%) Security Testing
7 24 (6.27%) Information Security
7 24 (6.27%) Threat Modelling
8 23 (6.01%) Mentoring
8 23 (6.01%) Red Team
9 21 (5.48%) Information Assurance
10 20 (5.22%) Scrum
11 19 (4.96%) Agile
12 18 (4.70%) AI
12 18 (4.70%) Threat Intelligence
13 17 (4.44%) Vulnerability Management
14 15 (3.92%) Presales
14 15 (3.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (3.66%) SIEM
16 13 (3.39%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.04%) Python
2 1 (0.26%) C
2 1 (0.26%) C#
2 1 (0.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 148 (38.64%) Security Cleared
2 111 (28.98%) SC Cleared
3 64 (16.71%) DV Cleared
4 60 (15.67%) CISSP
5 55 (14.36%) CISM
6 18 (4.70%) CREST Certified
7 16 (4.18%) CEH
8 15 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.92%) CRISC
9 14 (3.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (3.66%) OSCP
10 12 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 11 (2.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 10 (2.61%) CESG Certified Professional
12 10 (2.61%) CISA
13 7 (1.83%) Degree
14 6 (1.57%) CCSP
14 6 (1.57%) DBS Check
15 5 (1.31%) CHECK Team Member
15 5 (1.31%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (18.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (18.02%) NIST
3 32 (8.36%) GRC
4 24 (6.27%) PCI DSS
5 23 (6.01%) GDPR
6 21 (5.48%) NCSC
7 16 (4.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (3.92%) JSP 440
9 9 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 8 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (1.83%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.26%) QA
14 1 (0.26%) RMADS
14 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (1.83%) FortiGate
1 7 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.78%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.52%) QRadar
4 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (4.44%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (1.83%) Fortinet
3 7 (1.83%) SAP
4 4 (1.04%) Splunk
5 3 (0.78%) Google
6 1 (0.26%) Cisco
6 1 (0.26%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto