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 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 569 531
Rank change year-on-year +140 -38 -119
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 334 87 372
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.20% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.23% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 242 56 259
10th Percentile £48,259 £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,625 £70,000 £59,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,125 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,350 £114,375 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +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 86,286 38,345 92,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.33% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 57,161 21,611 67,433
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
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 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -6.17%

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 22 May 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 IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 22 May 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 +124 279 £65,000 -18.75% 133
UK excluding London +140 222 £60,000 -25.00% 93
Work from Home +94 95 £55,000 -24.14% 79
South West +22 87 £60,000 -9.43% 29
London -12 67 £80,000 -5.88% 40
Midlands +23 63 £55,000 -31.25% 5
East Midlands +11 48 £55,000 -31.25% 3
South East -13 26 £65,000 -13.33% 20
North of England -24 25 £65,000 -18.75% 30
North West +12 20 £65,000 -18.75% 20
West Midlands -13 15 £100,000 +26.98% 2
Scotland +1 12 £93,750 +25.22% 7
Yorkshire -48 5 - - 5
Wales -33 4 £53,355 +8.66%
East of England - 4 £65,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £39,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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.

1 213 (63.77%) Cybersecurity
2 127 (38.02%) Security Cleared
3 93 (27.84%) SC Cleared
4 67 (20.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 67 (20.06%) NIST
5 57 (17.07%) DV Cleared
6 52 (15.57%) Risk Management
7 50 (14.97%) CISSP
8 49 (14.67%) CISM
9 45 (13.47%) Penetration Testing
10 39 (11.68%) AWS
10 39 (11.68%) Azure
11 36 (10.78%) GRC
12 34 (10.18%) Security Architecture
13 33 (9.88%) Cloud Security
14 30 (8.98%) Security Testing
15 28 (8.38%) Red Team
16 23 (6.89%) Information Security
16 23 (6.89%) Mentoring
17 22 (6.59%) Microsoft
18 21 (6.29%) Cyber Essentials
19 20 (5.99%) NCSC
19 20 (5.99%) Scrum
20 19 (5.69%) CREST Certified
20 19 (5.69%) PCI DSS
21 18 (5.39%) Agile
21 18 (5.39%) GCP
22 17 (5.09%) Information Assurance
22 17 (5.09%) Threat Intelligence
23 16 (4.79%) CEH

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 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.30%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (11.68%) AWS
1 39 (11.68%) Azure
2 18 (5.39%) GCP
3 11 (3.29%) Entra ID
4 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (1.80%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 5 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (0.60%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.30%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.30%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.30%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.19%) Firewall
2 13 (3.89%) Network Security
3 5 (1.50%) LAN
4 4 (1.20%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.20%) WAN
5 2 (0.60%) VPN
6 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.30%) DMZ
6 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.30%) Wireless
6 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.30%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.30%) Metasploit
1 1 (0.30%) Yeoman
General
1 65 (19.46%) Public Sector
2 52 (15.57%) Social Skills
3 33 (9.88%) Finance
4 18 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.69%) Law
6 8 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (2.40%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.50%) Banking
8 5 (1.50%) Games
8 5 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.50%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.20%) Electronics
9 4 (1.20%) Marketing
10 3 (0.90%) Legal
11 2 (0.60%) Billing
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Cyber-Physical System
12 1 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.20%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.60%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.60%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.30%) .NET
3 1 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.08%) Security Posture
2 23 (6.89%) PKI
3 10 (2.99%) Cloud Native
3 10 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (2.69%) Operational Technology
5 8 (2.40%) Blog
5 8 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.10%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.80%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.60%) Social Media
11 1 (0.30%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.30%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.30%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.29%) Windows
2 10 (2.99%) Linux
3 7 (2.10%) Android
3 7 (2.10%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (63.77%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (15.57%) Risk Management
3 45 (13.47%) Penetration Testing
4 34 (10.18%) Security Architecture
5 33 (9.88%) Cloud Security
6 30 (8.98%) Security Testing
7 28 (8.38%) Red Team
8 23 (6.89%) Information Security
8 23 (6.89%) Mentoring
9 20 (5.99%) Scrum
10 18 (5.39%) Agile
11 17 (5.09%) Information Assurance
11 17 (5.09%) Threat Intelligence
12 16 (4.79%) Incident Response
12 16 (4.79%) Vulnerability Management
13 14 (4.19%) AI
13 14 (4.19%) Business Strategy
13 14 (4.19%) Offensive Security
13 14 (4.19%) Presales
13 14 (4.19%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.30%) C
1 1 (0.30%) C#
1 1 (0.30%) C++
1 1 (0.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 127 (38.02%) Security Cleared
2 93 (27.84%) SC Cleared
3 57 (17.07%) DV Cleared
4 50 (14.97%) CISSP
5 49 (14.67%) CISM
6 19 (5.69%) CREST Certified
7 16 (4.79%) CEH
8 15 (4.49%) OSCP
9 14 (4.19%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (3.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (2.69%) CISA
11 9 (2.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 8 (2.40%) CESG Certified Professional
13 7 (2.10%) CHECK Team Member
13 7 (2.10%) Degree
13 7 (2.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (1.80%) CCSP
14 6 (1.80%) CRISC
15 4 (1.20%) DBS Check
15 4 (1.20%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (20.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 67 (20.06%) NIST
2 36 (10.78%) GRC
3 21 (6.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (5.99%) NCSC
5 19 (5.69%) PCI DSS
6 13 (3.89%) GDPR
7 10 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (2.99%) JSP 440
8 8 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 8 (2.40%) NIST 800
9 4 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.20%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.90%) QA
11 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.30%) RMADS
11 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) IAG
Systems Management
1 5 (1.50%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.90%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.30%) Nessus
3 1 (0.30%) Nmap
3 1 (0.30%) QRadar
3 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (6.59%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.69%) CrowdStrike
2 9 (2.69%) SAP
3 5 (1.50%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.90%) Splunk
5 2 (0.60%) Google
6 1 (0.30%) Cisco
6 1 (0.30%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.30%) Qualys