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 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 572 522
Rank change year-on-year +183 -50 -141
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 459 106 408
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.22% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.24% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 293 69 287
10th Percentile - - £48,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,750 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £71,991 £68,500
% change year-on-year -16.66% +5.10% -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 93,088 44,174 95,628
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.90% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 63,779 26,115 68,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +180 406 £65,000 -13.33% 83
UK excluding London +124 292 £60,000 -16.66% 60
Work from Home +84 132 £60,000 +20.00% 44
London +47 116 £80,000 +1.59% 30
South West +8 90 £58,750 +17.50% 16
North of England +38 83 £60,000 -25.00% 13
Midlands +42 64 £67,500 -15.63% 12
North West +47 53 £60,000 -25.00% 7
East Midlands +11 47 £60,000 -25.00% 3
South East +16 37 £65,000 -25.71% 15
North East - 21 £50,000 - 3
West Midlands -14 17 £90,000 +12.50% 9
Yorkshire -34 9 £50,000 -37.50% 4
East of England - 8 £80,000 - 4
Wales - 4 £53,355 - 1
Scotland +9 3 £93,750 +25.22% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £42,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 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.

1 303 (66.01%) Cybersecurity
2 173 (37.69%) Security Cleared
3 123 (26.80%) SC Cleared
4 87 (18.95%) Risk Management
5 79 (17.21%) NIST
6 75 (16.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 73 (15.90%) CISSP
8 70 (15.25%) AWS
9 68 (14.81%) Cloud Security
10 63 (13.73%) CISM
11 62 (13.51%) DV Cleared
12 57 (12.42%) Security Architecture
13 46 (10.02%) Threat Modelling
14 42 (9.15%) Azure
14 42 (9.15%) Mentoring
15 40 (8.71%) Information Security
16 39 (8.50%) Network Security
17 37 (8.06%) GRC
18 36 (7.84%) AI
18 36 (7.84%) Penetration Testing
19 30 (6.54%) Cloud Computing
19 30 (6.54%) GDPR
19 30 (6.54%) Identity Access Management
20 27 (5.88%) AWS Certification
21 24 (5.23%) Agile
21 24 (5.23%) Data Protection
21 24 (5.23%) PCI DSS
22 23 (5.01%) Security Testing
23 20 (4.36%) Scrum
23 20 (4.36%) SIEM

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 6 (1.31%) SAS
2 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (15.25%) AWS
2 42 (9.15%) Azure
3 30 (6.54%) Cloud Computing
4 17 (3.70%) GCP
5 15 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
6 14 (3.05%) Amazon EventBridge
6 14 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
6 14 (3.05%) AWS Control Tower
6 14 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (3.05%) Serverless
7 11 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.18%) SaaS
9 6 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 5 (1.09%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.65%) Amazon Bedrock
11 3 (0.65%) Amazon Kinesis
12 2 (0.44%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (8.50%) Network Security
2 19 (4.14%) Firewall
3 7 (1.53%) LAN
4 6 (1.31%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.31%) WAN
5 3 (0.65%) VPN
6 1 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.65%) Hadoop
1 3 (0.65%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.22%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Yeoman
General
1 106 (23.09%) Public Sector
2 60 (13.07%) Social Skills
3 41 (8.93%) Finance
4 22 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (1.96%) Law
5 9 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 8 (1.74%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.09%) Military
9 4 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.65%) Banking
10 3 (0.65%) Games
10 3 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.65%) Legal
11 2 (0.44%) Advertising
11 2 (0.44%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.22%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.05%) AWS CDK
2 5 (1.09%) ModSecurity
3 4 (0.87%) NumPy
3 4 (0.87%) Pandas
3 4 (0.87%) PySpark
3 4 (0.87%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.65%) Kafka
5 2 (0.44%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.22%) .NET
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.54%) PKI
2 29 (6.32%) Onboarding
3 27 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.92%) Enterprise Cloud
5 17 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.74%) Blog
7 7 (1.53%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (1.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (1.31%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.09%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.65%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.44%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.44%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.44%) Mobile Computing
12 2 (0.44%) Social Media
13 1 (0.22%) Cyber Threat
13 1 (0.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.61%) Windows
2 11 (2.40%) Linux
3 6 (1.31%) Android
3 6 (1.31%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (66.01%) Cybersecurity
2 87 (18.95%) Risk Management
3 68 (14.81%) Cloud Security
4 57 (12.42%) Security Architecture
5 46 (10.02%) Threat Modelling
6 42 (9.15%) Mentoring
7 40 (8.71%) Information Security
8 36 (7.84%) AI
8 36 (7.84%) Penetration Testing
9 30 (6.54%) Identity Access Management
10 24 (5.23%) Agile
10 24 (5.23%) Data Protection
11 23 (5.01%) Security Testing
12 20 (4.36%) Scrum
12 20 (4.36%) SIEM
12 20 (4.36%) Threat Intelligence
13 19 (4.14%) Cryptography
13 19 (4.14%) Information Assurance
14 18 (3.92%) GAP Analysis
14 18 (3.92%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.14%) Python
2 14 (3.05%) Bash
2 14 (3.05%) Java
2 14 (3.05%) Perl
2 14 (3.05%) PHP
2 14 (3.05%) Ruby
3 3 (0.65%) SQL
4 2 (0.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.22%) C
5 1 (0.22%) C#
5 1 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 173 (37.69%) Security Cleared
2 123 (26.80%) SC Cleared
3 73 (15.90%) CISSP
4 63 (13.73%) CISM
5 62 (13.51%) DV Cleared
6 27 (5.88%) AWS Certification
7 19 (4.14%) CRISC
8 18 (3.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 18 (3.92%) CISA
9 17 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (3.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 14 (3.05%) CREST Certified
11 14 (3.05%) Degree
12 12 (2.61%) CEH
12 12 (2.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 12 (2.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 10 (2.18%) OSCP
14 9 (1.96%) CESG Certified Professional
15 8 (1.74%) CCSP
15 8 (1.74%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (17.21%) NIST
2 75 (16.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (8.06%) GRC
4 30 (6.54%) GDPR
5 24 (5.23%) PCI DSS
6 19 (4.14%) NCSC
7 15 (3.27%) JSP 440
8 14 (3.05%) NIST 800
9 12 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 6 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.65%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.22%) QA
14 1 (0.22%) RMADS
14 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) Firmware
2 1 (0.22%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (3.27%) Terraform
2 7 (1.53%) FortiGate
2 7 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.65%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.65%) QRadar
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (2.61%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (1.74%) Fortinet
4 6 (1.31%) Google
4 6 (1.31%) Splunk
5 4 (0.87%) SAP
6 2 (0.44%) Cisco
6 2 (0.44%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.44%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.22%) Qualys
7 1 (0.22%) Tenable