Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 513 491
Rank change year-on-year +55 -22 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 198 189 238
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.35% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.38% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 158 94 185
10th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £50,625 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +17.86% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,300 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,350 £80,000 £68,000
% change year-on-year -19.56% +17.65% +2.64%

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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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 +74 183 £67,500 -18.18% 44
UK excluding London +102 154 £64,350 -19.56% 28
South West +92 100 £67,500 -26.23% 8
Work from Home +95 91 £60,000 -27.27% 22
London +16 30 £71,000 -16.47% 21
Midlands +34 20 £55,000 -30.16%
South East +34 15 £40,000 -55.56% 10
East Midlands +7 15 £55,000 -33.33%
Scotland +8 9 - - 2
North of England -44 6 £77,500 +19.23% 7
Yorkshire -57 5 £77,500 +29.17% 3
East of England +28 4 £65,000 -5.80% 2
West Midlands +18 4 £72,500 -6.45%
North West +13 1 £100,000 +17.65% 4

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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.

1 151 (76.26%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (45.45%) NIST
3 88 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 80 (40.40%) CISSP
5 71 (35.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 67 (33.84%) CISM
7 66 (33.33%) Risk Management
8 57 (28.79%) GRC
9 54 (27.27%) SC Cleared
10 51 (25.76%) ISMS
11 41 (20.71%) SAP
12 39 (19.70%) Digital Marketing
12 39 (19.70%) Programme Management
13 38 (19.19%) Business Intelligence
14 33 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 32 (16.16%) Information Security
16 31 (15.66%) NCSC
17 27 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
18 26 (13.13%) Cloud Security
18 26 (13.13%) DV Cleared
18 26 (13.13%) Information Assurance
18 26 (13.13%) JSP 440
18 26 (13.13%) NIST 800
18 26 (13.13%) SAP CAF
19 24 (12.12%) Security Management
20 22 (11.11%) AWS
20 22 (11.11%) Azure
20 22 (11.11%) Network Security
20 22 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
20 22 (11.11%) Security Architecture

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 (8.08%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.11%) AWS
1 22 (11.11%) Azure
2 11 (5.56%) GCP
3 10 (5.05%) Entra ID
3 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (2.53%) SaaS
5 4 (2.02%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.51%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.51%) OCI
7 1 (0.51%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (11.11%) Network Security
2 5 (2.53%) Firewall
3 4 (2.02%) DMZ
4 1 (0.51%) Junos
4 1 (0.51%) LAN
4 1 (0.51%) TETRA
4 1 (0.51%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) WAN
4 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.51%) Wireless
4 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.51%) Metasploit
General
1 59 (29.80%) Public Sector
2 51 (25.76%) Finance
3 43 (21.72%) Social Skills
4 41 (20.71%) Telecoms
5 39 (19.70%) Marketing
6 38 (19.19%) Electronics
6 38 (19.19%) Manufacturing
7 18 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.02%) Law
10 4 (2.02%) Military
11 3 (1.52%) Banking
11 3 (1.52%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.51%) Billing
13 1 (0.51%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (13.13%) SAP CAF
2 2 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.51%) LDAP
3 1 (0.51%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.51%) OAuth
3 1 (0.51%) OpenID
3 1 (0.51%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.51%) SAML
3 1 (0.51%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.62%) Security Posture
2 22 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 16 (8.08%) CESG
4 14 (7.07%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (5.05%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.54%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.54%) PKI
7 5 (2.53%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.02%) Blog
8 4 (2.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (2.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.02%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.52%) Smart City
10 2 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.51%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Android
1 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.51%) Linux
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (76.26%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 51 (25.76%) ISMS
4 39 (19.70%) Digital Marketing
4 39 (19.70%) Programme Management
5 38 (19.19%) Business Intelligence
6 32 (16.16%) Information Security
7 27 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
8 26 (13.13%) Cloud Security
8 26 (13.13%) Information Assurance
9 24 (12.12%) Security Management
10 22 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
10 22 (11.11%) Security Architecture
11 20 (10.10%) Mentoring
12 19 (9.60%) Creative Thinking
13 18 (9.09%) Information Security Management
14 16 (8.08%) Active Listening
14 16 (8.08%) Agile
14 16 (8.08%) Innovative Thinking
14 16 (8.08%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.01%) Python
2 1 (0.51%) Go
2 1 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 88 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 80 (40.40%) CISSP
3 67 (33.84%) CISM
4 54 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 33 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 26 (13.13%) DV Cleared
7 21 (10.61%) CESG Certified Professional
8 20 (10.10%) CISMP
9 16 (8.08%) IISP
10 15 (7.58%) CEH
11 13 (6.57%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (5.05%) CRISC
13 9 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 8 (4.04%) Degree
15 5 (2.53%) CISA
15 5 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (2.53%) CREST Certified
16 4 (2.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (2.02%) CCSP
16 4 (2.02%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (45.45%) NIST
2 71 (35.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (28.79%) GRC
4 31 (15.66%) NCSC
5 26 (13.13%) JSP 440
5 26 (13.13%) NIST 800
6 19 (9.60%) PCI DSS
6 19 (9.60%) RMADS
7 16 (8.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 11 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (4.04%) GDPR
10 5 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 4 (2.02%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.52%) QA
13 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (1.01%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.01%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.51%) Nessus
2 1 (0.51%) Nmap
2 1 (0.51%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (20.71%) SAP
2 17 (8.59%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.51%) Cisco
4 1 (0.51%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (0.51%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.51%) Google
4 1 (0.51%) Juniper
4 1 (0.51%) Netskope
4 1 (0.51%) Okta
4 1 (0.51%) Ping Identity
4 1 (0.51%) Qualys
4 1 (0.51%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.51%) VMware