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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 553 510
Rank change year-on-year +175 -43 -115
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 483 121 346
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.25% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.27% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 304 84 234
10th Percentile £48,646 - £49,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £90,000 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -1.46% -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 95,972 44,419 82,565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 90.03% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 65,619 26,374 56,860
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 29 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 29 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 +172 431 £65,000 -3.70% 88
UK excluding London +124 308 £60,000 -11.11% 58
Work from Home +59 142 £65,000 +30.00% 51
London +61 124 £80,000 +1.59% 38
North of England +40 89 £60,000 -25.00% 9
South West -15 88 £55,000 +10.00% 22
Midlands +29 68 £70,000 -12.50% 8
North West +35 54 £60,000 -25.00% 4
East Midlands +20 48 £60,000 -25.00%
South East 0 42 £65,000 -25.71% 12
North East - 23 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands -11 20 £80,000 - 8
Yorkshire -26 12 £50,000 -37.50% 4
East of England - 12 £80,000 - 3
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
Northern Ireland - 3 £42,500 -
Scotland +7 2 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 328 (67.91%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (36.02%) Security Cleared
3 117 (24.22%) SC Cleared
4 94 (19.46%) Risk Management
5 85 (17.60%) NIST
6 78 (16.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 75 (15.53%) CISSP
7 75 (15.53%) Cloud Security
8 70 (14.49%) AWS
9 64 (13.25%) DV Cleared
10 61 (12.63%) CISM
11 57 (11.80%) Security Architecture
12 56 (11.59%) Threat Modelling
13 46 (9.52%) Information Security
13 46 (9.52%) Mentoring
14 42 (8.70%) Azure
15 40 (8.28%) Network Security
16 38 (7.87%) GRC
17 37 (7.66%) AI
18 34 (7.04%) GDPR
19 32 (6.63%) Identity Access Management
20 30 (6.21%) Cloud Computing
21 29 (6.00%) AWS Certification
21 29 (6.00%) Penetration Testing
22 26 (5.38%) Agile
23 25 (5.18%) PCI DSS
24 24 (4.97%) Data Protection
24 24 (4.97%) NCSC
25 23 (4.76%) Security Testing
26 22 (4.55%) Information Assurance

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 (1.24%) SAS
2 3 (0.62%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.21%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (14.49%) AWS
2 42 (8.70%) Azure
3 30 (6.21%) Cloud Computing
4 16 (3.31%) GCP
5 15 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
5 15 (3.11%) AWS CloudFormation
5 15 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (3.11%) Serverless
6 14 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
6 14 (2.90%) Amazon EventBridge
6 14 (2.90%) AWS Control Tower
7 13 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.07%) SaaS
9 6 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 5 (1.04%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.62%) Amazon Bedrock
11 3 (0.62%) Amazon Kinesis
12 2 (0.41%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.28%) Network Security
2 21 (4.35%) Firewall
3 7 (1.45%) LAN
3 7 (1.45%) SD-WAN
3 7 (1.45%) WAN
4 3 (0.62%) VPN
5 1 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.62%) Hadoop
1 3 (0.62%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.21%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Burp Suite
1 2 (0.41%) Metasploit
1 2 (0.41%) Yeoman
General
1 111 (22.98%) Public Sector
2 62 (12.84%) Social Skills
3 38 (7.87%) Finance
4 25 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.11%) Manufacturing
6 9 (1.86%) Telecoms
7 8 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.66%) Law
8 5 (1.04%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.04%) Military
8 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (0.83%) Legal
10 3 (0.62%) Banking
10 3 (0.62%) Games
11 2 (0.41%) Advertising
11 2 (0.41%) Police
12 1 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.21%) French Language
12 1 (0.21%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.90%) AWS CDK
2 5 (1.04%) ModSecurity
3 4 (0.83%) NumPy
3 4 (0.83%) Pandas
3 4 (0.83%) PySpark
3 4 (0.83%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.62%) Kafka
5 2 (0.41%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.63%) PKI
2 29 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.97%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.73%) Enterprise Cloud
5 17 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.66%) Blog
6 8 (1.66%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.24%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.24%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.62%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.62%) Social Media
11 2 (0.41%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.41%) Mobile Computing
11 2 (0.41%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.90%) Windows
2 12 (2.48%) Linux
3 6 (1.24%) Android
3 6 (1.24%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (67.91%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (19.46%) Risk Management
3 75 (15.53%) Cloud Security
4 57 (11.80%) Security Architecture
5 56 (11.59%) Threat Modelling
6 46 (9.52%) Information Security
6 46 (9.52%) Mentoring
7 37 (7.66%) AI
8 32 (6.63%) Identity Access Management
9 29 (6.00%) Penetration Testing
10 26 (5.38%) Agile
11 24 (4.97%) Data Protection
12 23 (4.76%) Security Testing
13 22 (4.55%) Information Assurance
14 21 (4.35%) GAP Analysis
14 21 (4.35%) Presales
14 21 (4.35%) Scrum
14 21 (4.35%) SIEM
15 20 (4.14%) Infrastructure as Code
15 20 (4.14%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 19 (3.93%) Python
2 14 (2.90%) Bash
2 14 (2.90%) Java
2 14 (2.90%) Perl
2 14 (2.90%) PHP
2 14 (2.90%) Ruby
3 3 (0.62%) SQL
4 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 174 (36.02%) Security Cleared
2 117 (24.22%) SC Cleared
3 75 (15.53%) CISSP
4 64 (13.25%) DV Cleared
5 61 (12.63%) CISM
6 29 (6.00%) AWS Certification
7 21 (4.35%) CRISC
8 19 (3.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 19 (3.93%) Degree
9 18 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (3.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 17 (3.52%) CISA
11 15 (3.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 15 (3.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 12 (2.48%) CREST Certified
13 9 (1.86%) CCSP
13 9 (1.86%) CESG Certified Professional
14 8 (1.66%) CompTIA CySA+
15 7 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (17.60%) NIST
2 78 (16.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (7.87%) GRC
4 34 (7.04%) GDPR
5 25 (5.18%) PCI DSS
6 24 (4.97%) NCSC
7 15 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 15 (3.11%) JSP 440
7 15 (3.11%) NIST 800
8 11 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.62%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 12 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.83%) Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) IAG
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (3.31%) Terraform
2 7 (1.45%) FortiGate
2 7 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.62%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.62%) QRadar
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.41%) Nmap
5 1 (0.21%) CASB
5 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (2.90%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.86%) Fortinet
3 8 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (1.45%) Google
5 6 (1.24%) Splunk
6 3 (0.62%) Cisco
6 3 (0.62%) SAP
7 2 (0.41%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.41%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.41%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.21%) Netskope
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle
8 1 (0.21%) OutSystems
8 1 (0.21%) Qualys
8 1 (0.21%) Tenable
8 1 (0.21%) VMware
8 1 (0.21%) Zscaler