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 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 583 528
Rank change year-on-year +183 -55 -123
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 378 81 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.18% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.20% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 263 48 281
10th Percentile £47,613 £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £69,375 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,313 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,625 £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 87,136 39,736 101,635
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 89.46% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 59,740 22,466 73,347
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,849 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £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 13 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 13 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 +157 320 £65,000 -18.75% 86
UK excluding London +144 256 £62,500 -21.88% 59
Work from Home +98 111 £55,000 -23.87% 48
South West +37 99 £62,500 -5.66% 22
London +19 72 £80,000 - 33
Midlands +42 63 £55,000 -31.25% 3
East Midlands +27 49 £55,000 -31.25% 1
North of England -11 42 £60,000 -25.00% 23
South East +15 32 £65,000 -13.33% 9
North West +33 31 £62,500 -21.88% 11
West Midlands -10 14 £100,000 +25.00% 2
Scotland +19 10 £93,750 +25.22% 1
North East - 8 £50,000 - 6
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
East of England - 4 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire -45 3 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £40,750 -

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 253 (66.93%) Cybersecurity
2 143 (37.83%) Security Cleared
3 107 (28.31%) SC Cleared
4 72 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 70 (18.52%) NIST
6 65 (17.20%) Risk Management
7 64 (16.93%) DV Cleared
8 59 (15.61%) CISSP
9 54 (14.29%) CISM
10 45 (11.90%) Cloud Security
11 43 (11.38%) Penetration Testing
12 42 (11.11%) AWS
13 40 (10.58%) Azure
14 35 (9.26%) Security Architecture
15 32 (8.47%) GRC
16 27 (7.14%) Security Testing
17 24 (6.35%) Information Security
17 24 (6.35%) PCI DSS
17 24 (6.35%) Red Team
17 24 (6.35%) Threat Modelling
18 23 (6.08%) GDPR
18 23 (6.08%) Mentoring
19 21 (5.56%) Information Assurance
19 21 (5.56%) NCSC
20 20 (5.29%) Scrum
21 19 (5.03%) Microsoft
22 18 (4.76%) Agile
22 18 (4.76%) CREST Certified
22 18 (4.76%) Firewall
22 18 (4.76%) 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 (0.53%) 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 (11.11%) AWS
2 40 (10.58%) Azure
3 16 (4.23%) GCP
4 9 (2.38%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (1.85%) SaaS
6 6 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.32%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 4 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.53%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.53%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.76%) Firewall
1 18 (4.76%) Network Security
2 7 (1.85%) LAN
3 6 (1.59%) SD-WAN
3 6 (1.59%) WAN
4 2 (0.53%) 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 (0.53%) Yeoman
General
1 81 (21.43%) Public Sector
2 55 (14.55%) Social Skills
3 29 (7.67%) Finance
4 20 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.38%) Law
6 7 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (1.85%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.32%) Banking
7 5 (1.32%) Games
7 5 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (0.79%) Legal
8 3 (0.79%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.53%) Billing
9 2 (0.53%) Electronics
9 2 (0.53%) Marketing
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Military
10 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.06%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.53%) NumPy
2 2 (0.53%) Pandas
2 2 (0.53%) PySpark
2 2 (0.53%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.53%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.53%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.26%) .NET
3 1 (0.26%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.26%) Security Posture
2 27 (7.14%) PKI
3 10 (2.65%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.12%) Blog
5 8 (2.12%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.59%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.79%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.53%) Social Media
11 1 (0.26%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.26%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.26%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.26%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.26%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.91%) Windows
2 10 (2.65%) Linux
3 6 (1.59%) Android
3 6 (1.59%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (66.93%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (17.20%) Risk Management
3 45 (11.90%) Cloud Security
4 43 (11.38%) Penetration Testing
5 35 (9.26%) Security Architecture
6 27 (7.14%) Security Testing
7 24 (6.35%) Information Security
7 24 (6.35%) Red Team
7 24 (6.35%) Threat Modelling
8 23 (6.08%) Mentoring
9 21 (5.56%) Information Assurance
10 20 (5.29%) Scrum
11 18 (4.76%) Agile
11 18 (4.76%) Threat Intelligence
12 17 (4.50%) AI
12 17 (4.50%) Vulnerability Management
13 15 (3.97%) Incident Response
13 15 (3.97%) Presales
13 15 (3.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (3.70%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.79%) Python
2 1 (0.26%) C
2 1 (0.26%) C#
2 1 (0.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 143 (37.83%) Security Cleared
2 107 (28.31%) SC Cleared
3 64 (16.93%) DV Cleared
4 59 (15.61%) CISSP
5 54 (14.29%) CISM
6 18 (4.76%) CREST Certified
7 16 (4.23%) CEH
8 15 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.97%) CRISC
9 14 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (3.70%) OSCP
10 12 (3.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 11 (2.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 10 (2.65%) CISA
13 9 (2.38%) CESG Certified Professional
14 7 (1.85%) Degree
15 6 (1.59%) CCSP
15 6 (1.59%) DBS Check
16 5 (1.32%) CHECK Team Member
16 5 (1.32%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (18.52%) NIST
3 32 (8.47%) GRC
4 24 (6.35%) PCI DSS
5 23 (6.08%) GDPR
6 21 (5.56%) NCSC
7 16 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (3.97%) JSP 440
9 9 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 8 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (1.85%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.53%) 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 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (1.85%) FortiGate
1 7 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.79%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.53%) QRadar
4 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (5.03%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (1.85%) Fortinet
3 7 (1.85%) SAP
4 4 (1.06%) Splunk
5 3 (0.79%) Google
6 1 (0.26%) Cisco
6 1 (0.26%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto