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 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 529 513
Rank change year-on-year +70 -16 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 215 177 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.34% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.37% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 163 85 245
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £82,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +13.79% +3.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £112,500 £103,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £78,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.46% +21.15% -

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 58,384 47,304 69,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.02% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 36,350 24,185 54,854
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,648 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -4.76%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 +76 193 £67,500 -18.18% 82
UK excluding London +80 152 £65,000 -17.46% 57
South West +76 87 £67,500 -26.23% 18
Work from Home +70 79 £60,000 -27.27% 44
London +28 46 £71,000 -16.47% 29
Midlands +27 20 £55,000 -30.16% 8
South East +24 20 £62,500 -30.56% 12
East Midlands +15 15 £55,000 -33.33% 2
Scotland -4 12 £93,750 +4.17% 1
North of England -55 8 £77,500 +13.15% 13
Yorkshire -61 7 £77,500 +29.17% 8
East of England +23 5 £65,000 -5.80% 4
West Midlands +23 4 £72,500 -6.45% 6
North West +14 1 £100,000 +17.65% 5

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

For the 6 months to 3 February 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.

1 147 (68.37%) Cybersecurity
2 98 (45.58%) Security Cleared
3 75 (34.88%) NIST
4 72 (33.49%) SC Cleared
5 65 (30.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 63 (29.30%) CISSP
7 61 (28.37%) CISM
8 60 (27.91%) Risk Management
9 57 (26.51%) GRC
10 40 (18.60%) ISMS
11 33 (15.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 33 (15.35%) Penetration Testing
12 32 (14.88%) SAP
13 30 (13.95%) Cloud Security
13 30 (13.95%) DV Cleared
14 28 (13.02%) AWS
14 28 (13.02%) Digital Marketing
14 28 (13.02%) Programme Management
14 28 (13.02%) Security Architecture
15 27 (12.56%) Azure
15 27 (12.56%) Business Intelligence
15 27 (12.56%) Collaborative Culture
16 26 (12.09%) SAP CAF
17 24 (11.16%) NCSC
18 22 (10.23%) Agile
18 22 (10.23%) Information Security
19 21 (9.77%) Red Team
20 20 (9.30%) Microsoft
21 18 (8.37%) Incident Response
22 16 (7.44%) GCP

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 4 (1.86%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.02%) AWS
2 27 (12.56%) Azure
3 16 (7.44%) GCP
4 11 (5.12%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (2.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 5 (2.33%) SaaS
7 3 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.47%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.47%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.47%) OCI
9 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.51%) Network Security
2 5 (2.33%) Firewall
3 4 (1.86%) DMZ
4 2 (0.93%) VPN
5 1 (0.47%) Junos
5 1 (0.47%) LAN
5 1 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.47%) Wireless
5 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.47%) Metasploit
General
1 50 (23.26%) Finance
2 48 (22.33%) Social Skills
3 47 (21.86%) Public Sector
4 30 (13.95%) Telecoms
5 28 (13.02%) Marketing
6 27 (12.56%) Electronics
6 27 (12.56%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.79%) Law
10 6 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.86%) Banking
11 4 (1.86%) Military
12 3 (1.40%) Games
13 2 (0.93%) Billing
13 2 (0.93%) Cyber-Physical System
13 2 (0.93%) Legal
13 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.09%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.93%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.47%) .NET
3 1 (0.47%) LDAP
3 1 (0.47%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.47%) OAuth
3 1 (0.47%) OpenID
3 1 (0.47%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.47%) SAML
3 1 (0.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.81%) Security Posture
2 12 (5.58%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.19%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.19%) Cyber Defence
4 8 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.26%) PKI
6 5 (2.33%) Blog
6 5 (2.33%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.86%) CESG
7 4 (1.86%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (1.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.93%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.93%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Android
1 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.47%) Linux
1 1 (0.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (68.37%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (27.91%) Risk Management
3 40 (18.60%) ISMS
4 33 (15.35%) Penetration Testing
5 30 (13.95%) Cloud Security
6 28 (13.02%) Digital Marketing
6 28 (13.02%) Programme Management
6 28 (13.02%) Security Architecture
7 27 (12.56%) Business Intelligence
7 27 (12.56%) Collaborative Culture
8 22 (10.23%) Agile
8 22 (10.23%) Information Security
9 21 (9.77%) Red Team
10 18 (8.37%) Incident Response
11 16 (7.44%) Information Assurance
11 16 (7.44%) Mentoring
12 15 (6.98%) Security Testing
13 13 (6.05%) Creative Thinking
14 12 (5.58%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (5.58%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.40%) Python
2 1 (0.47%) C
2 1 (0.47%) C#
2 1 (0.47%) C++
2 1 (0.47%) Go
2 1 (0.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 98 (45.58%) Security Cleared
2 72 (33.49%) SC Cleared
3 63 (29.30%) CISSP
4 61 (28.37%) CISM
5 33 (15.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 30 (13.95%) DV Cleared
7 13 (6.05%) CEH
7 13 (6.05%) OSCP
8 12 (5.58%) CESG Certified Professional
8 12 (5.58%) CREST Certified
9 10 (4.65%) CRISC
10 9 (4.19%) Degree
11 8 (3.72%) CISA
11 8 (3.72%) CISMP
11 8 (3.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 7 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.79%) CCSP
14 5 (2.33%) CHECK Team Member
15 4 (1.86%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (34.88%) NIST
2 65 (30.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (26.51%) GRC
4 24 (11.16%) NCSC
5 16 (7.44%) NIST 800
6 15 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (6.05%) JSP 440
8 10 (4.65%) PCI DSS
9 8 (3.72%) GDPR
10 7 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (3.26%) RMADS
11 6 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 5 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (1.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (1.40%) QA
14 3 (1.40%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.47%) Nessus
2 1 (0.47%) Nmap
2 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (14.88%) SAP
2 20 (9.30%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.47%) Cisco
4 1 (0.47%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.47%) Google
4 1 (0.47%) Juniper
4 1 (0.47%) Netskope
4 1 (0.47%) Okta
4 1 (0.47%) Ping Identity
4 1 (0.47%) Qualys
4 1 (0.47%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.47%) Splunk
4 1 (0.47%) VMware