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 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 490 484
Rank change year-on-year -18 -6 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 150 271 252
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.40% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.43% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 125 148 205
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,700 £51,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £73,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% -2.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +5.66%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 47,822 63,519 49,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 94.53% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 29,955 35,542 38,228
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,775 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,498 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.76% -1.91% -

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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 +23 143 £67,500 -10.00% 106
UK excluding London +29 121 £65,000 -7.14% 57
South West +89 95 £60,000 -34.43% 15
Work from Home +72 87 £55,000 -29.03% 60
London -24 20 £71,000 -8.39% 46
South East +22 12 £86,250 +43.75% 26
Midlands +57 6 £85,000 +21.43% 4
North of England -20 4 £77,500 +19.23% 7
West Midlands +37 3 £96,250 +42.59% 3
Yorkshire -50 3 £77,500 +29.17% 2
East Midlands +25 2 £70,000 -3.45% 1
East of England +23 2 £65,000 -5.80% 3
Scotland -9 2 £46,000 -12.38% 1
North West +32 1 £100,000 +48.15% 5

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

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, 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.

1 121 (80.67%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (57.33%) NIST
3 85 (56.67%) CISSP
3 85 (56.67%) Security Cleared
4 69 (46.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 58 (38.67%) CISM
6 56 (37.33%) Risk Management
7 51 (34.00%) SAP
8 49 (32.67%) Business Intelligence
9 47 (31.33%) Digital Marketing
9 47 (31.33%) Programme Management
10 44 (29.33%) GRC
10 44 (29.33%) ISMS
11 43 (28.67%) SC Cleared
12 34 (22.67%) Network Security
13 31 (20.67%) Information Security
14 30 (20.00%) Mentoring
14 30 (20.00%) PCI DSS
15 28 (18.67%) CEH
15 28 (18.67%) JSP 440
15 28 (18.67%) Security Management
16 27 (18.00%) CompTIA Security+
16 27 (18.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 25 (16.67%) NCSC
17 25 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
18 24 (16.00%) DV Cleared
18 24 (16.00%) Information Assurance
18 24 (16.00%) NIST 800
19 20 (13.33%) CISMP
19 20 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture

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 (10.67%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) GNU Octave
1 1 (0.67%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.00%) SAP BPC
2 3 (2.00%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.67%) Azure
2 14 (9.33%) AWS
3 6 (4.00%) GCP
4 5 (3.33%) SaaS
5 2 (1.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.33%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.67%) OCI
6 1 (0.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (22.67%) Network Security
2 5 (3.33%) Firewall
3 3 (2.00%) DMZ
4 2 (1.33%) Junos
4 2 (1.33%) TETRA
4 2 (1.33%) VPN
5 1 (0.67%) LAN
5 1 (0.67%) WAN
5 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 70 (46.67%) Public Sector
2 52 (34.67%) Finance
3 49 (32.67%) Telecoms
4 47 (31.33%) Marketing
5 46 (30.67%) Electronics
5 46 (30.67%) Manufacturing
6 40 (26.67%) Social Skills
7 30 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.67%) Law
9 4 (2.67%) Military
10 3 (2.00%) Banking
10 3 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.33%) Cyber-Physical System
12 1 (0.67%) Games
12 1 (0.67%) Legal
12 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (13.33%) SAP CAF
2 5 (3.33%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.67%) LDAP
3 1 (0.67%) OAuth
3 1 (0.67%) OpenID
3 1 (0.67%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.67%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.67%) SAML
3 1 (0.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 24 (16.00%) Management Information System
3 16 (10.67%) CESG
4 11 (7.33%) Security Posture
5 8 (5.33%) Cloud Native
6 6 (4.00%) PKI
7 3 (2.00%) Blog
7 3 (2.00%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (2.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.33%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.33%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.33%) Smart City
9 1 (0.67%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.67%) Mobile Computing
9 1 (0.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (80.67%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (37.33%) Risk Management
3 49 (32.67%) Business Intelligence
4 47 (31.33%) Digital Marketing
4 47 (31.33%) Programme Management
5 44 (29.33%) ISMS
6 31 (20.67%) Information Security
7 30 (20.00%) Mentoring
8 28 (18.67%) Security Management
9 25 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 24 (16.00%) Information Assurance
11 20 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
12 18 (12.00%) Information Security Management
13 16 (10.67%) Active Listening
13 16 (10.67%) Creative Thinking
13 16 (10.67%) Innovative Thinking
13 16 (10.67%) Matrix Organization
13 16 (10.67%) Security Architecture
14 15 (10.00%) Cloud Security
15 14 (9.33%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.00%) Python
2 1 (0.67%) Bash
2 1 (0.67%) Go
2 1 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 85 (56.67%) CISSP
1 85 (56.67%) Security Cleared
2 58 (38.67%) CISM
3 43 (28.67%) SC Cleared
4 28 (18.67%) CEH
5 27 (18.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 27 (18.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 24 (16.00%) DV Cleared
7 20 (13.33%) CISMP
8 19 (12.67%) CESG Certified Professional
9 16 (10.67%) IISP
10 10 (6.67%) CRISC
11 9 (6.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (2.67%) CISA
13 3 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (2.00%) Degree
14 2 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (1.33%) Azure Certification
14 2 (1.33%) CCSP
14 2 (1.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (57.33%) NIST
2 69 (46.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (29.33%) GRC
4 30 (20.00%) PCI DSS
5 28 (18.67%) JSP 440
6 25 (16.67%) NCSC
7 24 (16.00%) NIST 800
8 19 (12.67%) RMADS
9 16 (10.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (5.33%) GDPR
11 4 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.00%) IAG
2 2 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.67%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.67%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (34.00%) SAP
2 3 (2.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (2.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.33%) Extreme Networks
3 2 (1.33%) Juniper
3 2 (1.33%) Netskope
3 2 (1.33%) Rapid7
3 2 (1.33%) VMware
4 1 (0.67%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.67%) Cisco
4 1 (0.67%) Google
4 1 (0.67%) Okta
4 1 (0.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.67%) Ping Identity