Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £63,425 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 515 480
Rank change year-on-year +58 -35 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 196 201 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.36% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.39% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 162 104 186
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,425 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.72% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £102,675 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £77,500 £69,000
% change year-on-year -22.58% +12.32% +6.15%

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 53,514 51,440 48,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.14% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,905 27,168 37,760
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 1 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 1 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 +78 183 £65,000 -18.75% 60
UK excluding London +98 155 £60,000 -22.58% 36
South West +95 109 £62,175 -32.05% 9
Work from Home +102 94 £55,000 -29.03% 28
London -14 28 £71,000 -16.47% 28
Midlands +28 18 £55,000 -29.03% 6
South East +24 14 £60,000 -33.33% 7
East Midlands +4 13 £55,000 -29.03% 3
Scotland +7 6 £46,000 -36.55% 6
North of England -29 5 £77,500 +24.00% 7
West Midlands +13 4 £72,500 -6.45% 3
Yorkshire -52 4 £77,500 +29.17% 5
East of England +24 3 £65,000 -5.80% 1
North West +20 1 £100,000 +17.65% 2

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 149 (76.02%) Cybersecurity
2 101 (51.53%) NIST
3 97 (49.49%) Security Cleared
4 91 (46.43%) CISSP
5 82 (41.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 67 (34.18%) CISM
7 64 (32.65%) Risk Management
8 55 (28.06%) GRC
9 53 (27.04%) SC Cleared
10 50 (25.51%) SAP
11 49 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
11 49 (25.00%) ISMS
11 49 (25.00%) Programme Management
12 48 (24.49%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (17.35%) Information Security
14 32 (16.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 32 (16.33%) Network Security
15 31 (15.82%) NCSC
16 29 (14.80%) Mentoring
16 29 (14.80%) PCI DSS
17 26 (13.27%) Collaborative Culture
17 26 (13.27%) DV Cleared
17 26 (13.27%) JSP 440
17 26 (13.27%) NIST 800
18 25 (12.76%) CEH
18 25 (12.76%) SAP CAF
18 25 (12.76%) Security Management
19 24 (12.24%) CompTIA Security+
19 24 (12.24%) Information Assurance
20 23 (11.73%) Vulnerability Management

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 (8.16%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.22%) Azure
2 21 (10.71%) AWS
3 11 (5.61%) GCP
4 8 (4.08%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (2.55%) SaaS
6 4 (2.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.51%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.51%) OCI
8 1 (0.51%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (16.33%) Network Security
2 4 (2.04%) Firewall
3 3 (1.53%) DMZ
4 2 (1.02%) TETRA
5 1 (0.51%) Junos
5 1 (0.51%) LAN
5 1 (0.51%) VPN
5 1 (0.51%) WAN
5 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.51%) Wireless
5 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.51%) Metasploit
General
1 70 (35.71%) Public Sector
2 59 (30.10%) Finance
3 51 (26.02%) Telecoms
4 49 (25.00%) Marketing
5 48 (24.49%) Electronics
5 48 (24.49%) Manufacturing
6 43 (21.94%) Social Skills
7 30 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.04%) Law
10 4 (2.04%) Military
11 3 (1.53%) Banking
11 3 (1.53%) Cyber-Physical System
11 3 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.51%) Games
13 1 (0.51%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.76%) SAP CAF
2 2 (1.02%) 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 25 (12.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 23 (11.73%) Management Information System
3 19 (9.69%) Security Posture
4 16 (8.16%) CESG
5 10 (5.10%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.06%) PKI
7 5 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.55%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.53%) Blog
9 3 (1.53%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.53%) Smart City
10 2 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.02%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.51%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
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
1 149 (76.02%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (32.65%) Risk Management
3 49 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 49 (25.00%) ISMS
3 49 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 48 (24.49%) Business Intelligence
5 34 (17.35%) Information Security
6 29 (14.80%) Mentoring
7 26 (13.27%) Collaborative Culture
8 25 (12.76%) Security Management
9 24 (12.24%) Information Assurance
10 23 (11.73%) Vulnerability Management
11 22 (11.22%) Cloud Security
12 21 (10.71%) Security Architecture
13 18 (9.18%) Information Security Management
13 18 (9.18%) Penetration Testing
14 17 (8.67%) Creative Thinking
15 16 (8.16%) Active Listening
15 16 (8.16%) Innovative Thinking
15 16 (8.16%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.02%) Python
2 1 (0.51%) Go
2 1 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 97 (49.49%) Security Cleared
2 91 (46.43%) CISSP
3 67 (34.18%) CISM
4 53 (27.04%) SC Cleared
5 32 (16.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 26 (13.27%) DV Cleared
7 25 (12.76%) CEH
8 24 (12.24%) CompTIA Security+
9 21 (10.71%) CESG Certified Professional
10 20 (10.20%) CISMP
11 16 (8.16%) IISP
12 10 (5.10%) CRISC
13 9 (4.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 8 (4.08%) Degree
15 5 (2.55%) CISA
15 5 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (2.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (2.04%) CCSP
17 3 (1.53%) CHECK Team Member
17 3 (1.53%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (51.53%) NIST
2 82 (41.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (28.06%) GRC
4 31 (15.82%) NCSC
5 29 (14.80%) PCI DSS
6 26 (13.27%) JSP 440
6 26 (13.27%) NIST 800
7 19 (9.69%) RMADS
8 16 (8.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (3.57%) GDPR
11 4 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (1.53%) QA
13 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (1.02%) 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 3 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.51%) Nessus
3 1 (0.51%) Nmap
3 1 (0.51%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (25.51%) SAP
2 11 (5.61%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.04%) 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