Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 509 474
Rank change year-on-year +38 -35 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 186 218 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.38% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.41% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 154 117 193
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +6.15%

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 52,799 53,782 46,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 93.79% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,457 29,075 36,182
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

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 16 December 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 16 December 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 +59 174 £63,425 -20.72% 43
UK excluding London +75 148 £60,000 -20.00% 39
South West +102 106 £60,000 -34.43% 14
Work from Home +103 96 £55,000 -29.03% 29
London -4 25 £71,000 -11.25% 16
South East +26 15 £79,000 +21.54% 8
Midlands +29 14 £57,500 -25.81% 6
East Midlands +7 9 £55,000 -29.03% 5
North of England -34 6 £77,500 +19.23% 2
Yorkshire -57 5 £77,500 +29.17% 1
West Midlands +19 4 £72,500 -6.45% 1
Scotland 0 4 £46,000 -16.36% 7
East of England +23 3 £65,000 -5.80% 2
North West +15 1 £100,000 +31.15% 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 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.

1 144 (77.42%) Cybersecurity
2 101 (54.30%) NIST
3 99 (53.23%) Security Cleared
4 94 (50.54%) CISSP
5 83 (44.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 67 (36.02%) CISM
7 62 (33.33%) Risk Management
8 54 (29.03%) GRC
8 54 (29.03%) SAP
9 52 (27.96%) Business Intelligence
10 51 (27.42%) Digital Marketing
10 51 (27.42%) Programme Management
10 51 (27.42%) SC Cleared
11 48 (25.81%) ISMS
12 36 (19.35%) Network Security
13 34 (18.28%) Information Security
14 32 (17.20%) Mentoring
14 32 (17.20%) PCI DSS
15 31 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 29 (15.59%) NCSC
17 28 (15.05%) CEH
17 28 (15.05%) DV Cleared
17 28 (15.05%) JSP 440
18 27 (14.52%) CompTIA Security+
18 27 (14.52%) Security Management
19 26 (13.98%) NIST 800
20 25 (13.44%) Collaborative Culture
20 25 (13.44%) Vulnerability Management
21 24 (12.90%) Information Assurance
21 24 (12.90%) SAP CAF

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 (8.60%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 4 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.61%) SAP GRC
3 2 (1.08%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.37%) Azure
2 21 (11.29%) AWS
3 11 (5.91%) GCP
4 5 (2.69%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (2.69%) SaaS
5 3 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (1.08%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.54%) OCI
7 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (19.35%) Network Security
2 5 (2.69%) Firewall
3 3 (1.61%) DMZ
4 2 (1.08%) Junos
4 2 (1.08%) TETRA
4 2 (1.08%) VPN
5 1 (0.54%) LAN
5 1 (0.54%) WAN
5 1 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.54%) Wireless
5 1 (0.54%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.54%) Metasploit
General
1 75 (40.32%) Public Sector
2 60 (32.26%) Finance
3 53 (28.49%) Telecoms
4 51 (27.42%) Marketing
5 50 (26.88%) Electronics
5 50 (26.88%) Manufacturing
6 46 (24.73%) Social Skills
7 33 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.15%) Law
10 4 (2.15%) Military
11 3 (1.61%) Banking
11 3 (1.61%) Cyber-Physical System
11 3 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.54%) Games
13 1 (0.54%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (12.90%) SAP CAF
2 4 (2.15%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.54%) LDAP
3 1 (0.54%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.54%) OAuth
3 1 (0.54%) OpenID
3 1 (0.54%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.54%) SAML
3 1 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 23 (12.37%) Management Information System
3 16 (8.60%) CESG
3 16 (8.60%) Security Posture
4 10 (5.38%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.23%) PKI
6 5 (2.69%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.61%) Blog
8 3 (1.61%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.61%) Smart City
9 2 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.08%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.54%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.54%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.54%) Android
1 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.54%) Check Point GAiA
1 1 (0.54%) Linux
1 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (77.42%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 52 (27.96%) Business Intelligence
4 51 (27.42%) Digital Marketing
4 51 (27.42%) Programme Management
5 48 (25.81%) ISMS
6 34 (18.28%) Information Security
7 32 (17.20%) Mentoring
8 27 (14.52%) Security Management
9 25 (13.44%) Collaborative Culture
9 25 (13.44%) Vulnerability Management
10 24 (12.90%) Information Assurance
11 22 (11.83%) Security Architecture
12 21 (11.29%) Cloud Security
13 18 (9.68%) Information Security Management
14 17 (9.14%) Agile
15 16 (8.60%) Active Listening
15 16 (8.60%) Creative Thinking
15 16 (8.60%) Innovative Thinking
15 16 (8.60%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.61%) Python
2 1 (0.54%) Bash
2 1 (0.54%) Go
2 1 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 99 (53.23%) Security Cleared
2 94 (50.54%) CISSP
3 67 (36.02%) CISM
4 51 (27.42%) SC Cleared
5 31 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 28 (15.05%) CEH
6 28 (15.05%) DV Cleared
7 27 (14.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 21 (11.29%) CESG Certified Professional
9 20 (10.75%) CISMP
10 16 (8.60%) IISP
11 10 (5.38%) CRISC
12 9 (4.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (2.69%) CISA
13 5 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (2.69%) Degree
14 4 (2.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (2.15%) CCSP
15 3 (1.61%) CHECK Team Member
16 2 (1.08%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (54.30%) NIST
2 83 (44.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (29.03%) GRC
4 32 (17.20%) PCI DSS
5 29 (15.59%) NCSC
6 28 (15.05%) JSP 440
7 26 (13.98%) NIST 800
8 19 (10.22%) RMADS
9 16 (8.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (4.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (4.30%) GDPR
11 4 (2.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (1.61%) QA
13 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (1.08%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 2 (1.08%) IAG
1 2 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.69%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.54%) Nessus
3 1 (0.54%) Nmap
3 1 (0.54%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (29.03%) SAP
2 8 (4.30%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.61%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.08%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (1.08%) Juniper
4 2 (1.08%) Netskope
4 2 (1.08%) Rapid7
4 2 (1.08%) VMware
5 1 (0.54%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.54%) Cisco
5 1 (0.54%) Google
5 1 (0.54%) Okta
5 1 (0.54%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.54%) Ping Identity
5 1 (0.54%) Qualys