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 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 527 513
Rank change year-on-year +103 -14 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 264 133 350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.30% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.33% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 198 76 259
10th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £66,875 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £86,450 £114,375 £98,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £78,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.63% +21.15% -3.70%

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 66,980 39,779 79,178
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 90.72% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 42,499 22,997 60,965
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 11 March 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 11 March 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 +72 236 £65,000 -18.75% 45
UK excluding London +94 179 £62,500 -20.63% 30
South West +73 97 £65,000 -18.75% 12
Work from Home +69 74 £60,000 -22.58% 21
London +13 62 £71,100 -16.35% 22
Midlands +4 28 £55,000 -31.25% 3
East Midlands -12 23 £55,000 -32.31% 2
South East -1 21 £65,000 - 10
North of England -44 17 £68,750 -4.50% 4
Scotland -7 12 £93,750 +4.17%
North West -4 11 £60,000 -25.00% 3
Yorkshire -56 6 £77,500 +29.17% 1
West Midlands -7 5 £72,500 -7.94% 1
East of England +1 4 £65,000 -5.80%

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

For the 6 months to 11 March 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.

1 166 (62.88%) Cybersecurity
2 122 (46.21%) Security Cleared
3 87 (32.95%) SC Cleared
4 68 (25.76%) NIST
5 61 (23.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 60 (22.73%) Risk Management
7 57 (21.59%) DV Cleared
8 53 (20.08%) CISSP
8 53 (20.08%) GRC
9 50 (18.94%) CISM
10 35 (13.26%) Penetration Testing
11 31 (11.74%) Security Architecture
12 30 (11.36%) ISMS
13 29 (10.98%) Azure
13 29 (10.98%) Cloud Security
14 28 (10.61%) AWS
14 28 (10.61%) SAP
15 27 (10.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 24 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
16 24 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
17 23 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
17 23 (8.71%) Programme Management
17 23 (8.71%) SAP CAF
18 22 (8.33%) Red Team
19 20 (7.58%) Agile
19 20 (7.58%) NCSC
20 19 (7.20%) Microsoft
21 18 (6.82%) GCP
21 18 (6.82%) Information Assurance
21 18 (6.82%) Mentoring

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 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (10.98%) Azure
2 28 (10.61%) AWS
3 18 (6.82%) GCP
4 11 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.79%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (1.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.76%) SaaS
9 1 (0.38%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.38%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.30%) Network Security
2 6 (2.27%) Firewall
3 3 (1.14%) DMZ
4 1 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.38%) LAN
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) VPN
4 1 (0.38%) Wireless
4 1 (0.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.38%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.38%) Metasploit
General
1 63 (23.86%) Public Sector
2 49 (18.56%) Social Skills
3 48 (18.18%) Finance
4 29 (10.98%) Telecoms
5 24 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 24 (9.09%) Marketing
6 23 (8.71%) Electronics
7 11 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.27%) Law
12 4 (1.52%) Banking
12 4 (1.52%) Military
13 3 (1.14%) Games
14 2 (0.76%) Billing
14 2 (0.76%) Cyber-Physical System
14 2 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.76%) Legal
14 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.71%) SAP CAF
2 1 (0.38%) .NET
2 1 (0.38%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.02%) Security Posture
2 13 (4.92%) PKI
3 10 (3.79%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (3.41%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.65%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.65%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.27%) Blog
7 6 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.76%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.76%) Smart City
9 2 (0.76%) Social Media
10 1 (0.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.14%) Linux
1 3 (1.14%) Windows
2 1 (0.38%) Android
2 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (62.88%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (22.73%) Risk Management
3 35 (13.26%) Penetration Testing
4 31 (11.74%) Security Architecture
5 30 (11.36%) ISMS
6 29 (10.98%) Cloud Security
7 24 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
7 24 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
8 23 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
8 23 (8.71%) Programme Management
9 22 (8.33%) Red Team
10 20 (7.58%) Agile
11 18 (6.82%) Information Assurance
11 18 (6.82%) Mentoring
11 18 (6.82%) Scrum
12 17 (6.44%) Incident Response
13 16 (6.06%) Security Testing
14 15 (5.68%) Business Strategy
14 15 (5.68%) Information Security
15 13 (4.92%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.38%) C
1 1 (0.38%) C#
1 1 (0.38%) C++
1 1 (0.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 122 (46.21%) Security Cleared
2 87 (32.95%) SC Cleared
3 57 (21.59%) DV Cleared
4 53 (20.08%) CISSP
5 50 (18.94%) CISM
6 27 (10.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 14 (5.30%) CREST Certified
7 14 (5.30%) OSCP
8 13 (4.92%) CEH
9 10 (3.79%) CISA
10 8 (3.03%) CESG Certified Professional
10 8 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (3.03%) Degree
11 7 (2.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (2.65%) CHECK Team Member
11 7 (2.65%) CRISC
12 6 (2.27%) CCSP
12 6 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (0.76%) GIAC
13 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (25.76%) NIST
2 61 (23.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (20.08%) GRC
4 20 (7.58%) NCSC
5 15 (5.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (4.55%) PCI DSS
7 9 (3.41%) NIST 800
8 7 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (2.65%) GDPR
9 5 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 5 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 5 (1.89%) JSP 440
10 4 (1.52%) QA
11 3 (1.14%) RMADS
11 3 (1.14%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.38%) Nessus
2 1 (0.38%) Nmap
2 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (10.61%) SAP
2 19 (7.20%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.38%) Cisco
4 1 (0.38%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.38%) Google
4 1 (0.38%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.38%) Qualys
4 1 (0.38%) Splunk