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 28 January 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 514 503
Rank change year-on-year +68 -11 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 209 183 290
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.35% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.38% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 159 91 229
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £54,375 £63,750 £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 £77,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £86,300 £112,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £78,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -17.46% +16.67% +3.85%

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 57,321 48,360 64,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.27% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35,616 24,820 50,671
10th Percentile £28,964 £33,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.37%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 28 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 28 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 +66 186 £67,500 -18.18% 90
UK excluding London +81 149 £65,000 -17.46% 74
South West +80 89 £67,500 -26.23% 19
Work from Home +73 84 £60,000 -27.27% 25
London +26 41 £71,000 -16.47% 25
Midlands +21 20 £55,000 -30.16% 7
South East +20 16 £40,000 -55.56% 20
East Midlands +5 15 £55,000 -33.33% 6
Scotland -2 12 £93,750 +4.17% 1
North of England -37 7 £77,500 +19.23% 17
Yorkshire -64 6 £77,500 +29.17% 8
East of England +27 5 £65,000 -5.80% 9
West Midlands +25 4 £72,500 -6.45% 1
North West +13 1 £100,000 +17.65% 8

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 147 (70.33%) Cybersecurity
2 95 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 79 (37.80%) NIST
4 69 (33.01%) CISSP
4 69 (33.01%) SC Cleared
5 67 (32.06%) CISM
6 65 (31.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 63 (30.14%) Risk Management
8 58 (27.75%) GRC
9 46 (22.01%) ISMS
10 33 (15.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 31 (14.83%) SAP
12 30 (14.35%) DV Cleared
12 30 (14.35%) NCSC
13 29 (13.88%) Cloud Security
13 29 (13.88%) Penetration Testing
14 28 (13.40%) Digital Marketing
14 28 (13.40%) Information Security
14 28 (13.40%) Programme Management
15 27 (12.92%) Business Intelligence
15 27 (12.92%) Collaborative Culture
16 26 (12.44%) AWS
16 26 (12.44%) SAP CAF
17 25 (11.96%) Azure
17 25 (11.96%) Security Architecture
18 21 (10.05%) Information Assurance
18 21 (10.05%) NIST 800
19 20 (9.57%) Agile
20 19 (9.09%) JSP 440
20 19 (9.09%) Microsoft

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 10 (4.78%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 26 (12.44%) AWS
2 25 (11.96%) Azure
3 14 (6.70%) GCP
4 10 (4.78%) Entra ID
4 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (2.39%) SaaS
6 4 (1.91%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.48%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.48%) OCI
8 1 (0.48%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.22%) Network Security
2 5 (2.39%) Firewall
3 4 (1.91%) DMZ
4 1 (0.48%) Junos
4 1 (0.48%) LAN
4 1 (0.48%) VPN
4 1 (0.48%) WAN
4 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.48%) Wireless
4 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.48%) Metasploit
General
1 50 (23.92%) Finance
2 47 (22.49%) Public Sector
2 47 (22.49%) Social Skills
3 30 (14.35%) Telecoms
4 28 (13.40%) Marketing
5 27 (12.92%) Electronics
5 27 (12.92%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.39%) Banking
9 5 (2.39%) Law
10 4 (1.91%) Military
11 3 (1.44%) Games
12 2 (0.96%) Billing
12 2 (0.96%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.44%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.48%) LDAP
3 1 (0.48%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.48%) OAuth
3 1 (0.48%) OpenID
3 1 (0.48%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.48%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.48%) SAML
3 1 (0.48%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.31%) Security Posture
2 18 (8.61%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.78%) CESG
4 9 (4.31%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.83%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.35%) PKI
7 5 (2.39%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.91%) Blog
8 4 (1.91%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.91%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.96%) Smart City
11 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.48%) Android
1 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.48%) Linux
1 1 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (70.33%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (30.14%) Risk Management
3 46 (22.01%) ISMS
4 29 (13.88%) Cloud Security
4 29 (13.88%) Penetration Testing
5 28 (13.40%) Digital Marketing
5 28 (13.40%) Information Security
5 28 (13.40%) Programme Management
6 27 (12.92%) Business Intelligence
6 27 (12.92%) Collaborative Culture
7 25 (11.96%) Security Architecture
8 21 (10.05%) Information Assurance
9 20 (9.57%) Agile
10 19 (9.09%) Red Team
11 18 (8.61%) Creative Thinking
11 18 (8.61%) Security Management
12 17 (8.13%) Incident Response
13 14 (6.70%) Mentoring
14 13 (6.22%) Information Security Management
14 13 (6.22%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.96%) Python
2 1 (0.48%) Go
2 1 (0.48%) Rust
Qualifications
1 95 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 69 (33.01%) CISSP
2 69 (33.01%) SC Cleared
3 67 (32.06%) CISM
4 33 (15.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 30 (14.35%) DV Cleared
6 18 (8.61%) CESG Certified Professional
7 14 (6.70%) CISMP
8 11 (5.26%) CEH
8 11 (5.26%) CRISC
9 10 (4.78%) CREST Certified
9 10 (4.78%) IISP
9 10 (4.78%) OSCP
10 9 (4.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 8 (3.83%) Degree
12 7 (3.35%) CISA
13 6 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (2.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (2.39%) CCSP
14 5 (2.39%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (37.80%) NIST
2 65 (31.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (27.75%) GRC
4 30 (14.35%) NCSC
5 21 (10.05%) NIST 800
6 19 (9.09%) JSP 440
7 15 (7.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (6.22%) RMADS
9 10 (4.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 10 (4.78%) PCI DSS
10 8 (3.83%) GDPR
11 7 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (2.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (1.44%) QA
14 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.96%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.48%) Nessus
2 1 (0.48%) Nmap
2 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (14.83%) SAP
2 19 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.39%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (0.96%) Google
5 1 (0.48%) Cisco
5 1 (0.48%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (0.48%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.48%) Juniper
5 1 (0.48%) Netskope
5 1 (0.48%) Okta
5 1 (0.48%) Ping Identity
5 1 (0.48%) Qualys
5 1 (0.48%) Rapid7
5 1 (0.48%) VMware