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 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 573 516
Rank change year-on-year +195 -57 -147
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 460 107 400
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.22% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.24% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 292 70 282
10th Percentile - - £48,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £86,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,500 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £69,746 £68,500
% change year-on-year -13.97% +1.82% -2.14%

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 93,213 44,199 93,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 89.97% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 63,958 26,129 66,038
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.66% -12.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 17 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 17 July 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 +181 408 £65,000 -13.33% 81
UK excluding London +139 292 £60,000 -13.97% 55
Work from Home +79 134 £60,000 +20.00% 43
London +57 117 £80,000 +1.59% 30
South West +11 90 £58,750 +17.50% 15
North of England +41 83 £60,000 -25.00% 12
Midlands +32 65 £70,000 -12.50% 10
North West +43 53 £60,000 -25.00% 7
East Midlands +33 47 £60,000 -25.00% 2
South East +5 37 £65,000 -25.71% 13
North East - 21 £50,000 - 2
West Midlands -3 18 £80,000 - 8
Yorkshire -36 9 £50,000 -37.50% 4
East of England - 8 £80,000 - 6
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
Northern Ireland - 3 £42,500 -
Scotland 0 2 £105,000 +40.24% 1

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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.

1 304 (66.09%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (37.83%) Security Cleared
3 123 (26.74%) SC Cleared
4 88 (19.13%) Risk Management
5 80 (17.39%) NIST
6 76 (16.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 73 (15.87%) CISSP
8 70 (15.22%) AWS
9 68 (14.78%) Cloud Security
10 63 (13.70%) DV Cleared
11 62 (13.48%) CISM
12 57 (12.39%) Security Architecture
13 47 (10.22%) Threat Modelling
14 42 (9.13%) Azure
15 41 (8.91%) Information Security
15 41 (8.91%) Mentoring
16 39 (8.48%) Network Security
17 37 (8.04%) GRC
18 36 (7.83%) AI
19 35 (7.61%) Penetration Testing
20 30 (6.52%) Cloud Computing
20 30 (6.52%) GDPR
20 30 (6.52%) Identity Access Management
21 27 (5.87%) AWS Certification
22 25 (5.43%) Agile
23 24 (5.22%) PCI DSS
24 23 (5.00%) Data Protection
24 23 (5.00%) Security Testing
25 20 (4.35%) Information Assurance
25 20 (4.35%) NCSC

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 6 (1.30%) SAS
2 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (15.22%) AWS
2 42 (9.13%) Azure
3 30 (6.52%) Cloud Computing
4 17 (3.70%) GCP
5 15 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (3.04%) Amazon ECS
6 14 (3.04%) Amazon EventBridge
6 14 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
6 14 (3.04%) AWS Control Tower
6 14 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (3.04%) Serverless
7 11 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.17%) SaaS
9 6 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 5 (1.09%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.65%) Amazon Bedrock
11 3 (0.65%) Amazon Kinesis
12 2 (0.43%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (8.48%) Network Security
2 19 (4.13%) Firewall
3 7 (1.52%) LAN
4 6 (1.30%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.30%) WAN
5 3 (0.65%) VPN
6 1 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.65%) Hadoop
1 3 (0.65%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.22%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Yeoman
General
1 107 (23.26%) Public Sector
2 61 (13.26%) Social Skills
3 41 (8.91%) Finance
4 22 (4.78%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.17%) Manufacturing
6 9 (1.96%) Law
7 8 (1.74%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.09%) Military
10 4 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.87%) Legal
10 4 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.65%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.65%) Banking
11 3 (0.65%) Games
12 2 (0.43%) Advertising
13 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.22%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.04%) AWS CDK
2 5 (1.09%) ModSecurity
3 4 (0.87%) NumPy
3 4 (0.87%) Pandas
3 4 (0.87%) PySpark
3 4 (0.87%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.65%) Kafka
5 2 (0.43%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.22%) .NET
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.52%) PKI
2 29 (6.30%) Onboarding
3 25 (5.43%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.91%) Enterprise Cloud
5 17 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.74%) Blog
6 8 (1.74%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.30%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.09%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (0.87%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.43%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.43%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.43%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (0.43%) Social Media
11 1 (0.22%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.61%) Windows
2 11 (2.39%) Linux
3 6 (1.30%) Android
3 6 (1.30%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (66.09%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (19.13%) Risk Management
3 68 (14.78%) Cloud Security
4 57 (12.39%) Security Architecture
5 47 (10.22%) Threat Modelling
6 41 (8.91%) Information Security
6 41 (8.91%) Mentoring
7 36 (7.83%) AI
8 35 (7.61%) Penetration Testing
9 30 (6.52%) Identity Access Management
10 25 (5.43%) Agile
11 23 (5.00%) Data Protection
11 23 (5.00%) Security Testing
12 20 (4.35%) Information Assurance
12 20 (4.35%) Scrum
12 20 (4.35%) SIEM
12 20 (4.35%) Threat Intelligence
13 19 (4.13%) Cryptography
14 18 (3.91%) GAP Analysis
14 18 (3.91%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.13%) Python
2 14 (3.04%) Bash
2 14 (3.04%) Java
2 14 (3.04%) Perl
2 14 (3.04%) PHP
2 14 (3.04%) Ruby
3 3 (0.65%) SQL
4 2 (0.43%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.22%) C
5 1 (0.22%) C#
5 1 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 174 (37.83%) Security Cleared
2 123 (26.74%) SC Cleared
3 73 (15.87%) CISSP
4 63 (13.70%) DV Cleared
5 62 (13.48%) CISM
6 27 (5.87%) AWS Certification
7 19 (4.13%) CRISC
8 18 (3.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 18 (3.91%) CISA
9 17 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (3.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 15 (3.26%) Degree
12 14 (3.04%) CREST Certified
13 13 (2.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 13 (2.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 10 (2.17%) CEH
15 9 (1.96%) CESG Certified Professional
15 9 (1.96%) OSCP
16 8 (1.74%) CCSP
16 8 (1.74%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (17.39%) NIST
2 76 (16.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (8.04%) GRC
4 30 (6.52%) GDPR
5 24 (5.22%) PCI DSS
6 20 (4.35%) NCSC
7 15 (3.26%) JSP 440
8 14 (3.04%) NIST 800
9 12 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 6 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.65%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.22%) QA
14 1 (0.22%) RMADS
14 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.43%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (3.26%) Terraform
2 7 (1.52%) FortiGate
2 7 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.65%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.65%) QRadar
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (2.61%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (1.74%) Fortinet
4 6 (1.30%) Google
4 6 (1.30%) Splunk
5 4 (0.87%) SAP
6 2 (0.43%) Cisco
6 2 (0.43%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.43%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.22%) Qualys
7 1 (0.22%) Tenable