Security Consultant Jobs

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 629 524 398
Rank change year-on-year -105 -126 +366
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 106 408 679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.40% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.42% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 69 287 523
10th Percentile - £48,750 £54,600
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,750 £97,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £71,991 £68,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.10% -2.14% +7.69%

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 53,777 97,812 78,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 94.82% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 29,741 68,374 53,667
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,876 £44,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,159 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,700
% change year-on-year - -5.12% +2.83%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant.

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 13 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 July 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 -97 94 £75,000 +7.14% 109
UK excluding London -35 59 £71,991 +5.10% 82
London +35 36 £78,750 -1.56% 44
Work from Home +19 34 £50,000 -23.95% 81
South West +2 25 £50,000 -27.01% 25
North of England +26 14 £80,000 +45.45% 19
Yorkshire +21 10 £80,000 +45.45% 7
South East +36 9 £87,500 +34.62% 20
Scotland +77 8 £74,870 +16.80% 12
North West +8 4 £80,000 +18.52% 12
Midlands +59 3 £80,000 +33.33% 2
West Midlands +55 2 £80,000 +33.33% 2
East Midlands +43 1 £80,000 +10.34%

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, Security Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 64 (60.38%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (56.60%) CISSP
3 38 (35.85%) CISM
4 34 (32.08%) Social Skills
5 33 (31.13%) Security Cleared
6 30 (28.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (28.30%) Vulnerability Management
7 29 (27.36%) Network Security
8 27 (25.47%) NIST
9 25 (23.58%) Public Sector
10 24 (22.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (22.64%) Business Development
10 24 (22.64%) CEH
11 22 (20.75%) Finance
11 22 (20.75%) Regulatory Compliance
12 21 (19.81%) SAP
12 21 (19.81%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (19.81%) Life Science
13 20 (18.87%) PCI DSS
14 19 (17.92%) CompTIA Security+
14 19 (17.92%) Mentoring
14 19 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
15 17 (16.04%) Analytical Mindset
16 16 (15.09%) Digital Marketing
16 16 (15.09%) Marketing
16 16 (15.09%) Information Security
16 16 (15.09%) Programme Management
16 16 (15.09%) Electronics
16 16 (15.09%) Telecoms
16 16 (15.09%) Manufacturing

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (4.72%) SAP BPC
1 5 (4.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.83%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.49%) Azure
2 6 (5.66%) AWS
2 6 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.83%) GCP
4 2 (1.89%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.94%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.94%) IaaS
5 1 (0.94%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 29 (27.36%) Network Security
2 13 (12.26%) Firewall
3 12 (11.32%) SD-WAN
3 12 (11.32%) WAN
4 11 (10.38%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (1.89%) TETRA
6 1 (0.94%) Junos
6 1 (0.94%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.94%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.94%) VPN
6 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.89%) Power BI
2 1 (0.94%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.94%) Metasploit
General
1 34 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 25 (23.58%) Public Sector
3 22 (20.75%) Finance
4 19 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (15.09%) Electronics
5 16 (15.09%) Manufacturing
5 16 (15.09%) Marketing
5 16 (15.09%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.66%) Law
7 4 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.77%) Military
8 3 (2.83%) Banking
9 1 (0.94%) Automotive
9 1 (0.94%) Aviation
9 1 (0.94%) Cyber-Physical System
9 1 (0.94%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.94%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.94%) CSS
2 1 (0.94%) LDAP
2 1 (0.94%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.94%) OAuth
2 1 (0.94%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.94%) OpenID
2 1 (0.94%) React
2 1 (0.94%) REST
2 1 (0.94%) SAML
2 1 (0.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.81%) Life Science
2 17 (16.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (7.55%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (6.60%) Cloud Native
4 7 (6.60%) Cyberattack
5 6 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (4.72%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.77%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.89%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.89%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.89%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.94%) Blog
9 1 (0.94%) CESG
9 1 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.94%) NHS
9 1 (0.94%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.94%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.94%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.94%) Check Point GAiA
1 1 (0.94%) Kali Linux
1 1 (0.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (60.38%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (28.30%) Vulnerability Management
3 24 (22.64%) Business Development
3 24 (22.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 22 (20.75%) Regulatory Compliance
5 21 (19.81%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (17.92%) Mentoring
7 16 (15.09%) Digital Marketing
7 16 (15.09%) Information Security
7 16 (15.09%) Programme Management
8 15 (14.15%) Incident Response
9 12 (11.32%) Migration
10 9 (8.49%) Agile
10 9 (8.49%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 9 (8.49%) Threat Intelligence
11 8 (7.55%) Security Operations
12 7 (6.60%) DevSecOps
12 7 (6.60%) Presales
12 7 (6.60%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (6.60%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.77%) Python
2 3 (2.83%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.89%) SQL
4 1 (0.94%) Bash
4 1 (0.94%) Go
4 1 (0.94%) Groovy
4 1 (0.94%) Java
4 1 (0.94%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.94%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (56.60%) CISSP
2 38 (35.85%) CISM
3 33 (31.13%) Security Cleared
4 24 (22.64%) CEH
5 19 (17.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (13.21%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (11.32%) CCSA
7 12 (11.32%) SC Cleared
8 11 (10.38%) CCNP
9 6 (5.66%) DV Cleared
10 4 (3.77%) OSCP
11 3 (2.83%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.83%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (1.89%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (1.89%) CSSLP
12 2 (1.89%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.89%) GCIA
12 2 (1.89%) GCIH
12 2 (1.89%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (28.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (25.47%) NIST
3 20 (18.87%) PCI DSS
4 11 (10.38%) GDPR
5 8 (7.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (6.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (4.72%) GRC
7 5 (4.72%) JSP 440
8 3 (2.83%) NCSC
9 2 (1.89%) QA
10 1 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.94%) COBIT
10 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (4.72%) IAG
2 1 (0.94%) Docker
2 1 (0.94%) NDS
2 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.66%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.72%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.94%) Ansible
3 1 (0.94%) CA Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.94%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.94%) Nessus
3 1 (0.94%) OpenVAS
3 1 (0.94%) PingFederate
3 1 (0.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (19.81%) SAP
2 15 (14.15%) Palo Alto
3 14 (13.21%) Fortinet
4 13 (12.26%) Cisco
5 12 (11.32%) CheckPoint
6 10 (9.43%) Microsoft
7 3 (2.83%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.83%) Juniper
7 3 (2.83%) Qualys
8 2 (1.89%) Google
9 1 (0.94%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.94%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.94%) NetIQ
9 1 (0.94%) Netskope
9 1 (0.94%) Okta
9 1 (0.94%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.94%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.94%) Sophos
9 1 (0.94%) VMware