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 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 589 529
Rank change year-on-year +200 -60 -128
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 426 87 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.19% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.21% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 277 53 285
10th Percentile £47,839 £55,000 £47,600
25th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year -23.44% +16.79% -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 90,569 41,555 99,935
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 89.51% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 62,167 23,987 72,008
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -6.54%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +183 369 £65,000 -18.75% 57
UK excluding London +163 282 £61,250 -23.44% 38
Work from Home +92 125 £60,000 -16.66% 28
South West +28 97 £60,000 -7.69% 4
London +21 91 £80,000 - 24
North of England -3 67 £60,000 -25.00% 17
Midlands +22 61 £65,000 -18.75% 2
East Midlands +18 46 £55,000 -31.25% 1
North West +39 44 £60,000 -25.00% 10
South East +6 36 £65,000 -21.21% 12
North East - 16 £50,000 - 4
West Midlands -10 15 £100,000 +25.00% 1
East of England - 8 £80,000 - 1
Scotland +15 7 £93,750 +25.22% 1
Yorkshire -34 7 £50,000 -37.50% 4
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £40,750 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 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.

1 285 (66.90%) Cybersecurity
2 164 (38.50%) Security Cleared
3 121 (28.40%) SC Cleared
4 80 (18.78%) Risk Management
5 77 (18.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 74 (17.37%) NIST
7 70 (16.43%) CISSP
8 65 (15.26%) DV Cleared
9 61 (14.32%) CISM
10 59 (13.85%) Cloud Security
11 56 (13.15%) AWS
12 48 (11.27%) Security Architecture
13 42 (9.86%) Azure
13 42 (9.86%) Penetration Testing
14 36 (8.45%) Threat Modelling
15 35 (8.22%) Mentoring
16 33 (7.75%) GRC
17 31 (7.28%) Information Security
18 30 (7.04%) Network Security
19 27 (6.34%) AI
19 27 (6.34%) GDPR
19 27 (6.34%) Security Testing
20 24 (5.63%) PCI DSS
21 22 (5.16%) Information Assurance
22 21 (4.93%) Identity Access Management
22 21 (4.93%) NCSC
22 21 (4.93%) Threat Intelligence
23 20 (4.69%) Agile
23 20 (4.69%) CRISC
23 20 (4.69%) Red Team

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 3 (0.70%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.23%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 56 (13.15%) AWS
2 42 (9.86%) Azure
3 17 (3.99%) GCP
4 16 (3.76%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.35%) SaaS
6 7 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
7 6 (1.41%) Amazon EventBridge
7 6 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (1.41%) AWS Control Tower
7 6 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (1.41%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.41%) Serverless
8 5 (1.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 5 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.70%) Amazon Bedrock
9 3 (0.70%) Amazon Kinesis
9 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.47%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.04%) Network Security
2 19 (4.46%) Firewall
3 7 (1.64%) LAN
4 6 (1.41%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.41%) WAN
5 3 (0.70%) VPN
6 1 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.23%) DMZ
6 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.70%) Hadoop
1 3 (0.70%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.23%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Yeoman
General
1 94 (22.07%) Public Sector
2 59 (13.85%) Social Skills
3 39 (9.15%) Finance
4 22 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.11%) Law
6 8 (1.88%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.64%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.17%) Banking
8 5 (1.17%) Games
8 5 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.17%) Military
9 4 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.70%) Legal
11 2 (0.47%) Advertising
11 2 (0.47%) Billing
12 1 (0.23%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.23%) Electronics
12 1 (0.23%) Marketing
12 1 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.41%) AWS CDK
2 5 (1.17%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.70%) Kafka
3 3 (0.70%) NumPy
3 3 (0.70%) Pandas
3 3 (0.70%) PySpark
3 3 (0.70%) scikit-learn
4 2 (0.47%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.23%) .NET
5 1 (0.23%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.28%) Security Posture
2 28 (6.57%) PKI
3 18 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.58%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (2.11%) Enterprise Cloud
6 8 (1.88%) Blog
7 7 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (1.64%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.41%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.41%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.70%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.47%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.47%) Social Media
11 1 (0.23%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.23%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.23%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.23%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.58%) Windows
2 10 (2.35%) Linux
3 6 (1.41%) Android
3 6 (1.41%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (66.90%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (18.78%) Risk Management
3 59 (13.85%) Cloud Security
4 48 (11.27%) Security Architecture
5 42 (9.86%) Penetration Testing
6 36 (8.45%) Threat Modelling
7 35 (8.22%) Mentoring
8 31 (7.28%) Information Security
9 27 (6.34%) AI
9 27 (6.34%) Security Testing
10 22 (5.16%) Information Assurance
11 21 (4.93%) Identity Access Management
11 21 (4.93%) Threat Intelligence
12 20 (4.69%) Agile
12 20 (4.69%) Red Team
12 20 (4.69%) Scrum
13 17 (3.99%) Data Protection
13 17 (3.99%) Presales
13 17 (3.99%) SIEM
13 17 (3.99%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.35%) Python
2 6 (1.41%) Bash
2 6 (1.41%) Java
2 6 (1.41%) Perl
2 6 (1.41%) PHP
2 6 (1.41%) Ruby
3 3 (0.70%) SQL
4 2 (0.47%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.23%) C
5 1 (0.23%) C#
5 1 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 164 (38.50%) Security Cleared
2 121 (28.40%) SC Cleared
3 70 (16.43%) CISSP
4 65 (15.26%) DV Cleared
5 61 (14.32%) CISM
6 20 (4.69%) CRISC
7 18 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (3.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 17 (3.99%) CREST Certified
9 16 (3.76%) AWS Certification
10 15 (3.52%) CEH
11 14 (3.29%) CISA
12 13 (3.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 13 (3.05%) OSCP
13 12 (2.82%) CESG Certified Professional
13 12 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 10 (2.35%) Degree
15 9 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (2.11%) CCSP
16 7 (1.64%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (18.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (17.37%) NIST
3 33 (7.75%) GRC
4 27 (6.34%) GDPR
5 24 (5.63%) PCI DSS
6 21 (4.93%) NCSC
7 16 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (3.76%) JSP 440
8 9 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 9 (2.11%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (0.70%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.23%) QA
10 1 (0.23%) RMADS
10 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (2.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (1.64%) FortiGate
1 7 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
1 7 (1.64%) Terraform
2 3 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.47%) QRadar
4 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (3.99%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.88%) Fortinet
3 7 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (1.41%) SAP
5 5 (1.17%) Splunk
6 4 (0.94%) Google
7 2 (0.47%) Cisco
7 2 (0.47%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.23%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.23%) Qualys
8 1 (0.23%) Tenable