Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 3 months leading to 12 May 2026.

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

3 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 462 461
Rank change year-on-year +62 -1 -162
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 159 52 184
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.21% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.24% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 120 25 115
10th Percentile £49,807 £60,400 £51,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £66,250 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +9.49% -2.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £79,375
90th Percentile £84,550 £90,750 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £74,870 £68,500
% change year-on-year -21.53% +9.30% -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 47,871 21,961 44,010
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 90.45% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 32,176 12,215 30,118
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,288
Median % change year-on-year - +3.21% -11.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,188
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £90,609
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.26%

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 3 months to 12 May 2026.

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 3 months to 12 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +32 136 £60,000 -20.00% 66
UK excluding London +63 113 £58,750 -21.53% 43
Work from Home +63 50 £55,000 -24.14% 38
South West +6 48 £50,000 -23.08% 12
Midlands - 41 £67,500 - 11
East Midlands - 33 £65,000 - 5
London -22 26 £80,000 +3.23% 24
North West +31 12 £60,000 - 8
North of England -10 12 £60,000 -25.00% 11
West Midlands - 8 £100,000 - 6
South East +3 7 £65,000 -13.33% 7
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £39,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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.

1 201 (63.21%) Cybersecurity
2 128 (40.25%) Security Cleared
3 95 (29.87%) SC Cleared
4 69 (21.70%) NIST
5 68 (21.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 57 (17.92%) DV Cleared
7 55 (17.30%) Risk Management
8 50 (15.72%) CISSP
9 49 (15.41%) CISM
10 44 (13.84%) Penetration Testing
11 39 (12.26%) Azure
12 38 (11.95%) GRC
13 37 (11.64%) AWS
14 34 (10.69%) Cloud Security
15 32 (10.06%) Security Architecture
16 27 (8.49%) Security Testing
17 26 (8.18%) Red Team
18 24 (7.55%) Information Security
19 23 (7.23%) Microsoft
20 20 (6.29%) Cyber Essentials
20 20 (6.29%) Mentoring
20 20 (6.29%) Scrum
21 19 (5.97%) CREST Certified
21 19 (5.97%) GCP
22 18 (5.66%) Agile
22 18 (5.66%) NCSC
23 17 (5.35%) PCI DSS
24 16 (5.03%) CEH
24 16 (5.03%) Incident Response
24 16 (5.03%) Information Assurance

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 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.31%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.26%) Azure
2 37 (11.64%) AWS
3 19 (5.97%) GCP
4 12 (3.77%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.14%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (1.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 5 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.63%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.63%) AWS KMS
9 2 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.31%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.31%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.40%) Network Security
2 13 (4.09%) Firewall
3 4 (1.26%) LAN
4 3 (0.94%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.94%) WAN
5 2 (0.63%) DMZ
5 2 (0.63%) VPN
6 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.31%) Wireless
6 1 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.31%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.31%) Metasploit
General
1 62 (19.50%) Public Sector
2 52 (16.35%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.06%) Finance
4 16 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.09%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.14%) Law
7 9 (2.83%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.52%) Electronics
8 8 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.52%) Marketing
8 8 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.94%) Banking
10 3 (0.94%) Games
11 2 (0.63%) Billing
11 2 (0.63%) Legal
11 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Advertising
12 1 (0.31%) Cyber-Physical System
12 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.52%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.63%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.31%) .NET
3 1 (0.31%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.26%) Security Posture
2 23 (7.23%) PKI
3 11 (3.46%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.14%) Blog
4 10 (3.14%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.52%) Operational Technology
6 6 (1.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (1.89%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.57%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.57%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.26%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.63%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.63%) Social Media
11 1 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.31%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.31%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.46%) Windows
2 10 (3.14%) Linux
3 5 (1.57%) Android
3 5 (1.57%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (63.21%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (17.30%) Risk Management
3 44 (13.84%) Penetration Testing
4 34 (10.69%) Cloud Security
5 32 (10.06%) Security Architecture
6 27 (8.49%) Security Testing
7 26 (8.18%) Red Team
8 24 (7.55%) Information Security
9 20 (6.29%) Mentoring
9 20 (6.29%) Scrum
10 18 (5.66%) Agile
11 16 (5.03%) Incident Response
11 16 (5.03%) Information Assurance
11 16 (5.03%) ISMS
11 16 (5.03%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (4.72%) AI
13 14 (4.40%) Business Strategy
13 14 (4.40%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (4.40%) Threat Intelligence
14 13 (4.09%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.31%) C
1 1 (0.31%) C#
1 1 (0.31%) C++
1 1 (0.31%) Python
Qualifications
1 128 (40.25%) Security Cleared
2 95 (29.87%) SC Cleared
3 57 (17.92%) DV Cleared
4 50 (15.72%) CISSP
5 49 (15.41%) CISM
6 19 (5.97%) CREST Certified
7 16 (5.03%) CEH
8 15 (4.72%) OSCP
9 12 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (3.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (3.14%) CISA
11 10 (3.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 8 (2.52%) CHECK Team Member
13 7 (2.20%) CESG Certified Professional
13 7 (2.20%) Degree
13 7 (2.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 6 (1.89%) CCSP
15 4 (1.26%) GIAC
16 3 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
16 3 (0.94%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (21.70%) NIST
2 68 (21.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (11.95%) GRC
4 20 (6.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (5.66%) NCSC
6 17 (5.35%) PCI DSS
7 12 (3.77%) GDPR
8 8 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 8 (2.52%) NIST 800
9 7 (2.20%) JSP 440
10 5 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 4 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (1.26%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.94%) QA
13 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.31%) RMADS
13 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (1.26%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.94%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.31%) Nessus
3 1 (0.31%) Nmap
3 1 (0.31%) QRadar
3 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (7.23%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.09%) SAP
3 9 (2.83%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (1.26%) Fortinet
5 3 (0.94%) Splunk
6 2 (0.63%) Google
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco
7 1 (0.31%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.31%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.31%) Qualys