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 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 517 481
Rank change year-on-year +61 -36 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 195 194 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.36% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.38% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 158 98 183
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £86,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £99,575 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £77,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year -22.58% +13.14% +5.38%

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 54,184 50,447 51,400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 92.94% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 33,461 26,369 39,567
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £30,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,566
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 8 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 8 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 +71 179 £67,500 -15.63% 67
UK excluding London +87 153 £60,000 -22.58% 41
South West +89 103 £67,500 -26.23% 14
Work from Home +94 90 £60,000 -25.00% 38
London +17 28 £71,000 -16.47% 28
Midlands +24 19 £55,000 -29.03% 3
South East +22 14 £48,750 -45.83% 12
East Midlands +16 14 £55,000 -33.33% 1
Scotland 0 9 £46,000 -36.55% 2
North of England -39 5 £77,500 +24.00% 6
West Midlands +17 4 £72,500 -6.45% 2
Yorkshire -58 4 £77,500 +29.17% 2
East of England +25 3 £65,000 -5.80% 5
North West +19 1 £100,000 +17.65% 4

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 148 (75.90%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (47.69%) NIST
3 89 (45.64%) Security Cleared
4 84 (43.08%) CISSP
5 74 (37.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 67 (34.36%) CISM
7 64 (32.82%) Risk Management
8 55 (28.21%) GRC
9 52 (26.67%) SC Cleared
10 49 (25.13%) ISMS
11 43 (22.05%) SAP
12 42 (21.54%) Digital Marketing
12 42 (21.54%) Programme Management
13 41 (21.03%) Business Intelligence
14 33 (16.92%) Information Security
15 32 (16.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 30 (15.38%) NCSC
17 26 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
17 26 (13.33%) NIST 800
18 25 (12.82%) DV Cleared
18 25 (12.82%) Information Assurance
18 25 (12.82%) JSP 440
18 25 (12.82%) Network Security
18 25 (12.82%) SAP CAF
19 24 (12.31%) Security Management
20 23 (11.79%) Cloud Security
20 23 (11.79%) Mentoring
21 22 (11.28%) PCI DSS
22 21 (10.77%) AWS
22 21 (10.77%) Azure

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 16 (8.21%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.77%) AWS
1 21 (10.77%) Azure
2 11 (5.64%) GCP
3 9 (4.62%) Entra ID
3 9 (4.62%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (2.56%) SaaS
5 4 (2.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.51%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.51%) OCI
7 1 (0.51%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (12.82%) Network Security
2 4 (2.05%) Firewall
3 3 (1.54%) DMZ
4 2 (1.03%) TETRA
5 1 (0.51%) Junos
5 1 (0.51%) LAN
5 1 (0.51%) VPN
5 1 (0.51%) WAN
5 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.51%) Wireless
5 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.51%) Metasploit
General
1 62 (31.79%) Public Sector
2 53 (27.18%) Finance
3 44 (22.56%) Telecoms
4 42 (21.54%) Marketing
4 42 (21.54%) Social Skills
5 41 (21.03%) Electronics
5 41 (21.03%) Manufacturing
6 23 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.05%) Law
9 4 (2.05%) Military
10 3 (1.54%) Banking
10 3 (1.54%) Cyber-Physical System
11 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.82%) SAP CAF
2 2 (1.03%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.51%) LDAP
3 1 (0.51%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.51%) OAuth
3 1 (0.51%) OpenID
3 1 (0.51%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.51%) SAML
3 1 (0.51%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.79%) Management Information System
2 21 (10.77%) Security Posture
3 18 (9.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (8.21%) CESG
5 9 (4.62%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.08%) PKI
7 5 (2.56%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.54%) Blog
9 3 (1.54%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.54%) Smart City
10 2 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.03%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Android
1 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.51%) Linux
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (75.90%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (32.82%) Risk Management
3 49 (25.13%) ISMS
4 42 (21.54%) Digital Marketing
4 42 (21.54%) Programme Management
5 41 (21.03%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (16.92%) Information Security
7 26 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
8 25 (12.82%) Information Assurance
9 24 (12.31%) Security Management
10 23 (11.79%) Cloud Security
10 23 (11.79%) Mentoring
11 21 (10.77%) Security Architecture
12 20 (10.26%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (9.23%) Creative Thinking
13 18 (9.23%) Information Security Management
14 17 (8.72%) Vulnerability Management
15 16 (8.21%) Active Listening
15 16 (8.21%) Innovative Thinking
15 16 (8.21%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.03%) Python
2 1 (0.51%) Go
2 1 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 89 (45.64%) Security Cleared
2 84 (43.08%) CISSP
3 67 (34.36%) CISM
4 52 (26.67%) SC Cleared
5 32 (16.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 25 (12.82%) DV Cleared
7 21 (10.77%) CESG Certified Professional
8 20 (10.26%) CISMP
9 19 (9.74%) CEH
10 17 (8.72%) CompTIA Security+
11 16 (8.21%) IISP
12 10 (5.13%) CRISC
13 9 (4.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 8 (4.10%) Degree
15 5 (2.56%) CISA
15 5 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (2.05%) CCSP
16 4 (2.05%) CREST Certified
17 3 (1.54%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (47.69%) NIST
2 74 (37.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (28.21%) GRC
4 30 (15.38%) NCSC
5 26 (13.33%) NIST 800
6 25 (12.82%) JSP 440
7 22 (11.28%) PCI DSS
8 19 (9.74%) RMADS
9 16 (8.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 10 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (3.59%) GDPR
12 4 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (1.54%) QA
14 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.51%) Nessus
2 1 (0.51%) Nmap
2 1 (0.51%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (22.05%) SAP
2 15 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.51%) Cisco
4 1 (0.51%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (0.51%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.51%) Google
4 1 (0.51%) Juniper
4 1 (0.51%) Netskope
4 1 (0.51%) Okta
4 1 (0.51%) Ping Identity
4 1 (0.51%) Qualys
4 1 (0.51%) Rapid7
4 1 (0.51%) VMware