Security Consultant Job Trends

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 October 2026.

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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	339	552	489
Rank change year-on-year	+213	-63	-88
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant	628	117	282
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.53%	0.24%	0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.57%	0.27%	0.42%
Number of salaries quoted	373	97	155
10^th Percentile	£50,000	-	£48,300
25^th Percentile	£56,250	£47,500	£56,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£60,000	£74,500
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-19.46%	+6.43%
75^th Percentile	£90,000	£77,500	£87,500
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£88,500	£97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary	£70,000	£60,000	£70,000
% change year-on-year	+16.67%	-14.29%	-

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title	110,105	43,964	67,208
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	92.43%	89.90%	95.34%
Number of salaries quoted	74,779	25,831	38,509
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,000	£35,000	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£58,396	£53,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.15%	-2.73%	-8.33%
75^th Percentile	£76,250	£73,750	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£98,750	£95,000	£95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£46,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+19.57%	-8.00%	-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 Salary Trend

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 16 October 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 16 October 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	+176	541	£75,000	+20.00%	279
UK excluding London	+95	379	£70,000	+16.67%	152
Work from Home	+51	174	£75,000	+42.86%	184
London	+72	166	£80,000	+7.74%	109
North of England	+49	126	£60,000	-25.00%	36
South West	-45	93	£75,000	+42.86%	30
South East	+6	69	£70,000	-24.32%	47
North West	+35	68	£70,000	-22.22%	14
Midlands	-3	47	£70,000	-12.50%	12
North East	-	35	£50,000	-	11
East Midlands	-13	26	£55,000	-21.43%	2
East of England	-22	26	£62,500	-3.85%	11
Yorkshire	-17	23	£50,000	-37.50%	11
West Midlands	-24	21	£80,000	-	10
Scotland	+11	12	-	-	11
Northern Ireland	-	5	£42,500	-	2
Wales	-	1	£55,000	-	3

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	61.1%	384
2	Security Cleared	28.5%	179
3	SC Cleared	19.4%	122
4	Risk Management	16.2%	102
5	NIST	15.6%	98
6	Cloud Security	14.8%	93
7	CISSP	12.9%	81
8	ISO/IEC 27001	12.7%	80
8	Threat Modelling	12.7%	80
10	Security Architecture	11.6%	73
11	AWS	11.0%	69
12	Information Security	10.7%	67
13	CISM	10.4%	65
14	Mentoring	9.2%	58
15	Network Security	7.8%	49
16	GRC	7.0%	44
17	AI	6.5%	41
17	Azure	6.5%	41
19	GDPR	6.2%	39
20	NCSC	5.9%	37
21	Degree	5.6%	35
21	DV Cleared	5.6%	35
23	Identity Access Management	5.4%	34
24	Presales	5.1%	32
25	AWS Certification	4.9%	31
25	Business Development	4.9%	31
27	CRISC	4.8%	30
27	Data Protection	4.8%	30
29	Agile	4.6%	29
29	Cloud Computing	4.6%	29

Security Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity Consultant	35.2%	221
2	Senior Security Consultant	18.2%	114
3	Security Technical Consultant	10.2%	64
4	Lead Security Consultant	6.5%	41
5	Principal Security Consultant	6.4%	40
6	Risk Consultant	6.2%	39
7	Information Security Consultant	5.1%	32
8	Cloud Security Consultant	3.7%	23
9	Senior Cybersecurity Consultant	3.5%	22
10	Governance Consultant	3.0%	19
10	Senior Technical Consultant	3.0%	19
12	Cyber Defence Consultant	2.9%	18
13	Sales Consultant	2.2%	14
13	SC Cleared Technical Consultant	2.2%	14
15	Security Penetration Tester	1.9%	12
16	Junior Security Consultant	1.8%	11
17	AWS Consultant	1.4%	9
17	Network Security Consultant	1.4%	9
19	Junior Technical Consultant	1.1%	7
19	Security Engineer	1.1%	7