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 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 521 498
Rank change year-on-year +82 -23 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 289 105 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.26% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.29% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 219 77 279
10th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +15.94% -1.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £112,500 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year -21.88% +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 76,515 36,725 86,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 89.80% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 49,212 23,272 64,527
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 15 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 April 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 +92 258 £67,500 -15.63% 46
UK excluding London +88 194 £62,500 -21.88% 31
South West +48 98 £65,000 - 11
Work from Home +62 84 £60,000 -20.00% 31
London +2 70 £79,500 -6.47% 18
Midlands -9 39 £55,000 -31.25% 4
East Midlands -25 33 £55,000 -32.31% 4
South East -19 21 £65,000 -13.33% 8
North of England -49 18 £60,000 -25.00% 5
Scotland -17 12 £93,750 +17.19%
North West -26 12 £60,000 -27.27% 4
West Midlands -2 6 £65,000 -18.75%
Yorkshire -56 6 £77,500 +29.17% 1
East of England -34 4 £65,000 -5.80%
Wales -26 2 £51,709 +5.31% 3

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

For the 6 months to 8 April 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.

1 183 (63.32%) Cybersecurity
2 129 (44.64%) Security Cleared
3 92 (31.83%) SC Cleared
4 70 (24.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 68 (23.53%) NIST
6 66 (22.84%) DV Cleared
7 55 (19.03%) Risk Management
8 52 (17.99%) CISSP
9 50 (17.30%) CISM
10 46 (15.92%) GRC
11 43 (14.88%) Penetration Testing
12 38 (13.15%) Azure
13 36 (12.46%) AWS
14 35 (12.11%) Cloud Security
15 33 (11.42%) Security Architecture
16 23 (7.96%) Red Team
17 22 (7.61%) ISMS
17 22 (7.61%) Microsoft
18 20 (6.92%) Agile
18 20 (6.92%) GCP
18 20 (6.92%) SAP
18 20 (6.92%) Scrum
19 19 (6.57%) CREST Certified
19 19 (6.57%) Incident Response
19 19 (6.57%) Information Assurance
19 19 (6.57%) NCSC
19 19 (6.57%) Security Testing
20 18 (6.23%) Mentoring
21 17 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
21 17 (5.88%) Information Security

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 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (13.15%) Azure
2 36 (12.46%) AWS
3 20 (6.92%) GCP
4 13 (4.50%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.46%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (2.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.69%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (0.69%) AWS KMS
8 2 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.35%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.35%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.35%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.50%) Network Security
2 8 (2.77%) Firewall
3 3 (1.04%) DMZ
4 2 (0.69%) VPN
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.35%) LAN
5 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.35%) Wireless
5 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.35%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.35%) Metasploit
General
1 66 (22.84%) Public Sector
2 52 (17.99%) Social Skills
3 39 (13.49%) Finance
4 21 (7.27%) Telecoms
5 16 (5.54%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.19%) Electronics
6 15 (5.19%) Marketing
7 13 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.77%) Law
9 8 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.04%) Games
11 3 (1.04%) Military
12 2 (0.69%) Banking
12 2 (0.69%) Billing
12 2 (0.69%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Legal
12 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.19%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.69%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.35%) .NET
3 1 (0.35%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.15%) Security Posture
2 20 (6.92%) PKI
3 12 (4.15%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.81%) Blog
5 10 (3.46%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.77%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.08%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.73%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.69%) Mobile Computing
11 2 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.69%) Smart City
11 2 (0.69%) Social Media
12 1 (0.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.11%) Linux
1 9 (3.11%) Windows
2 2 (0.69%) Android
2 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (63.32%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (19.03%) Risk Management
3 43 (14.88%) Penetration Testing
4 35 (12.11%) Cloud Security
5 33 (11.42%) Security Architecture
6 23 (7.96%) Red Team
7 22 (7.61%) ISMS
8 20 (6.92%) Agile
8 20 (6.92%) Scrum
9 19 (6.57%) Incident Response
9 19 (6.57%) Information Assurance
9 19 (6.57%) Security Testing
10 18 (6.23%) Mentoring
11 17 (5.88%) Information Security
12 16 (5.54%) Collaborative Culture
13 15 (5.19%) AI
13 15 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (5.19%) Digital Marketing
13 15 (5.19%) Programme Management
13 15 (5.19%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.35%) C
1 1 (0.35%) C#
1 1 (0.35%) C++
1 1 (0.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 129 (44.64%) Security Cleared
2 92 (31.83%) SC Cleared
3 66 (22.84%) DV Cleared
4 52 (17.99%) CISSP
5 50 (17.30%) CISM
6 19 (6.57%) CREST Certified
7 17 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 14 (4.84%) CEH
8 14 (4.84%) OSCP
9 10 (3.46%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (3.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (3.11%) CISA
11 8 (2.77%) CHECK Team Member
11 8 (2.77%) Degree
12 7 (2.42%) CCSP
12 7 (2.42%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (1.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (1.38%) CRISC
15 3 (1.04%) Azure Certification
15 3 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (24.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (23.53%) NIST
3 46 (15.92%) GRC
4 19 (6.57%) NCSC
5 17 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (5.88%) PCI DSS
6 10 (3.46%) GDPR
7 7 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (2.42%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 5 (1.73%) JSP 440
9 4 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.38%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.04%) QA
10 3 (1.04%) RMADS
11 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (3.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.35%) Nessus
3 1 (0.35%) Nmap
3 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (7.61%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.92%) SAP
3 8 (2.77%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (0.69%) Splunk
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco
5 1 (0.35%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.35%) Google
5 1 (0.35%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.35%) Qualys