Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 548 528
Rank change year-on-year +181 -20 -171
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 539 122 301
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.24% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.27% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 336 87 206
10th Percentile - - £50,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,625 £90,000 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% -1.46% -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 101,140 44,848 79,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 89.92% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 69,235 26,502 52,116
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,712 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.64% -4.63% -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 21 August 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 21 August 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 +184 466 £70,000 +3.70% 89
UK excluding London +119 354 £65,000 -3.70% 69
Work from Home +72 167 £65,000 - 56
London +29 120 £80,000 +1.59% 30
South West -16 104 £60,000 +20.00% 22
North of England +50 103 £60,000 -25.00% 21
Midlands +27 68 £70,000 -17.65% 4
North West +36 59 £65,000 -18.75% 14
East Midlands - 47 £55,000 -
South East +1 46 £65,000 -20.00% 14
North East - 30 £50,000 - 3
West Midlands -14 21 £80,000 - 4
East of England - 16 £80,000 - 3
Yorkshire -32 14 £50,000 -37.50% 4
Scotland +13 8 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 5 £42,500 - 3
Wales - 4 £53,355 -

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 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.

1 365 (67.72%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (31.73%) Security Cleared
3 113 (20.96%) SC Cleared
4 93 (17.25%) Risk Management
5 89 (16.51%) NIST
6 83 (15.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 82 (15.21%) Cloud Security
8 80 (14.84%) CISSP
9 69 (12.80%) AWS
10 65 (12.06%) CISM
10 65 (12.06%) Threat Modelling
11 62 (11.50%) Security Architecture
12 58 (10.76%) DV Cleared
13 55 (10.20%) Information Security
14 53 (9.83%) Mentoring
15 41 (7.61%) GRC
16 40 (7.42%) Azure
17 39 (7.24%) Network Security
18 35 (6.49%) GDPR
19 33 (6.12%) AI
19 33 (6.12%) Identity Access Management
20 31 (5.75%) AWS Certification
21 29 (5.38%) Cloud Computing
22 28 (5.19%) Agile
22 28 (5.19%) Degree
22 28 (5.19%) Penetration Testing
23 27 (5.01%) CRISC
23 27 (5.01%) Presales
24 26 (4.82%) Data Protection
24 26 (4.82%) NCSC

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 6 (1.11%) SAS
2 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.19%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (12.80%) AWS
2 40 (7.42%) Azure
3 29 (5.38%) Cloud Computing
4 17 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
4 17 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
4 17 (3.15%) Serverless
5 15 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
6 14 (2.60%) Amazon EventBridge
6 14 (2.60%) AWS Control Tower
6 14 (2.60%) GCP
7 13 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.86%) SaaS
9 5 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (0.93%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.74%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 3 (0.56%) Amazon Bedrock
11 3 (0.56%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.24%) Network Security
2 19 (3.53%) Firewall
3 7 (1.30%) SD-WAN
3 7 (1.30%) WAN
4 6 (1.11%) LAN
5 2 (0.37%) VPN
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (0.56%) Hadoop
1 3 (0.56%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.19%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.74%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.37%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 117 (21.71%) Public Sector
2 65 (12.06%) Social Skills
3 39 (7.24%) Finance
4 25 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 10 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.67%) Aerospace
7 9 (1.67%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.48%) Law
9 7 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.93%) Legal
11 5 (0.93%) Military
12 3 (0.56%) Banking
12 3 (0.56%) Games
12 3 (0.56%) Police
13 2 (0.37%) Electronics
14 1 (0.19%) Advertising
14 1 (0.19%) French Language
14 1 (0.19%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.34%) Terraform
2 14 (2.60%) AWS CDK
3 5 (0.93%) ModSecurity
4 4 (0.74%) NumPy
4 4 (0.74%) Pandas
4 4 (0.74%) PySpark
4 4 (0.74%) scikit-learn
5 3 (0.56%) Kafka
6 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.12%) PKI
2 28 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.45%) Security Posture
4 22 (4.08%) Operational Technology
5 18 (3.34%) Enterprise Cloud
5 18 (3.34%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.30%) Blog
8 6 (1.11%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (0.93%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.74%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.56%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.56%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.56%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.37%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.37%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.41%) Windows
2 11 (2.04%) Linux
3 6 (1.11%) Android
3 6 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (67.72%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (17.25%) Risk Management
3 82 (15.21%) Cloud Security
4 65 (12.06%) Threat Modelling
5 62 (11.50%) Security Architecture
6 55 (10.20%) Information Security
7 53 (9.83%) Mentoring
8 33 (6.12%) AI
8 33 (6.12%) Identity Access Management
9 28 (5.19%) Agile
9 28 (5.19%) Penetration Testing
10 27 (5.01%) Presales
11 26 (4.82%) Data Protection
12 24 (4.45%) SIEM
13 23 (4.27%) Incident Response
13 23 (4.27%) Infrastructure as Code
13 23 (4.27%) Security Testing
14 22 (4.08%) GAP Analysis
15 21 (3.90%) Risk Assessment
16 20 (3.71%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.08%) Python
2 14 (2.60%) Bash
2 14 (2.60%) Java
2 14 (2.60%) Perl
2 14 (2.60%) PHP
2 14 (2.60%) Ruby
3 3 (0.56%) SQL
4 2 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 171 (31.73%) Security Cleared
2 113 (20.96%) SC Cleared
3 80 (14.84%) CISSP
4 65 (12.06%) CISM
5 58 (10.76%) DV Cleared
6 31 (5.75%) AWS Certification
7 28 (5.19%) Degree
8 27 (5.01%) CRISC
9 21 (3.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (3.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 18 (3.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 16 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 14 (2.60%) CISA
14 11 (2.04%) CREST Certified
15 9 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.67%) CESG Certified Professional
15 9 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (1.48%) CCSP
17 7 (1.30%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (16.51%) NIST
2 83 (15.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (7.61%) GRC
4 35 (6.49%) GDPR
5 26 (4.82%) NCSC
6 24 (4.45%) PCI DSS
7 17 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (3.15%) JSP 440
8 15 (2.78%) NIST 800
9 13 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 6 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.56%) QA
13 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 11 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.86%) Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) IAG
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.11%) FortiGate
1 6 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.74%) Nmap
3 3 (0.56%) QRadar
4 2 (0.37%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) CASB
5 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (2.97%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.48%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (1.48%) Fortinet
2 8 (1.48%) Google
3 5 (0.93%) Splunk
4 4 (0.74%) Red Hat
5 3 (0.56%) Cisco
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle
5 3 (0.56%) OutSystems
6 2 (0.37%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.37%) SAP
7 1 (0.19%) Meraki
7 1 (0.19%) Netskope
7 1 (0.19%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.19%) Qualys
7 1 (0.19%) Tenable
7 1 (0.19%) VMware
7 1 (0.19%) Zscaler