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 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 585 534
Rank change year-on-year +167 -51 -116
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 352 82 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.19% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.21% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 252 51 269
10th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,900 £116,250 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +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 87,139 38,939 97,244
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 89.45% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 58,064 21,863 70,865
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +141 296 £65,000 -18.75% 156
UK excluding London +144 236 £60,000 -25.00% 117
Work from Home +110 105 £55,000 -23.87% 102
South West +26 92 £61,250 -7.55% 28
London +13 69 £80,000 -3.03% 46
Midlands +31 64 £55,000 -31.25% 7
East Midlands +32 49 £55,000 -31.25% 4
North of England -13 31 £60,000 -25.00% 45
South East +7 28 £65,000 -13.33% 26
North West +16 23 £65,000 -18.75% 29
West Midlands -23 15 £100,000 +25.00% 3
Scotland +6 11 £93,750 +25.22% 9
North East - 5 £50,000 - 11
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
East of England - 4 £65,000 - 2
Yorkshire -54 3 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £40,750 -

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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.

1 234 (66.48%) Cybersecurity
2 135 (38.35%) Security Cleared
3 98 (27.84%) SC Cleared
4 69 (19.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 68 (19.32%) NIST
6 65 (18.47%) DV Cleared
7 60 (17.05%) Risk Management
8 54 (15.34%) CISSP
9 49 (13.92%) CISM
10 44 (12.50%) Cloud Security
10 44 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
11 40 (11.36%) AWS
12 39 (11.08%) Azure
13 34 (9.66%) GRC
14 33 (9.38%) Security Architecture
15 29 (8.24%) Security Testing
16 27 (7.67%) Red Team
17 23 (6.53%) Mentoring
17 23 (6.53%) PCI DSS
18 22 (6.25%) Threat Modelling
19 20 (5.68%) Information Assurance
19 20 (5.68%) Information Security
19 20 (5.68%) Microsoft
19 20 (5.68%) Scrum
20 19 (5.40%) CREST Certified
20 19 (5.40%) GDPR
20 19 (5.40%) NCSC
21 18 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials
21 18 (5.11%) Threat Intelligence
22 16 (4.55%) Agile

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 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.28%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (11.36%) AWS
2 39 (11.08%) Azure
3 16 (4.55%) GCP
4 11 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (1.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.14%) SaaS
8 3 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.57%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.57%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.28%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.28%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.55%) Firewall
1 16 (4.55%) Network Security
2 5 (1.42%) LAN
3 4 (1.14%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.14%) WAN
4 2 (0.57%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.28%) DMZ
5 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
5 1 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.28%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Yeoman
2 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
General
1 74 (21.02%) Public Sector
2 53 (15.06%) Social Skills
3 28 (7.95%) Finance
4 18 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.56%) Law
6 8 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.70%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.42%) Banking
8 5 (1.42%) Games
9 4 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.85%) Legal
10 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.57%) Billing
11 2 (0.57%) Electronics
11 2 (0.57%) Marketing
12 1 (0.28%) Advertising
12 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.14%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.57%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.57%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.28%) .NET
3 1 (0.28%) NumPy
3 1 (0.28%) Pandas
3 1 (0.28%) PySpark
3 1 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.28%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.51%) Security Posture
2 26 (7.39%) PKI
3 10 (2.84%) Cloud Native
3 10 (2.84%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (2.56%) Operational Technology
5 8 (2.27%) Blog
6 7 (1.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 7 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.99%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.70%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.85%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.57%) Social Media
11 1 (0.28%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.28%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.28%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.28%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.41%) Windows
2 11 (3.13%) Linux
3 7 (1.99%) Android
3 7 (1.99%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (66.48%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (17.05%) Risk Management
3 44 (12.50%) Cloud Security
3 44 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
4 33 (9.38%) Security Architecture
5 29 (8.24%) Security Testing
6 27 (7.67%) Red Team
7 23 (6.53%) Mentoring
8 22 (6.25%) Threat Modelling
9 20 (5.68%) Information Assurance
9 20 (5.68%) Information Security
9 20 (5.68%) Scrum
10 18 (5.11%) Threat Intelligence
11 16 (4.55%) Agile
11 16 (4.55%) Incident Response
11 16 (4.55%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (4.26%) AI
13 14 (3.98%) Presales
13 14 (3.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (3.69%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.57%) Python
2 1 (0.28%) C
2 1 (0.28%) C#
2 1 (0.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 135 (38.35%) Security Cleared
2 98 (27.84%) SC Cleared
3 65 (18.47%) DV Cleared
4 54 (15.34%) CISSP
5 49 (13.92%) CISM
6 19 (5.40%) CREST Certified
7 16 (4.55%) CEH
8 15 (4.26%) OSCP
9 14 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (3.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 9 (2.56%) CISA
12 9 (2.56%) CRISC
13 8 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 7 (1.99%) CESG Certified Professional
14 7 (1.99%) Degree
15 6 (1.70%) CHECK Team Member
16 5 (1.42%) CCSP
17 4 (1.14%) AWS Certification
17 4 (1.14%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (19.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (19.32%) NIST
3 34 (9.66%) GRC
4 23 (6.53%) PCI DSS
5 19 (5.40%) GDPR
5 19 (5.40%) NCSC
6 18 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (3.98%) JSP 440
8 9 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 8 (2.27%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.28%) QA
12 1 (0.28%) RMADS
12 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (3.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.28%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (1.42%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.57%) QRadar
5 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.28%) Nessus
5 1 (0.28%) Nmap
5 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (5.68%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.84%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (1.99%) SAP
4 5 (1.42%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.14%) Splunk
6 2 (0.57%) Google
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco
7 1 (0.28%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.28%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.28%) Qualys