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 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 509 496
Rank change year-on-year +66 -13 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 243 166 317
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.35% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.38% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 180 83 243
10th Percentile £48,750 £49,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £112,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,675 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -19.16% +23.08% -3.70%

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 63,517 43,315 71,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 91.37% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 40,034 23,059 55,485
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 25 February 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 25 February 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 +82 219 £70,000 -12.50% 64
UK excluding London +71 167 £64,675 -19.16% 45
South West +70 95 £65,000 -24.20% 12
Work from Home +67 78 £60,000 -22.58% 22
London +21 57 £71,000 -16.47% 29
Midlands +7 23 £55,000 -31.25% 11
South East -5 19 £61,250 - 15
East Midlands -15 18 £55,000 -32.31% 6
North of England -60 14 £80,000 - 4
Scotland -15 12 £93,750 +4.17%
North West -2 7 £80,000 - 3
Yorkshire -62 7 £77,500 +17.43% 1
West Midlands +10 5 £72,500 -7.94% 5
East of England +11 4 £65,000 -5.80% 2

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

For the 6 months to 25 February 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.

1 158 (65.02%) Cybersecurity
2 115 (47.33%) Security Cleared
3 84 (34.57%) SC Cleared
4 75 (30.86%) NIST
5 67 (27.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 63 (25.93%) Risk Management
7 60 (24.69%) CISSP
8 59 (24.28%) GRC
9 57 (23.46%) CISM
10 45 (18.52%) DV Cleared
11 37 (15.23%) ISMS
12 35 (14.40%) Penetration Testing
13 33 (13.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 31 (12.76%) Cloud Security
14 31 (12.76%) SAP
14 31 (12.76%) Security Architecture
15 29 (11.93%) AWS
15 29 (11.93%) Azure
16 27 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
16 27 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
17 26 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
17 26 (10.70%) Programme Management
17 26 (10.70%) SAP CAF
18 22 (9.05%) Red Team
19 21 (8.64%) NCSC
20 20 (8.23%) Agile
21 19 (7.82%) Information Security
21 19 (7.82%) Microsoft
22 18 (7.41%) GCP
22 18 (7.41%) Mentoring

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 (0.41%) GNU Octave
1 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.93%) AWS
1 29 (11.93%) Azure
2 18 (7.41%) GCP
3 11 (4.53%) Entra ID
4 10 (4.12%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (2.06%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 5 (2.06%) SaaS
6 3 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.41%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.41%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.17%) Network Security
2 7 (2.88%) Firewall
3 4 (1.65%) DMZ
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.41%) LAN
4 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.41%) VPN
4 1 (0.41%) Wireless
4 1 (0.41%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.41%) Metasploit
General
1 59 (24.28%) Public Sector
2 50 (20.58%) Finance
2 50 (20.58%) Social Skills
3 31 (12.76%) Telecoms
4 27 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 27 (11.11%) Marketing
5 26 (10.70%) Electronics
6 10 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.47%) Law
10 4 (1.65%) Banking
10 4 (1.65%) Military
11 3 (1.23%) Games
12 2 (0.82%) Billing
12 2 (0.82%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.82%) Legal
12 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.70%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.82%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.41%) .NET
3 1 (0.41%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.41%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.41%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.41%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.64%) Security Posture
2 10 (4.12%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.12%) Cyber Defence
3 9 (3.70%) PKI
4 8 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.29%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.88%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.06%) Blog
6 5 (2.06%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (2.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.82%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (0.82%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.82%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.82%) Linux
1 2 (0.82%) Windows
2 1 (0.41%) Android
2 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (65.02%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (25.93%) Risk Management
3 37 (15.23%) ISMS
4 35 (14.40%) Penetration Testing
5 31 (12.76%) Cloud Security
5 31 (12.76%) Security Architecture
6 27 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 27 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
7 26 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (10.70%) Programme Management
8 22 (9.05%) Red Team
9 20 (8.23%) Agile
10 19 (7.82%) Information Security
11 18 (7.41%) Mentoring
12 17 (7.00%) Incident Response
13 16 (6.58%) Information Assurance
13 16 (6.58%) Security Testing
14 14 (5.76%) Business Strategy
15 13 (5.35%) Offensive Security
16 12 (4.94%) AI
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.23%) Python
2 1 (0.41%) C
2 1 (0.41%) C#
2 1 (0.41%) C++
2 1 (0.41%) Go
2 1 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 115 (47.33%) Security Cleared
2 84 (34.57%) SC Cleared
3 60 (24.69%) CISSP
4 57 (23.46%) CISM
5 45 (18.52%) DV Cleared
6 33 (13.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 14 (5.76%) OSCP
8 13 (5.35%) CEH
8 13 (5.35%) CREST Certified
9 10 (4.12%) CISA
9 10 (4.12%) CRISC
10 9 (3.70%) Degree
10 9 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 8 (3.29%) CESG Certified Professional
11 8 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.47%) CCSP
14 5 (2.06%) CHECK Team Member
15 4 (1.65%) CISMP
16 2 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (30.86%) NIST
2 67 (27.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (24.28%) GRC
4 21 (8.64%) NCSC
5 15 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (5.35%) NIST 800
7 12 (4.94%) PCI DSS
8 9 (3.70%) JSP 440
9 8 (3.29%) GDPR
10 7 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 5 (2.06%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (1.65%) QA
14 3 (1.23%) RMADS
14 3 (1.23%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.41%) Nessus
2 1 (0.41%) Nmap
2 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (12.76%) SAP
2 19 (7.82%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco
4 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.41%) Google
4 1 (0.41%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.41%) Qualys
4 1 (0.41%) Splunk