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 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 579 541
Rank change year-on-year +171 -38 -134
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 374 80 404
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.18% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.20% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 259 48 278
10th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £49,625
25th Percentile £50,000 £69,375 £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 £85,313 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,200 £97,625 £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 87,018 39,622 101,237
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 89.50% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,614 22,403 73,185
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £38,569
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 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 12 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 12 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 +162 314 £65,000 -18.75% 82
UK excluding London +149 254 £60,000 -25.00% 57
Work from Home +92 110 £55,000 -23.87% 43
South West +31 99 £62,500 -5.66% 20
London +5 70 £80,000 - 32
Midlands +40 64 £55,000 -31.25% 4
East Midlands +17 50 £55,000 -31.25% 1
North of England -5 40 £60,000 -25.00% 22
North West +41 30 £60,000 -25.00% 10
South East 0 30 £65,000 -13.33% 9
West Midlands -12 14 £100,000 +25.00% 3
Scotland +15 11 £93,750 +25.22% 1
North East - 7 £50,000 - 6
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
East of England - 4 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire -44 3 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £40,750 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 250 (66.84%) Cybersecurity
2 139 (37.17%) Security Cleared
3 102 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 72 (19.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 70 (18.72%) NIST
6 64 (17.11%) DV Cleared
7 62 (16.58%) Risk Management
8 58 (15.51%) CISSP
9 53 (14.17%) CISM
10 46 (12.30%) Cloud Security
11 44 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
12 42 (11.23%) AWS
13 41 (10.96%) Azure
14 34 (9.09%) Security Architecture
15 33 (8.82%) GRC
16 28 (7.49%) Security Testing
17 25 (6.68%) Red Team
18 24 (6.42%) Information Security
18 24 (6.42%) Threat Modelling
19 23 (6.15%) Mentoring
19 23 (6.15%) PCI DSS
20 22 (5.88%) GDPR
21 21 (5.61%) Information Assurance
22 20 (5.35%) NCSC
22 20 (5.35%) Scrum
23 19 (5.08%) CREST Certified
23 19 (5.08%) Microsoft
24 18 (4.81%) Cyber Essentials
24 18 (4.81%) Threat Intelligence
25 17 (4.55%) Firewall

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 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.27%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (11.23%) AWS
2 41 (10.96%) Azure
3 17 (4.55%) GCP
4 9 (2.41%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (1.87%) SaaS
6 5 (1.34%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 5 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.53%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (0.53%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.27%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.55%) Firewall
2 16 (4.28%) Network Security
3 6 (1.60%) LAN
4 5 (1.34%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.34%) WAN
5 2 (0.53%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.27%) DMZ
6 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.27%) Wireless
6 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.27%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Yeoman
2 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 81 (21.66%) Public Sector
2 54 (14.44%) Social Skills
3 29 (7.75%) Finance
4 20 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.41%) Law
6 7 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (1.60%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.34%) Banking
8 5 (1.34%) Games
8 5 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.80%) Legal
9 3 (0.80%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.53%) Billing
10 2 (0.53%) Electronics
10 2 (0.53%) Marketing
11 1 (0.27%) Advertising
11 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.27%) Military
11 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.07%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.53%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.53%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.27%) .NET
3 1 (0.27%) NumPy
3 1 (0.27%) Pandas
3 1 (0.27%) PySpark
3 1 (0.27%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.27%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.63%) Security Posture
2 27 (7.22%) PKI
3 10 (2.67%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.14%) Blog
5 8 (2.14%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 7 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.87%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.34%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.80%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.53%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.53%) Social Media
11 1 (0.27%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.27%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.27%) Mobile Computing
11 1 (0.27%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.21%) Windows
2 11 (2.94%) Linux
3 7 (1.87%) Android
3 7 (1.87%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (66.84%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (16.58%) Risk Management
3 46 (12.30%) Cloud Security
4 44 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
5 34 (9.09%) Security Architecture
6 28 (7.49%) Security Testing
7 25 (6.68%) Red Team
8 24 (6.42%) Information Security
8 24 (6.42%) Threat Modelling
9 23 (6.15%) Mentoring
10 21 (5.61%) Information Assurance
11 20 (5.35%) Scrum
12 18 (4.81%) Threat Intelligence
13 17 (4.55%) Vulnerability Management
14 16 (4.28%) Agile
14 16 (4.28%) AI
14 16 (4.28%) Incident Response
15 15 (4.01%) Presales
15 15 (4.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 13 (3.48%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.53%) Python
2 1 (0.27%) C
2 1 (0.27%) C#
2 1 (0.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 139 (37.17%) Security Cleared
2 102 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 64 (17.11%) DV Cleared
4 58 (15.51%) CISSP
5 53 (14.17%) CISM
6 19 (5.08%) CREST Certified
7 16 (4.28%) CEH
8 15 (4.01%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (4.01%) OSCP
9 14 (3.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (3.48%) CRISC
11 12 (3.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 10 (2.67%) CISA
12 10 (2.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 9 (2.41%) CESG Certified Professional
14 7 (1.87%) Degree
15 6 (1.60%) CCSP
15 6 (1.60%) CHECK Team Member
16 5 (1.34%) DBS Check
17 4 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (19.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (18.72%) NIST
3 33 (8.82%) GRC
4 23 (6.15%) PCI DSS
5 22 (5.88%) GDPR
6 20 (5.35%) NCSC
7 18 (4.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (4.01%) JSP 440
9 10 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 7 (1.87%) NIST 800
12 4 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.27%) QA
15 1 (0.27%) RMADS
15 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (1.60%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.80%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.53%) QRadar
5 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) Nessus
5 1 (0.27%) Nmap
5 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (5.08%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (1.87%) SAP
4 6 (1.60%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.07%) Splunk
6 2 (0.53%) Google
7 1 (0.27%) Cisco
7 1 (0.27%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.27%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.27%) Qualys