Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 August 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 557 528
Rank change year-on-year +200 -29 -162
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 555 121 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.24% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.27% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 346 87 206
10th Percentile £50,000 - £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,125 £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 102,724 44,889 79,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.80% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 70,515 26,591 51,705
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 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 28 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 28 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 +178 476 £70,000 +3.70% 285
UK excluding London +143 364 £65,000 -3.70% 162
Work from Home +76 176 £67,500 +3.85% 188
London +48 121 £80,000 +1.59% 133
North of England +49 108 £60,000 -25.00% 52
South West -19 108 £60,000 +20.00% 53
Midlands +34 66 £70,000 -17.65% 10
North West +36 61 £65,000 -18.75% 36
South East -7 47 £65,000 -20.00% 23
East Midlands - 45 £55,000 - 2
North East - 31 £50,000 - 4
West Midlands -9 21 £80,000 - 8
East of England -9 16 £80,000 +23.08% 7
Yorkshire -32 16 £50,000 -37.50% 12
Scotland +10 10 - - 9
Northern Ireland - 5 £42,500 - 8
Wales - 4 £53,355 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 374 (67.39%) Cybersecurity
2 168 (30.27%) Security Cleared
3 112 (20.18%) SC Cleared
4 92 (16.58%) Risk Management
5 91 (16.40%) NIST
6 85 (15.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 83 (14.95%) Cloud Security
8 82 (14.77%) CISSP
9 69 (12.43%) AWS
10 67 (12.07%) CISM
11 66 (11.89%) Threat Modelling
12 64 (11.53%) Security Architecture
13 55 (9.91%) Information Security
14 54 (9.73%) DV Cleared
15 53 (9.55%) Mentoring
16 42 (7.57%) GRC
17 40 (7.21%) Azure
18 39 (7.03%) Network Security
19 36 (6.49%) GDPR
20 33 (5.95%) AI
20 33 (5.95%) Identity Access Management
21 31 (5.59%) AWS Certification
22 29 (5.23%) Cloud Computing
22 29 (5.23%) Degree
23 28 (5.05%) Agile
23 28 (5.05%) CRISC
23 28 (5.05%) Penetration Testing
24 27 (4.86%) NCSC
24 27 (4.86%) Presales
25 26 (4.68%) Data Protection

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 (1.08%) SAS
2 3 (0.54%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.18%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.18%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (12.43%) AWS
2 40 (7.21%) Azure
3 29 (5.23%) Cloud Computing
4 17 (3.06%) AWS CloudFormation
4 17 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
4 17 (3.06%) Serverless
5 15 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (2.52%) Amazon ECS
6 14 (2.52%) Amazon EventBridge
6 14 (2.52%) AWS Control Tower
6 14 (2.52%) GCP
7 13 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.80%) SaaS
9 5 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (0.90%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.03%) Network Security
2 19 (3.42%) Firewall
3 7 (1.26%) SD-WAN
3 7 (1.26%) WAN
4 6 (1.08%) LAN
5 2 (0.36%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (0.54%) Hadoop
1 3 (0.54%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.18%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.72%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.36%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 124 (22.34%) Public Sector
2 66 (11.89%) Social Skills
3 39 (7.03%) Finance
4 25 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 10 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.62%) Aerospace
7 9 (1.62%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (1.44%) Law
9 6 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (0.90%) Legal
10 5 (0.90%) Military
11 3 (0.54%) Banking
11 3 (0.54%) Games
11 3 (0.54%) Police
12 2 (0.36%) Electronics
13 1 (0.18%) Advertising
13 1 (0.18%) French Language
13 1 (0.18%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.24%) Terraform
2 14 (2.52%) AWS CDK
3 5 (0.90%) ModSecurity
4 4 (0.72%) NumPy
4 4 (0.72%) Pandas
4 4 (0.72%) PySpark
4 4 (0.72%) scikit-learn
5 3 (0.54%) Kafka
6 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.59%) PKI
2 28 (5.05%) Onboarding
2 28 (5.05%) Operational Technology
3 24 (4.32%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.24%) Enterprise Cloud
4 18 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.26%) Blog
7 6 (1.08%) Mobile App
8 5 (0.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (0.90%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (0.54%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.54%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.54%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.36%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.36%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.34%) Windows
2 11 (1.98%) Linux
3 6 (1.08%) Android
3 6 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (67.39%) Cybersecurity
2 92 (16.58%) Risk Management
3 83 (14.95%) Cloud Security
4 66 (11.89%) Threat Modelling
5 64 (11.53%) Security Architecture
6 55 (9.91%) Information Security
7 53 (9.55%) Mentoring
8 33 (5.95%) AI
8 33 (5.95%) Identity Access Management
9 28 (5.05%) Agile
9 28 (5.05%) Penetration Testing
10 27 (4.86%) Presales
11 26 (4.68%) Data Protection
12 24 (4.32%) SIEM
13 23 (4.14%) Incident Response
13 23 (4.14%) Infrastructure as Code
13 23 (4.14%) Security Testing
14 22 (3.96%) GAP Analysis
15 21 (3.78%) Risk Assessment
15 21 (3.78%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 22 (3.96%) Python
2 14 (2.52%) Bash
2 14 (2.52%) Java
2 14 (2.52%) Perl
2 14 (2.52%) PHP
2 14 (2.52%) Ruby
3 3 (0.54%) SQL
4 2 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 168 (30.27%) Security Cleared
2 112 (20.18%) SC Cleared
3 82 (14.77%) CISSP
4 67 (12.07%) CISM
5 54 (9.73%) DV Cleared
6 31 (5.59%) AWS Certification
7 29 (5.23%) Degree
8 28 (5.05%) CRISC
9 21 (3.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (3.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 18 (3.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 16 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (2.70%) CISA
13 11 (1.98%) CREST Certified
14 9 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.62%) CESG Certified Professional
14 9 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (1.44%) CCSP
16 7 (1.26%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (16.40%) NIST
2 85 (15.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (7.57%) GRC
4 36 (6.49%) GDPR
5 27 (4.86%) NCSC
6 24 (4.32%) PCI DSS
7 18 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (3.24%) JSP 440
8 15 (2.70%) NIST 800
9 13 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 6 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.72%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.72%) QA
12 3 (0.54%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 11 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.80%) Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) IAG
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.08%) FortiGate
1 6 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.72%) Nmap
3 3 (0.54%) QRadar
4 2 (0.36%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) CASB
5 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (2.88%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (1.44%) Fortinet
2 8 (1.44%) Google
3 5 (0.90%) Splunk
4 4 (0.72%) Red Hat
5 3 (0.54%) Cisco
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle
5 3 (0.54%) OutSystems
6 2 (0.36%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.36%) SAP
7 1 (0.18%) Meraki
7 1 (0.18%) Netskope
7 1 (0.18%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.18%) Qualys
7 1 (0.18%) Tenable
7 1 (0.18%) VMware
7 1 (0.18%) Zscaler