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 24 January 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 524 494
Rank change year-on-year +65 -30 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 204 186 277
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.35% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.38% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 157 93 219
10th Percentile £48,750 £49,500 £51,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +17.86% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,400 £112,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £78,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +21.15% -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 56,751 49,013 62,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.76% 92.29% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,238 25,292 48,562
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,050 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.75% +6.10% -5.66%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 +82 184 £67,500 -18.18% 58
UK excluding London +70 150 £67,500 -14.29% 41
South West +80 91 £67,500 -26.23% 14
Work from Home +95 85 £60,000 -27.27% 30
London +22 38 £71,000 -16.47% 22
Midlands +28 20 £55,000 -30.16% 2
South East +30 16 £40,000 -55.56% 13
East Midlands +11 15 £55,000 -33.33% 2
Scotland -4 12 £93,750 +4.17%
North of England -39 6 £77,500 +19.23% 9
East of England +28 5 £65,000 -5.80% 4
Yorkshire -65 5 £77,500 +29.17% 4
West Midlands +34 4 £72,500 -6.45%
North West +14 1 £100,000 +17.65% 5

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

For the 6 months to 24 January 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.

1 147 (72.06%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (43.14%) Security Cleared
3 83 (40.69%) NIST
4 73 (35.78%) CISSP
5 71 (34.80%) CISM
6 66 (32.35%) Risk Management
7 64 (31.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 62 (30.39%) SC Cleared
9 56 (27.45%) GRC
10 51 (25.00%) ISMS
11 34 (16.67%) NCSC
12 33 (16.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 32 (15.69%) Information Security
14 30 (14.71%) SAP
15 29 (14.22%) Cloud Security
15 29 (14.22%) DV Cleared
16 28 (13.73%) Digital Marketing
16 28 (13.73%) Programme Management
17 27 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
17 27 (13.24%) Collaborative Culture
18 26 (12.75%) AWS
18 26 (12.75%) Information Assurance
18 26 (12.75%) NIST 800
18 26 (12.75%) Penetration Testing
18 26 (12.75%) SAP CAF
19 25 (12.25%) Azure
19 25 (12.25%) Security Architecture
20 24 (11.76%) JSP 440
21 23 (11.27%) CESG Certified Professional
21 23 (11.27%) Security Management

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 15 (7.35%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 26 (12.75%) AWS
2 25 (12.25%) Azure
3 14 (6.86%) GCP
4 10 (4.90%) Entra ID
4 10 (4.90%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (2.45%) SaaS
6 4 (1.96%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.49%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.49%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.49%) OCI
8 1 (0.49%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.37%) Network Security
2 5 (2.45%) Firewall
3 4 (1.96%) DMZ
4 1 (0.49%) Junos
4 1 (0.49%) LAN
4 1 (0.49%) VPN
4 1 (0.49%) WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.49%) Wireless
4 1 (0.49%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.49%) Metasploit
General
1 47 (23.04%) Finance
1 47 (23.04%) Public Sector
2 46 (22.55%) Social Skills
3 30 (14.71%) Telecoms
4 28 (13.73%) Marketing
5 27 (13.24%) Electronics
5 27 (13.24%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.43%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.45%) Banking
10 4 (1.96%) Law
10 4 (1.96%) Military
11 3 (1.47%) Games
12 2 (0.98%) Billing
12 2 (0.98%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.49%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.75%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.49%) LDAP
3 1 (0.49%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.49%) OAuth
3 1 (0.49%) OpenID
3 1 (0.49%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.49%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.49%) SAML
3 1 (0.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.22%) Security Posture
2 22 (10.78%) Management Information System
3 15 (7.35%) CESG
4 9 (4.41%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.43%) PKI
7 6 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.45%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.96%) Blog
9 4 (1.96%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.96%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.98%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.98%) Smart City
12 1 (0.49%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.49%) Android
1 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.49%) Linux
1 1 (0.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (72.06%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (32.35%) Risk Management
3 51 (25.00%) ISMS
4 32 (15.69%) Information Security
5 29 (14.22%) Cloud Security
6 28 (13.73%) Digital Marketing
6 28 (13.73%) Programme Management
7 27 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
7 27 (13.24%) Collaborative Culture
8 26 (12.75%) Information Assurance
8 26 (12.75%) Penetration Testing
9 25 (12.25%) Security Architecture
10 23 (11.27%) Security Management
11 21 (10.29%) Creative Thinking
12 18 (8.82%) Agile
12 18 (8.82%) Information Security Management
13 17 (8.33%) Incident Response
13 17 (8.33%) Red Team
14 15 (7.35%) Active Listening
14 15 (7.35%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.98%) Python
2 1 (0.49%) Go
2 1 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 88 (43.14%) Security Cleared
2 73 (35.78%) CISSP
3 71 (34.80%) CISM
4 62 (30.39%) SC Cleared
5 33 (16.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 29 (14.22%) DV Cleared
7 23 (11.27%) CESG Certified Professional
8 19 (9.31%) CISMP
9 15 (7.35%) IISP
10 11 (5.39%) CRISC
11 9 (4.41%) CEH
11 9 (4.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 8 (3.92%) CREST Certified
12 8 (3.92%) Degree
12 8 (3.92%) OSCP
13 6 (2.94%) CISA
13 6 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (2.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (2.45%) CCSP
15 3 (1.47%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (40.69%) NIST
2 64 (31.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (27.45%) GRC
4 34 (16.67%) NCSC
5 26 (12.75%) NIST 800
6 24 (11.76%) JSP 440
7 18 (8.82%) RMADS
8 15 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (7.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 10 (4.90%) PCI DSS
10 8 (3.92%) GDPR
11 7 (3.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (1.47%) QA
14 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.98%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.49%) Nessus
2 1 (0.49%) Nmap
2 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (14.71%) SAP
2 19 (9.31%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.45%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (0.98%) Google
5 1 (0.49%) Cisco
5 1 (0.49%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (0.49%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.49%) Juniper
5 1 (0.49%) Netskope
5 1 (0.49%) Okta
5 1 (0.49%) Ping Identity
5 1 (0.49%) Qualys
5 1 (0.49%) Rapid7
5 1 (0.49%) VMware