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 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 588 522
Rank change year-on-year +191 -66 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 415 83 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.18% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.20% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 273 49 283
10th Percentile £47,613 £55,000 £47,550
25th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,600 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year -21.88% +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 89,296 40,583 101,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 89.54% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 61,271 23,147 73,313
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,734
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 £98,000 £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 25 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 25 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 +178 357 £65,000 -18.75% 50
UK excluding London +149 272 £62,500 -21.88% 36
Work from Home +95 122 £60,000 -17.24% 24
South West +31 98 £60,000 -9.43% 7
London +9 89 £80,000 - 17
Midlands +36 61 £65,000 -18.75% 1
North of England +8 59 £60,000 -25.00% 17
East Midlands +14 46 £55,000 -31.25% 1
North West +33 40 £60,000 -25.00% 8
South East 0 34 £65,000 -17.46% 8
West Midlands -5 15 £100,000 +25.00%
North East - 15 £50,000 - 6
Scotland +9 8 £93,750 +25.22%
East of England - 6 £80,000 - 2
Yorkshire -36 4 £30,000 -62.50% 4
Wales - 4 £53,355 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £40,750 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 279 (67.23%) Cybersecurity
2 160 (38.55%) Security Cleared
3 119 (28.67%) SC Cleared
4 78 (18.80%) Risk Management
5 76 (18.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 74 (17.83%) NIST
7 67 (16.14%) CISSP
8 65 (15.66%) DV Cleared
9 59 (14.22%) CISM
10 55 (13.25%) Cloud Security
11 52 (12.53%) AWS
12 44 (10.60%) Security Architecture
13 42 (10.12%) Azure
13 42 (10.12%) Penetration Testing
14 33 (7.95%) GRC
15 32 (7.71%) Threat Modelling
16 30 (7.23%) Information Security
16 30 (7.23%) Mentoring
17 27 (6.51%) Network Security
17 27 (6.51%) Security Testing
18 26 (6.27%) GDPR
19 24 (5.78%) AI
19 24 (5.78%) PCI DSS
20 22 (5.30%) Information Assurance
21 21 (5.06%) Agile
21 21 (5.06%) NCSC
21 21 (5.06%) Red Team
22 20 (4.82%) Scrum
22 20 (4.82%) Threat Intelligence
23 19 (4.58%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (12.53%) AWS
2 42 (10.12%) Azure
3 17 (4.10%) GCP
4 12 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.17%) SaaS
6 8 (1.93%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (1.20%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 5 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (0.96%) Amazon EventBridge
8 4 (0.96%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (0.96%) AWS Control Tower
8 4 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (0.96%) Serverless
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (0.48%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.48%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.51%) Network Security
2 19 (4.58%) Firewall
3 7 (1.69%) LAN
4 6 (1.45%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.45%) WAN
5 3 (0.72%) VPN
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.24%) DMZ
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.48%) Hadoop
1 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Yeoman
General
1 91 (21.93%) Public Sector
2 59 (14.22%) Social Skills
3 36 (8.67%) Finance
4 22 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.17%) Law
6 7 (1.69%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.45%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.20%) Banking
8 5 (1.20%) Games
8 5 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (0.96%) Military
10 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.72%) Legal
11 2 (0.48%) Advertising
11 2 (0.48%) Billing
12 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.24%) Marketing
12 1 (0.24%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.20%) ModSecurity
2 4 (0.96%) AWS CDK
3 3 (0.72%) NumPy
3 3 (0.72%) Pandas
3 3 (0.72%) PySpark
3 3 (0.72%) scikit-learn
4 2 (0.48%) Kafka
4 2 (0.48%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.24%) .NET
5 1 (0.24%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.19%) Security Posture
2 28 (6.75%) PKI
3 15 (3.61%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
4 10 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 8 (1.93%) Blog
6 7 (1.69%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 7 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.69%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (1.45%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.48%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.48%) Social Media
10 1 (0.24%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.24%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.24%) Mobile Computing
10 1 (0.24%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.65%) Windows
2 10 (2.41%) Linux
3 6 (1.45%) Android
3 6 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (67.23%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (18.80%) Risk Management
3 55 (13.25%) Cloud Security
4 44 (10.60%) Security Architecture
5 42 (10.12%) Penetration Testing
6 32 (7.71%) Threat Modelling
7 30 (7.23%) Information Security
7 30 (7.23%) Mentoring
8 27 (6.51%) Security Testing
9 24 (5.78%) AI
10 22 (5.30%) Information Assurance
11 21 (5.06%) Agile
11 21 (5.06%) Red Team
12 20 (4.82%) Scrum
12 20 (4.82%) Threat Intelligence
13 18 (4.34%) Identity Access Management
13 18 (4.34%) Vulnerability Management
14 17 (4.10%) Presales
15 16 (3.86%) SIEM
15 16 (3.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.93%) Python
2 4 (0.96%) Bash
2 4 (0.96%) Java
2 4 (0.96%) Perl
2 4 (0.96%) PHP
2 4 (0.96%) Ruby
3 2 (0.48%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.48%) SQL
4 1 (0.24%) C
4 1 (0.24%) C#
4 1 (0.24%) C++
Qualifications
1 160 (38.55%) Security Cleared
2 119 (28.67%) SC Cleared
3 67 (16.14%) CISSP
4 65 (15.66%) DV Cleared
5 59 (14.22%) CISM
6 18 (4.34%) CREST Certified
6 18 (4.34%) CRISC
7 17 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 16 (3.86%) CEH
9 14 (3.37%) OSCP
10 13 (3.13%) CISA
11 12 (2.89%) AWS Certification
11 12 (2.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 12 (2.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 11 (2.65%) CESG Certified Professional
13 10 (2.41%) Degree
14 8 (1.93%) CCSP
15 6 (1.45%) CompTIA CySA+
15 6 (1.45%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (18.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (17.83%) NIST
3 33 (7.95%) GRC
4 26 (6.27%) GDPR
5 24 (5.78%) PCI DSS
6 21 (5.06%) NCSC
7 17 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (3.86%) JSP 440
9 9 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 9 (2.17%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.72%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.24%) QA
11 1 (0.24%) RMADS
11 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (1.69%) FortiGate
1 7 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (1.20%) Terraform
3 3 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.48%) QRadar
5 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (4.58%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (1.93%) Fortinet
3 6 (1.45%) SAP
4 5 (1.20%) Splunk
5 4 (0.96%) Google
6 2 (0.48%) Cisco
6 2 (0.48%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.24%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.24%) Qualys
7 1 (0.24%) Tenable