Security Consultant Job Trends

Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 484 430
Rank change year-on-year -47 -54 +191
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 121 278 346
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.40% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.42% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 101 152 286
10th Percentile - £48,750 £55,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £74,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +6.79% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,066 65,835 53,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.75% 95.36% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 25,983 37,615 41,369
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,345 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,252 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -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 21 October 2025.

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 21 October 2025. 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 -30 112 £65,000 -17.46% 85
UK excluding London +5 98 £60,000 -14.29% 64
Work from Home +47 75 £52,500 -32.26% 46
South West +83 71 £52,500 -42.62% 23
London -7 16 £77,500 -3.13% 30
South East -1 8 £92,500 +48.00% 23
North of England -47 8 £80,000 +23.08% 8
Midlands +19 5 £82,500 +15.79% 5
Scotland -12 5 £50,500 -3.81%
Yorkshire -50 5 £80,000 +33.33% 6
North West +12 3 £90,000 +33.33% 2
West Midlands +37 2 £107,500 +53.57% 3
East Midlands +20 2 £70,000 -3.45% 2
East of England +13 1 £65,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, 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 95 (78.51%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (66.12%) CISSP
3 72 (59.50%) NIST
4 62 (51.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 61 (50.41%) Security Cleared
6 50 (41.32%) CISM
7 46 (38.02%) Risk Management
8 43 (35.54%) SAP
9 42 (34.71%) Business Intelligence
10 40 (33.06%) Digital Marketing
10 40 (33.06%) Programme Management
11 35 (28.93%) ISMS
12 32 (26.45%) Information Security
12 32 (26.45%) Network Security
12 32 (26.45%) Vulnerability Management
13 30 (24.79%) GRC
13 30 (24.79%) SC Cleared
14 29 (23.97%) Mentoring
14 29 (23.97%) PCI DSS
15 28 (23.14%) CEH
15 28 (23.14%) CompTIA Security+
16 27 (22.31%) JSP 440
16 27 (22.31%) Security Management
17 22 (18.18%) NIST 800
18 21 (17.36%) Information Assurance
18 21 (17.36%) NCSC
19 20 (16.53%) CISMP
19 20 (16.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
20 18 (14.88%) CESG Certified Professional
21 17 (14.05%) Information 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 16 (13.22%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.83%) GNU Octave
1 1 (0.83%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.48%) SAP BPC
3 2 (1.65%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.57%) AWS
1 14 (11.57%) Azure
2 6 (4.96%) GCP
3 4 (3.31%) SaaS
4 3 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.65%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (0.83%) OCI
6 1 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (26.45%) Network Security
2 4 (3.31%) Firewall
3 2 (1.65%) DMZ
3 2 (1.65%) Junos
3 2 (1.65%) TETRA
3 2 (1.65%) VPN
4 1 (0.83%) LAN
4 1 (0.83%) WAN
4 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
General
1 56 (46.28%) Public Sector
2 46 (38.02%) Finance
3 40 (33.06%) Marketing
3 40 (33.06%) Telecoms
4 39 (32.23%) Electronics
4 39 (32.23%) Manufacturing
5 29 (23.97%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (23.97%) Social Skills
6 4 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.31%) Law
7 3 (2.48%) Banking
7 3 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.48%) Military
8 1 (0.83%) Cyber-Physical System
8 1 (0.83%) Games
8 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.83%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.74%) SAP CAF
2 4 (3.31%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.83%) LDAP
3 1 (0.83%) OAuth
3 1 (0.83%) OpenID
3 1 (0.83%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.83%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.83%) SAML
3 1 (0.83%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 26 (21.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 16 (13.22%) CESG
4 9 (7.44%) Cloud Native
5 8 (6.61%) Security Posture
6 5 (4.13%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (3.31%) Cyberattack
8 3 (2.48%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.65%) Blog
9 2 (1.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.65%) PKI
9 2 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.83%) NHS
10 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.83%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.83%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.83%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (78.51%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (38.02%) Risk Management
3 42 (34.71%) Business Intelligence
4 40 (33.06%) Digital Marketing
4 40 (33.06%) Programme Management
5 35 (28.93%) ISMS
6 32 (26.45%) Information Security
6 32 (26.45%) Vulnerability Management
7 29 (23.97%) Mentoring
8 27 (22.31%) Security Management
9 21 (17.36%) Information Assurance
10 17 (14.05%) Information Security Management
11 16 (13.22%) Active Listening
11 16 (13.22%) Creative Thinking
11 16 (13.22%) Innovative Thinking
11 16 (13.22%) Matrix Organization
12 13 (10.74%) Collaborative Culture
13 12 (9.92%) Incident Response
14 11 (9.09%) Cloud Security
15 10 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.48%) Python
2 1 (0.83%) Bash
2 1 (0.83%) Go
2 1 (0.83%) Rust
Qualifications
1 80 (66.12%) CISSP
2 61 (50.41%) Security Cleared
3 50 (41.32%) CISM
4 30 (24.79%) SC Cleared
5 28 (23.14%) CEH
5 28 (23.14%) CompTIA Security+
6 20 (16.53%) CISMP
6 20 (16.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 18 (14.88%) CESG Certified Professional
8 16 (13.22%) IISP
9 11 (9.09%) DV Cleared
10 10 (8.26%) CRISC
11 8 (6.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 3 (2.48%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.48%) Azure Certification
13 2 (1.65%) CISA
13 2 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (1.65%) CSSLP
13 2 (1.65%) DBS Check
13 2 (1.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (59.50%) NIST
2 62 (51.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (24.79%) GRC
4 29 (23.97%) PCI DSS
5 27 (22.31%) JSP 440
6 22 (18.18%) NIST 800
7 21 (17.36%) NCSC
8 16 (13.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 16 (13.22%) RMADS
9 10 (8.26%) GDPR
10 3 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.48%) IAG
2 2 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.83%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (35.54%) SAP
2 4 (3.31%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.48%) Fortinet
3 3 (2.48%) Google
4 2 (1.65%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (1.65%) Juniper
4 2 (1.65%) Netskope
4 2 (1.65%) Rapid7
4 2 (1.65%) VMware
5 1 (0.83%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.83%) Cisco
5 1 (0.83%) Okta
5 1 (0.83%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.83%) Ping Identity