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 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 514 508
Rank change year-on-year +72 -6 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 270 127 358
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.30% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.33% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 204 81 266
10th Percentile £47,670 £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £56,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £112,500 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% -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 68,785 38,695 80,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 90.46% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 43,819 23,042 61,532
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 18 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 15 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 18 March 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 +89 241 £65,000 -18.75% 52
UK excluding London +87 182 £62,500 -16.67% 43
South West +64 96 £65,000 -10.34% 16
Work from Home +61 76 £60,000 -20.00% 30
London -2 64 £73,100 -14.00% 21
Midlands +3 30 £55,000 -31.25% 4
East Midlands -12 25 £55,000 -32.31% 4
South East +6 21 £65,000 -7.14% 13
North of England -46 18 £60,000 -12.40% 6
North West -10 12 £60,000 -25.00% 4
Scotland -12 12 £93,750 +10.29% 1
Yorkshire -52 6 £77,500 +29.17% 2
West Midlands -2 5 £72,500 -7.94%
East of England -13 4 £65,000 -5.80%
Wales -19 1 £51,709 +5.31% 3

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

For the 6 months to 18 March 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.

1 169 (62.59%) Cybersecurity
2 124 (45.93%) Security Cleared
3 89 (32.96%) SC Cleared
4 66 (24.44%) NIST
5 63 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 62 (22.96%) DV Cleared
7 59 (21.85%) Risk Management
8 52 (19.26%) CISSP
9 49 (18.15%) CISM
9 49 (18.15%) GRC
10 38 (14.07%) Penetration Testing
11 32 (11.85%) Azure
12 31 (11.48%) AWS
12 31 (11.48%) Security Architecture
13 29 (10.74%) Cloud Security
14 27 (10.00%) ISMS
15 26 (9.63%) SAP
16 24 (8.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 22 (8.15%) Collaborative Culture
17 22 (8.15%) Digital Marketing
17 22 (8.15%) Red Team
18 21 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
18 21 (7.78%) Programme Management
18 21 (7.78%) SAP CAF
19 20 (7.41%) Agile
19 20 (7.41%) NCSC
20 19 (7.04%) Microsoft
20 19 (7.04%) Scrum
21 18 (6.67%) GCP
21 18 (6.67%) Incident Response

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 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (11.85%) Azure
2 31 (11.48%) AWS
3 18 (6.67%) GCP
4 11 (4.07%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (1.85%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.37%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.19%) Network Security
2 6 (2.22%) Firewall
3 3 (1.11%) DMZ
4 1 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.37%) LAN
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.37%) VPN
4 1 (0.37%) Wireless
4 1 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.37%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.37%) Metasploit
General
1 65 (24.07%) Public Sector
2 51 (18.89%) Social Skills
3 46 (17.04%) Finance
4 27 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 22 (8.15%) Manufacturing
5 22 (8.15%) Marketing
6 21 (7.78%) Electronics
7 12 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.22%) Law
12 4 (1.48%) Banking
12 4 (1.48%) Military
13 3 (1.11%) Games
14 2 (0.74%) Billing
14 2 (0.74%) Cyber-Physical System
14 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.74%) Legal
14 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.78%) SAP CAF
2 1 (0.37%) .NET
2 1 (0.37%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.70%) Security Posture
2 15 (5.56%) PKI
3 10 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (3.33%) Blog
4 9 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.59%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.22%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.48%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.74%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.74%) Smart City
9 2 (0.74%) Social Media
10 1 (0.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.22%) Linux
1 6 (2.22%) Windows
2 1 (0.37%) Android
2 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (62.59%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (21.85%) Risk Management
3 38 (14.07%) Penetration Testing
4 31 (11.48%) Security Architecture
5 29 (10.74%) Cloud Security
6 27 (10.00%) ISMS
7 22 (8.15%) Collaborative Culture
7 22 (8.15%) Digital Marketing
7 22 (8.15%) Red Team
8 21 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (7.78%) Programme Management
9 20 (7.41%) Agile
10 19 (7.04%) Scrum
11 18 (6.67%) Incident Response
11 18 (6.67%) Information Assurance
11 18 (6.67%) Mentoring
12 16 (5.93%) Information Security
12 16 (5.93%) Security Testing
13 15 (5.56%) Business Strategy
14 14 (5.19%) AI
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.37%) C
1 1 (0.37%) C#
1 1 (0.37%) C++
1 1 (0.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 124 (45.93%) Security Cleared
2 89 (32.96%) SC Cleared
3 62 (22.96%) DV Cleared
4 52 (19.26%) CISSP
5 49 (18.15%) CISM
6 24 (8.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 17 (6.30%) CREST Certified
8 14 (5.19%) OSCP
9 13 (4.81%) CEH
10 10 (3.70%) CISA
11 8 (2.96%) CESG Certified Professional
11 8 (2.96%) CHECK Team Member
11 8 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.96%) Degree
12 7 (2.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.22%) CCSP
13 6 (2.22%) CRISC
14 5 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
15 2 (0.74%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (24.44%) NIST
2 63 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (18.15%) GRC
4 20 (7.41%) NCSC
5 15 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (5.56%) PCI DSS
6 8 (2.96%) GDPR
6 8 (2.96%) NIST 800
7 7 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (1.48%) JSP 440
9 4 (1.48%) QA
10 3 (1.11%) RMADS
10 3 (1.11%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.37%) Nessus
2 1 (0.37%) Nmap
2 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (9.63%) SAP
2 19 (7.04%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.37%) Cisco
4 1 (0.37%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.37%) Google
4 1 (0.37%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.37%) Qualys
4 1 (0.37%) Splunk