Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 461 745
Rank change year-on-year -71 +284 -193
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 397 703 512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.66% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.72% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 283 505 384
10th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £90,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant.

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 16 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 April 2024. 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 -4 359 £68,500 -2.14% 54
UK excluding London -60 255 £68,500 -2.14% 36
Work from Home -104 140 £73,750 +5.36% 30
South West +53 128 £68,500 -2.14% 6
London +36 108 £77,500 +10.71% 19
South East +9 46 £69,000 -1.43% 13
North of England -26 36 £55,000 -21.43% 6
Yorkshire +55 27 £55,000 -21.43% 5
East of England +33 16 £90,000 +28.57%
Midlands +1 13 £57,500 -19.58% 3
Scotland -103 13 £67,500 -3.57% 7
West Midlands +34 11 £55,000 -24.66% 3
North West -48 9 £69,500 -0.71% 1
Wales -1 2 £58,000 -17.14%
Northern Ireland +11 1 £45,000 -27.42% 1
East Midlands -17 1 £60,000 -14.29%

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Security Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 290 (73.05%) Cybersecurity
2 188 (47.36%) Security Cleared
3 143 (36.02%) NIST
4 135 (34.01%) Risk Management
5 127 (31.99%) Information Security
6 110 (27.71%) CISSP
7 108 (27.20%) SC Cleared
8 90 (22.67%) Information Assurance
9 88 (22.17%) CISM
10 87 (21.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 80 (20.15%) Social Skills
12 74 (18.64%) Network Security
13 70 (17.63%) Security Architecture
13 70 (17.63%) Security Operations
14 68 (17.13%) CRISC
15 60 (15.11%) SIEM
16 59 (14.86%) Mentoring
16 59 (14.86%) DV Cleared
17 57 (14.36%) CESG Certified Professional
18 55 (13.85%) Operational Technology
19 53 (13.35%) Incident Management
20 52 (13.10%) Agile
21 47 (11.84%) Management Information System
22 45 (11.34%) Military
22 45 (11.34%) JSP 440
23 44 (11.08%) Incident Response
24 42 (10.58%) Vulnerability Management
25 41 (10.33%) NCSC
26 40 (10.08%) Public Sector
27 38 (9.57%) NIST 800

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.02%) IIS
2 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.25%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.76%) SAP GRC
2 5 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.50%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.04%) Azure
2 17 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (3.53%) AWS
4 9 (2.27%) GCP
5 6 (1.51%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.01%) IaaS
6 4 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.76%) PaaS
7 3 (0.76%) SaaS
8 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.25%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.25%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 74 (18.64%) Network Security
2 20 (5.04%) Firewall
3 15 (3.78%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.27%) Internet
5 8 (2.02%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (2.02%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (2.02%) VPN
6 6 (1.51%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (1.51%) DNS
7 5 (1.26%) Wireless
8 4 (1.01%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.01%) WAN
9 3 (0.76%) LAN
9 3 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.50%) 5G
10 2 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.50%) VoIP
11 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.25%) SAN
11 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.76%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.25%) Big Data
2 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.25%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.76%) Metasploit
General
1 80 (20.15%) Social Skills
2 45 (11.34%) Military
3 40 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 35 (8.82%) Finance
5 25 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.53%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.27%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.77%) Aviation
9 8 (2.02%) Marketing
10 7 (1.76%) Law
11 6 (1.51%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.76%) Retail
15 2 (0.50%) Advertising
15 2 (0.50%) Games
15 2 (0.50%) Local Government
15 2 (0.50%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.05%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.50%) Middleware
3 1 (0.25%) JWT
3 1 (0.25%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.25%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.85%) Operational Technology
2 47 (11.84%) Management Information System
3 33 (8.31%) Cyber Defence
3 33 (8.31%) Security Operations Centre
4 25 (6.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 16 (4.03%) CESG
5 16 (4.03%) Cyberattack
6 15 (3.78%) Security Posture
7 12 (3.02%) PKI
8 10 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.02%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.76%) IoT
12 6 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.51%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.01%) SCADA
14 2 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
15 1 (0.25%) Insider Threat
15 1 (0.25%) Smart Energy
15 1 (0.25%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.01%) Android
1 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.76%) Kali Linux
2 3 (0.76%) Linux
2 3 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (73.05%) Cybersecurity
2 135 (34.01%) Risk Management
3 127 (31.99%) Information Security
4 90 (22.67%) Information Assurance
5 70 (17.63%) Security Architecture
5 70 (17.63%) Security Operations
6 60 (15.11%) SIEM
7 59 (14.86%) Mentoring
8 53 (13.35%) Incident Management
9 52 (13.10%) Agile
10 44 (11.08%) Incident Response
11 42 (10.58%) Vulnerability Management
12 33 (8.31%) Security Testing
13 30 (7.56%) Penetration Testing
13 30 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (6.80%) Coaching
15 26 (6.55%) Analytics
16 25 (6.30%) Data Analytics
17 24 (6.05%) Roadmaps
18 23 (5.79%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.76%) JavaScript
1 3 (0.76%) Python
1 3 (0.76%) SQL
2 2 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.25%) Bash
3 1 (0.25%) C#
3 1 (0.25%) Dart
3 1 (0.25%) Go
3 1 (0.25%) Java
3 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.25%) Lua
3 1 (0.25%) Objective-C
3 1 (0.25%) PHP
3 1 (0.25%) Ruby
3 1 (0.25%) Rust
3 1 (0.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 188 (47.36%) Security Cleared
2 110 (27.71%) CISSP
3 108 (27.20%) SC Cleared
4 88 (22.17%) CISM
5 68 (17.13%) CRISC
6 59 (14.86%) DV Cleared
7 57 (14.36%) CESG Certified Professional
8 25 (6.30%) CISMP
9 23 (5.79%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (5.79%) Degree
10 21 (5.29%) CREST Certified
11 19 (4.79%) CEH
12 16 (4.03%) CCNP
13 14 (3.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 13 (3.27%) CASP
15 12 (3.02%) CCSP
15 12 (3.02%) IISP
15 12 (3.02%) OSCP
16 10 (2.52%) PCI QSA
17 9 (2.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (36.02%) NIST
2 87 (21.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (11.34%) JSP 440
4 41 (10.33%) NCSC
5 38 (9.57%) NIST 800
6 33 (8.31%) RMADS
7 32 (8.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 31 (7.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 30 (7.56%) GRC
10 28 (7.05%) GDPR
11 15 (3.78%) PCI DSS
12 12 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 10 (2.52%) COBIT
14 7 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (1.01%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 3 (0.76%) SOC 2
17 2 (0.50%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.50%) ITGC
18 1 (0.25%) Def Stans
System Software
1 24 (6.05%) vSphere
2 1 (0.25%) Firmware
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.76%) Nessus
1 3 (0.76%) Nmap
2 2 (0.50%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (6.30%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.05%) SolarWinds
2 24 (6.05%) Tanium
2 24 (6.05%) Tripwire
3 20 (5.04%) Fortinet
4 19 (4.79%) Cisco
5 11 (2.77%) Palo Alto
6 10 (2.52%) SAP
7 8 (2.02%) CheckPoint
7 8 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (2.02%) Netskope
7 8 (2.02%) Zscaler
8 7 (1.76%) Blue Coat
8 7 (1.76%) Symantec
9 4 (1.01%) Aruba
10 3 (0.76%) Ariba
10 3 (0.76%) Google
10 3 (0.76%) Meraki
10 3 (0.76%) Qualys
11 2 (0.50%) Concur