Senior Security Consultant Job Trends

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK is £79,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 691 653 824
Rank change year-on-year -38 +171 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 41 9 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.020% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.023% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 23 9 48
10th Percentile £48,065 £56,191 £53,750
25th Percentile £56,875 £72,500 £58,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,500 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +17.86% -
75th Percentile £81,750 £112,500 £78,063
90th Percentile £84,500 £118,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +25.98% -9.29%

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 86,124 39,293 92,007
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.47% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 56,991 22,669 67,426
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
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 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,729 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.34% +3.46% -5.66%

Senior Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Security Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Security Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Security Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Consultant over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 21 May 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 -32 34 £80,000 -4.48% 21
UK excluding London -29 30 £75,000 -6.25% 13
South West - 23 £80,000 - 5
Work from Home +35 9 £58,750 -21.67% 13
London -24 8 £79,500 -24.29% 9
Wales -28 4 £53,355 +8.66%
South East -20 2 £86,250 +4.55% 5
East of England - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 26 (63.41%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (60.98%) Security Cleared
3 23 (56.10%) Risk Management
4 22 (53.66%) SC Cleared
5 18 (43.90%) DV Cleared
6 13 (31.71%) Information Assurance
7 10 (24.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (24.39%) NIST
8 7 (17.07%) AWS
8 7 (17.07%) Azure
9 5 (12.20%) CISM
9 5 (12.20%) CISSP
9 5 (12.20%) Cloud Security
9 5 (12.20%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (12.20%) NCSC
10 4 (9.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 4 (9.76%) Architectural Design
10 4 (9.76%) Degree
10 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
10 4 (9.76%) Incident Response
10 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (9.76%) Zero Trust
11 3 (7.32%) GRC
11 3 (7.32%) Information Security
11 3 (7.32%) PCI DSS
11 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (7.32%) Risk Assessment
11 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery
12 2 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP

Senior 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) AWS
1 7 (17.07%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (4.88%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) SAP BW
1 1 (2.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Yeoman
General
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.88%) Legal
5 1 (2.44%) Finance
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Security Posture
2 4 (9.76%) Cloud Native
2 4 (9.76%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.88%) Social Media
4 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (63.41%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (56.10%) Risk Management
3 13 (31.71%) Information Assurance
4 5 (12.20%) Cloud Security
5 4 (9.76%) Architectural Design
5 4 (9.76%) Incident Response
5 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (9.76%) Zero Trust
6 3 (7.32%) Information Security
6 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.32%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.88%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (4.88%) Offensive Security
7 2 (4.88%) Project Delivery
7 2 (4.88%) Red Team
7 2 (4.88%) SEO
7 2 (4.88%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (4.88%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) C
1 1 (2.44%) C#
1 1 (2.44%) C++
1 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (60.98%) Security Cleared
2 22 (53.66%) SC Cleared
3 18 (43.90%) DV Cleared
4 5 (12.20%) CISM
4 5 (12.20%) CISSP
5 4 (9.76%) Degree
6 2 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.88%) CREST Certified
6 2 (4.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (4.88%) OSCP
7 1 (2.44%) CCSAS
7 1 (2.44%) CEH
7 1 (2.44%) GIAC
7 1 (2.44%) GPEN
7 1 (2.44%) GXPN
7 1 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (2.44%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (24.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (24.39%) NIST
2 5 (12.20%) NCSC
3 3 (7.32%) GRC
3 3 (7.32%) PCI DSS
4 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (4.88%) GDPR
5 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.44%) JSP 440
5 1 (2.44%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.44%) Google
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) SAP