Senior Security Consultant Jobs

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 784 802 1155
Rank change year-on-year +18 +353 -224
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 58 85 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.11% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.11% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 47 42 82
10th Percentile £57,500 £59,125 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,813 £90,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,125 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -17.65% -

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Senior Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Consultant over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +38 48 £71,250 -16.18% 3
London +91 30 £80,000 -8.57% 3
UK excluding London -69 20 £65,000 -7.14% 1
Work from Home +43 16 £80,000 +14.29% 1
North of England 0 6 £61,250 -12.50%
Yorkshire +53 5 £65,000 -
Scotland -70 5 £70,000 -
South East +10 4 £65,000 -3.70%
Midlands -20 3 £76,250 +8.93%
West Midlands -3 2 £80,000 +17.22%
East of England -5 1 - -
South West -9 1 £63,500 -9.29% 1
North West -12 1 £57,500 -17.86%
East Midlands -27 1 £72,500 +3.57%

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 20 (34.48%) Network Security
1 20 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 19 (32.76%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (31.03%) Firewall
3 18 (31.03%) Fortinet
3 18 (31.03%) Palo Alto
4 17 (29.31%) Cisco Firepower
4 17 (29.31%) CCNP
4 17 (29.31%) Cisco
5 16 (27.59%) SD-WAN
6 15 (25.86%) Information Security
7 13 (22.41%) CheckPoint
7 13 (22.41%) F5
7 13 (22.41%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (20.69%) Aruba
8 12 (20.69%) CCIE
8 12 (20.69%) Migration
9 11 (18.97%) Penetration Testing
9 11 (18.97%) CISM
9 11 (18.97%) SC Cleared
10 10 (17.24%) Security Testing
10 10 (17.24%) CISSP
10 10 (17.24%) Wireless
10 10 (17.24%) GDPR
11 9 (15.52%) NIST
11 9 (15.52%) Risk Management
11 9 (15.52%) WAN
11 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
12 8 (13.79%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (13.79%) FortiGate

Senior 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 1 (1.72%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.45%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) AWS
2 3 (5.17%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) GCP
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 20 (34.48%) Network Security
2 18 (31.03%) Firewall
3 17 (29.31%) Cisco Firepower
4 16 (27.59%) SD-WAN
5 10 (17.24%) Wireless
6 9 (15.52%) WAN
7 8 (13.79%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (13.79%) NGFW
8 7 (12.07%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (1.72%) LAN
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Burp Suite
2 3 (5.17%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (12.07%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.17%) Marketing
4 2 (3.45%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (1.72%) Automotive
5 1 (1.72%) Aviation
5 1 (1.72%) Finance
5 1 (1.72%) Games
5 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Data Centre
1 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
1 5 (8.62%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.17%) IoT
3 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.72%) CESG
4 1 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) Information Security
2 13 (22.41%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (20.69%) Migration
4 11 (18.97%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (17.24%) Security Testing
6 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
6 9 (15.52%) Risk Management
7 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (13.79%) Time Management
8 7 (12.07%) Application Security
8 7 (12.07%) Commercial Awareness
8 7 (12.07%) Scenario Testing
8 7 (12.07%) Service Delivery
8 7 (12.07%) Threat Modelling
9 6 (10.34%) Project Delivery
9 6 (10.34%) Red Team
10 5 (8.62%) Cloud Security
10 5 (8.62%) Information Security Management
10 5 (8.62%) Security Management
10 5 (8.62%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.72%) Bash
1 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 19 (32.76%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (29.31%) CCNP
4 12 (20.69%) CCIE
5 11 (18.97%) CISM
5 11 (18.97%) SC Cleared
6 10 (17.24%) CISSP
7 7 (12.07%) CCSA
7 7 (12.07%) CCSE
7 7 (12.07%) Degree
8 6 (10.34%) CREST Certified
9 5 (8.62%) CRISC
9 5 (8.62%) OSCP
10 4 (6.90%) CISA
10 4 (6.90%) PCI QSA
11 3 (5.17%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (5.17%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (5.17%) ISACA
11 3 (5.17%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.24%) GDPR
2 9 (15.52%) NIST
3 8 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (8.62%) NCSC
5 4 (6.90%) NIST 800
5 4 (6.90%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.45%) GRC
6 2 (3.45%) ISO 22301
6 2 (3.45%) ISO 9001
6 2 (3.45%) RMADS
7 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.72%) JSP 440
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (12.07%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) FortiGate
2 3 (5.17%) Nessus
2 3 (5.17%) Nmap
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Identity Management
3 1 (1.72%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 18 (31.03%) Fortinet
1 18 (31.03%) Palo Alto
2 17 (29.31%) Cisco
3 13 (22.41%) CheckPoint
3 13 (22.41%) F5
4 12 (20.69%) Aruba
5 7 (12.07%) Juniper
5 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
5 7 (12.07%) VMware
6 5 (8.62%) Meraki
7 4 (6.90%) SAP
8 3 (5.17%) Qualys
9 1 (1.72%) ArcSight
9 1 (1.72%) Aveksa
9 1 (1.72%) Netskope
9 1 (1.72%) Oracle
9 1 (1.72%) Varonis
9 1 (1.72%) Zscaler