Senior Security Consultant Jobs

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK is £93,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 703 844 873
Rank change year-on-year +141 +29 +261
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 6 68 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.066% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.069% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6 50 49
10th Percentile £65,750 £53,750 £61,750
25th Percentile £74,063 £59,438 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £93,750 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £117,188 £79,188 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £85,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £64,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +28.40% -8.21% -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 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Top 5 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 30 May 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 +109 6 £93,750 +33.93% 215
London +99 4 £108,750 +55.36% 9
UK excluding London +159 1 £82,500 +28.40% 227
Work from Home +88 1 £75,000 +15.38% 153
South East +85 1 £82,500 +26.92% 53

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 2 (33.33%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Business Development
1 2 (33.33%) Life Science
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Security
1 2 (33.33%) SAP BPC
1 2 (33.33%) IAG
1 2 (33.33%) SAP GRC
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) SAP HANA
2 1 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) Red Team
2 1 (16.67%) Blue Team
2 1 (16.67%) Purple Team

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP BPC
1 2 (33.33%) SAP GRC
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SAP HANA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Life Science
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Development
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Security
2 1 (16.67%) Blue Team
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Offensive Security
2 1 (16.67%) Presales
2 1 (16.67%) Purple Team
2 1 (16.67%) Red Team
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCSAM
1 1 (16.67%) CCSAS
1 1 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) GRC
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP