Senior Security Consultant Job Trends

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 November 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 686 651 696
Rank change year-on-year -35 +45 -8
Permanent Senior Security Consultant jobs 129 25 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.050% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.055% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 76 25 37
10th Percentile £57,500 - £67,250
25th Percentile £70,750 £63,750 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -15.63% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £80,750 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +25.93% -10.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,557 45,468 64,622
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.92% 90.21% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 75,153 27,366 36,680
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

Senior Security Consultant Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Security Consultant job postings 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 Senior Security Consultant jobs over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Security Consultant jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 1 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -45 120 £80,000 +18.52% 26
UK excluding London -117 62 £85,000 +25.93% 25
London - 61 £80,000 - 7
Work from Home -29 36 £75,000 +11.11% 16
South East -57 22 £70,000 -6.67% 11
North of England -56 15 £90,000 +16.13% 3
South West -80 14 £82,500 +22.22% 5
North West - 9 £90,000 - 2
East of England - 7 - -
Scotland - 4 - - 3
North East - 4 £85,000 -
Yorkshire -42 2 £60,433 -22.02% 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, Senior Security Consultant job ads cited 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 Senior Security Consultant job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cybersecurity64.3%83
2Security Cleared48.1%62
3Threat Modelling26.4%34
4SC Cleared25.6%33
5CISSP24.8%32
5NIST24.8%32
7AWS24.0%31
7Security Architecture24.0%31
9CISM22.5%29
10Cloud Security21.7%28
11Risk Management20.2%26
12Cloud Computing17.8%23
12Customer Engagement17.8%23
12Mentoring17.8%23
12NCSC17.8%23
16Information Security17.1%22
17Agile15.5%20
17AI15.5%20
19ISO/IEC 2700114.7%19
20Degree14.0%18
20Network Security14.0%18
22AWS Certification13.2%17
22Cryptography13.2%17
22Generative AI13.2%17
25Identity Access Management11.6%15
25NIST 80011.6%15
27Amazon ECS10.9%14
27Amazon EKS10.9%14
27Amazon EventBridge10.9%14
27Architectural Patterns10.9%14

Senior Security Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Cybersecurity Consultant20.9%27
2Risk Consultant15.5%20
3Security Technical Consultant14.7%19
3Senior Technical Consultant14.7%19
5AWS Consultant7.0%9
6Senior Security Architect3.1%4
7Cyber Defence Consultant2.3%3
7Gen AI Consultant2.3%3
7Lead Security Consultant2.3%3
10Cloud Security Consultant1.6%2
10SAP Security Consultant1.6%2
10Security Penetration Tester1.6%2
10Senior Information Security Consultant1.6%2
10Senior IT Security Consultant1.6%2
10Senior Penetration Tester1.6%2
10Senior SAP Consultant1.6%2
17Senior Microsoft Consultant0.8%1
32 Senior Security Consultant jobs Nationwide