Senior Security Consultant Job Trends

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 679 658
Rank change year-on-year +65 -21 +214
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 37 32 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.063% 0.058% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.062% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 36 29 43
10th Percentile - £58,991 £60,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £81,750 £113,750 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +11.54% -7.14%

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 53,514 51,440 48,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.14% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,905 27,168 37,760
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Top 11 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 1 January 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 +87 37 £75,000 -11.76% 9
UK excluding London +89 32 £68,750 -5.17% 4
South West - 27 £67,500 - 3
Work from Home +79 19 £67,500 -18.18% 4
London +16 5 £79,500 -6.47% 5
Midlands +21 2 £82,500 +8.20%
Yorkshire - 2 £77,500 -
North of England - 2 £77,500 -
South East +27 1 £70,000 -22.22% 1
West Midlands +18 1 £85,000 +6.25%
East Midlands -7 1 £80,000 +10.34%

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 34 (91.89%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (56.76%) NCSC
3 20 (54.05%) NIST
4 19 (51.35%) Risk Management
5 18 (48.65%) CISM
5 18 (48.65%) CISSP
5 18 (48.65%) Information Security
5 18 (48.65%) Information Security Management
5 18 (48.65%) Security Management
6 17 (45.95%) CESG Certified Professional
7 16 (43.24%) Active Listening
7 16 (43.24%) CISMP
7 16 (43.24%) Creative Thinking
7 16 (43.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 16 (43.24%) IIS
7 16 (43.24%) IISP
7 16 (43.24%) Information Assurance
7 16 (43.24%) Innovative Thinking
7 16 (43.24%) ISMS
7 16 (43.24%) JSP 440
7 16 (43.24%) Matrix Organization
7 16 (43.24%) NIST 800
7 16 (43.24%) RMADS
8 11 (29.73%) Security Cleared
9 9 (24.32%) DV Cleared
10 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
10 6 (16.22%) Incident Response
10 6 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (13.51%) AWS
11 5 (13.51%) Azure

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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (43.24%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) SAP GRC
1 2 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) AWS
1 5 (13.51%) Azure
1 5 (13.51%) Entra ID
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Purview
2 4 (10.81%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.70%) Nutanix
3 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
General
1 5 (13.51%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Finance
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (48.65%) Management Information System
2 16 (43.24%) CESG
3 5 (13.51%) Security Posture
4 4 (10.81%) Cloud Native
4 4 (10.81%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (5.41%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (91.89%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (51.35%) Risk Management
3 18 (48.65%) Information Security
3 18 (48.65%) Information Security Management
3 18 (48.65%) Security Management
4 16 (43.24%) Active Listening
4 16 (43.24%) Creative Thinking
4 16 (43.24%) Information Assurance
4 16 (43.24%) Innovative Thinking
4 16 (43.24%) ISMS
4 16 (43.24%) Matrix Organization
5 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
5 6 (16.22%) Incident Response
6 4 (10.81%) Architectural Design
6 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (10.81%) Zero Trust
7 2 (5.41%) EAM
7 2 (5.41%) Identity Management
7 2 (5.41%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (5.41%) SAP Security
Qualifications
1 18 (48.65%) CISM
1 18 (48.65%) CISSP
2 17 (45.95%) CESG Certified Professional
3 16 (43.24%) CISMP
3 16 (43.24%) IISP
4 11 (29.73%) Security Cleared
5 9 (24.32%) DV Cleared
6 5 (13.51%) Degree
7 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.70%) CEH
8 1 (2.70%) CREST Certified
8 1 (2.70%) CRISC
8 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (56.76%) NCSC
2 20 (54.05%) NIST
3 16 (43.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 16 (43.24%) JSP 440
3 16 (43.24%) NIST 800
3 16 (43.24%) RMADS
4 6 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (8.11%) GRC
6 1 (2.70%) GDPR
6 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (5.41%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Netskope
3 1 (2.70%) Rapid7
3 1 (2.70%) VMware