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 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 700 649 711
Rank change year-on-year -51 +62 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 114 20 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.041% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.045% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 68 20 34
10th Percentile £57,500 - £66,125
25th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £75,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -15.63% +6.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £71,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £80,125 £89,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 110,105 43,964 67,208
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 89.90% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 74,779 25,831 38,509
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,396 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.15% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £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 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 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant Top 13 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 16 October 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 -47 107 £80,000 +18.52% 57
London - 60 £80,000 - 18
UK excluding London -99 52 £82,500 +22.22% 29
Work from Home -31 29 £70,000 +3.70% 44
South West -70 14 £82,500 +22.22% 10
South East -44 13 £70,000 -6.67% 3
North of England -54 13 £90,000 +16.13% 8
North West - 9 £90,000 - 1
East of England - 7 - - 4
Scotland - 4 - - 2
Yorkshire -34 2 £60,433 -22.02% 3
North East - 2 £85,000 - 4
Wales - 1 £55,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cybersecurity64.9%74
2Security Cleared50.0%57
3Threat Modelling28.1%32
4SC Cleared26.3%30
5AWS25.4%29
6Security Architecture23.7%27
7CISSP21.9%25
7NIST21.9%25
9Cloud Security21.1%24
10CISM20.2%23
10Cloud Computing20.2%23
12Risk Management17.5%20
13Agile16.7%19
13AI16.7%19
13Customer Engagement16.7%19
13Information Security16.7%19
13Mentoring16.7%19
18Degree15.8%18
18NCSC15.8%18
20AWS Certification14.9%17
20Cryptography14.9%17
20Generative AI14.9%17
20Network Security14.9%17
24ISO/IEC 2700114.0%16
25Amazon ECS12.3%14
25Amazon EKS12.3%14
25Amazon EventBridge12.3%14
25Architectural Patterns12.3%14
25AWS CDK12.3%14
25AWS Certified Solutions Architect12.3%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 Consultant19.3%22
2Risk Consultant17.5%20
3Security Technical Consultant16.7%19
3Senior Technical Consultant16.7%19
5AWS Consultant7.9%9
6Cyber Defence Consultant2.6%3
6Gen AI Consultant2.6%3
6Lead Security Consultant2.6%3
9SAP Security Consultant1.8%2
9Security Penetration Tester1.8%2
9Senior Information Security Consultant1.8%2
9Senior Penetration Tester1.8%2
9Senior SAP Consultant1.8%2
9Senior Security Architect1.8%2
67 Senior Security Consultant jobs Nationwide