Senior Security Consultant Job Trends

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 653 747 728
Rank change year-on-year +94 -19 +312
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 21 44 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.056% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.059% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 21 34 40
10th Percentile - £66,125 £58,700
25th Percentile £63,750 £70,625 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +12.28% -8.06%
75th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £85,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -

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 44,309 74,419 56,988
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.24% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26,050 44,613 44,179
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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

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 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Top 8 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 19 September 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 +93 21 £67,500 -15.63% 12
UK excluding London +114 20 £67,500 -10.00% 4
Work from Home +80 17 £67,500 -19.40% 6
South West - 16 £67,500 - 1
South East +44 3 £80,000 -11.11% 2
London +50 1 £60,000 -25.00% 8
Yorkshire - 1 £77,500 -
North of England - 1 £77,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 19 (90.48%) Risk Management
2 18 (85.71%) Information Security
2 18 (85.71%) CISM
2 18 (85.71%) CISSP
2 18 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (80.95%) Information Security Management
3 17 (80.95%) Security Management
3 17 (80.95%) Management Information System
3 17 (80.95%) NIST
4 16 (76.19%) CESG
4 16 (76.19%) IIS
4 16 (76.19%) CISMP
4 16 (76.19%) JSP 440
4 16 (76.19%) ISMS
4 16 (76.19%) RMADS
4 16 (76.19%) Information Assurance
4 16 (76.19%) NIST 800
4 16 (76.19%) Creative Thinking
4 16 (76.19%) Innovative Thinking
4 16 (76.19%) Active Listening
4 16 (76.19%) Matrix Organization
4 16 (76.19%) NCSC
4 16 (76.19%) CESG Certified Professional
4 16 (76.19%) IISP
4 16 (76.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (14.29%) GDPR
5 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 2 (9.52%) GRC
6 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
6 2 (9.52%) Nutanix

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 16 (76.19%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) SAP GRC
1 2 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.76%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) AWS
1 2 (9.52%) Nutanix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 17 (80.95%) Management Information System
2 16 (76.19%) CESG
3 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (90.48%) Risk Management
2 18 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (85.71%) Information Security
3 17 (80.95%) Information Security Management
3 17 (80.95%) Security Management
4 16 (76.19%) Active Listening
4 16 (76.19%) Creative Thinking
4 16 (76.19%) Information Assurance
4 16 (76.19%) Innovative Thinking
4 16 (76.19%) ISMS
4 16 (76.19%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 2 (9.52%) Agile
6 2 (9.52%) Business Development
6 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
6 2 (9.52%) SAP Security
6 2 (9.52%) Security Architecture
6 2 (9.52%) SOAR
Qualifications
1 18 (85.71%) CISM
1 18 (85.71%) CISSP
2 16 (76.19%) CESG Certified Professional
2 16 (76.19%) CISMP
2 16 (76.19%) IISP
3 2 (9.52%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (80.95%) NIST
2 16 (76.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 16 (76.19%) JSP 440
2 16 (76.19%) NCSC
2 16 (76.19%) NIST 800
2 16 (76.19%) RMADS
3 3 (14.29%) GDPR
4 2 (9.52%) GRC
4 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.76%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Extreme Networks
1 2 (9.52%) Fortinet
1 2 (9.52%) Netskope
1 2 (9.52%) Rapid7
1 2 (9.52%) SAP
1 2 (9.52%) VMware