Senior Security Consultant Job Trends

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 692 663 769
Rank change year-on-year -29 +106 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 76 15 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.030% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.034% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 26 15 46
10th Percentile £48,065 - £57,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £65,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,375 £82,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -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 97,263 44,589 81,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 90.05% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 66,554 26,541 55,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Top 9 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 August 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 -21 67 £77,500 +14.81% 25
UK excluding London -54 38 £65,000 -3.70% 17
London 0 36 £80,000 -3.03% 12
Work from Home -4 25 £65,000 -3.70% 24
South West -65 15 £35,000 -48.15% 9
South East -27 10 £70,000 -13.85% 3
East of England - 6 - -
Wales - 4 £53,355 - 1
Scotland - 3 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 August 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 49 (64.47%) Security Cleared
2 43 (56.58%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (43.42%) Risk Management
4 27 (35.53%) Threat Modelling
5 26 (34.21%) AWS
5 26 (34.21%) SC Cleared
6 23 (30.26%) Cloud Computing
7 21 (27.63%) Security Architecture
8 20 (26.32%) Cloud Security
9 19 (25.00%) DV Cleared
9 19 (25.00%) NIST
10 18 (23.68%) AI
10 18 (23.68%) CISSP
11 17 (22.37%) AWS Certification
11 17 (22.37%) Cryptography
11 17 (22.37%) Customer Engagement
11 17 (22.37%) Generative AI
12 16 (21.05%) Agile
12 16 (21.05%) CISM
12 16 (21.05%) Information Security
12 16 (21.05%) Mentoring
12 16 (21.05%) Network Security
13 15 (19.74%) Degree
14 14 (18.42%) Amazon ECS
14 14 (18.42%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (18.42%) Amazon EventBridge
14 14 (18.42%) Architectural Patterns
14 14 (18.42%) AWS CDK
14 14 (18.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 14 (18.42%) AWS CloudFormation

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 6 (7.89%) SAS
2 3 (3.95%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 26 (34.21%) AWS
2 23 (30.26%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (18.42%) Amazon ECS
3 14 (18.42%) Amazon EKS
3 14 (18.42%) Amazon EventBridge
3 14 (18.42%) AWS CloudFormation
3 14 (18.42%) AWS Control Tower
3 14 (18.42%) AWS Lambda
3 14 (18.42%) Serverless
4 3 (3.95%) Amazon Bedrock
4 3 (3.95%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (3.95%) Amazon Kinesis
4 3 (3.95%) Azure
4 3 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.63%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (21.05%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Hadoop
1 3 (3.95%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.32%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Yeoman
General
1 26 (34.21%) Finance
2 22 (28.95%) Public Sector
3 10 (13.16%) Social Skills
4 8 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (9.21%) Telecoms
6 6 (7.89%) Aerospace
6 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.95%) Military
8 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.63%) Legal
9 1 (1.32%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (18.42%) AWS CDK
2 3 (3.95%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 25 (32.89%) Onboarding
2 14 (18.42%) Enterprise Cloud
3 11 (14.47%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.95%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.63%) Social Media
6 1 (1.32%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (56.58%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (43.42%) Risk Management
3 27 (35.53%) Threat Modelling
4 21 (27.63%) Security Architecture
5 20 (26.32%) Cloud Security
6 18 (23.68%) AI
7 17 (22.37%) Cryptography
7 17 (22.37%) Customer Engagement
7 17 (22.37%) Generative AI
8 16 (21.05%) Agile
8 16 (21.05%) Information Security
8 16 (21.05%) Mentoring
9 14 (18.42%) Architectural Patterns
9 14 (18.42%) Data Protection
9 14 (18.42%) Identity Access Management
9 14 (18.42%) Infrastructure as Code
9 14 (18.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (17.11%) Information Assurance
11 12 (15.79%) Application Security
12 11 (14.47%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.42%) Bash
1 14 (18.42%) Java
1 14 (18.42%) Perl
1 14 (18.42%) PHP
1 14 (18.42%) Python
1 14 (18.42%) Ruby
2 3 (3.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (64.47%) Security Cleared
2 26 (34.21%) SC Cleared
3 19 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 18 (23.68%) CISSP
5 17 (22.37%) AWS Certification
6 16 (21.05%) CISM
7 15 (19.74%) Degree
8 14 (18.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (7.89%) CISA
9 6 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (7.89%) CRISC
9 6 (7.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 6 (7.89%) Master's Degree
10 5 (6.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (6.58%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 3 (3.95%) CCSP
12 3 (3.95%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (3.95%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (3.95%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (25.00%) NIST
2 13 (17.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (14.47%) GDPR
3 11 (14.47%) NCSC
4 10 (13.16%) GRC
5 9 (11.84%) NIST 800
6 5 (6.58%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.95%) Accessibility
7 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (2.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.32%) JSP 440
9 1 (1.32%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (7.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (18.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (3.95%) Google
1 3 (3.95%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.32%) OneTrust
2 1 (1.32%) SAP