Technical Security Consultant Jobs

Technical Security Consultant
UK

The median Technical Security Consultant salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 890 971 1197
Rank change year-on-year +81 +226 -333
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Security Consultant 7 30 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.028% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.031% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 6 29 10
10th Percentile £54,375 £43,750 £41,125
25th Percentile £60,313 £52,500 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +16.82%
75th Percentile £72,188 £75,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% +22.22% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Technical Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Technical Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Security Consultant in the UK

Technical Security Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Security Consultant.

Salary trend for Technical Security Consultant in the UK

Technical Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Security Consultant over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Security Consultant in the UK

Technical Security Consultant
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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 +108 5 £66,250 +1.92% 2
London +130 3 £70,000 +7.69%
Work from Home +91 2 £62,500 -3.85%
UK excluding London +17 2 £62,500 +13.64% 2
North of England - 1 £62,500 -
Yorkshire - 1 £62,500 -
South West - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Technical 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 Technical Security Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (28.57%) Software Licensing
2 2 (28.57%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (14.29%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) CCSA
3 1 (14.29%) Check Point Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) CCSP
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) F5
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA

Technical 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
General
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) CCSA
3 1 (14.29%) CCSP
3 1 (14.29%) Check Point Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) F5
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto