Hybrid/Remote Lead Security Consultant Job Trends

Lead Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Security Consultant salary for remote/hybrid work is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 - 503
Rank change year-on-year - - -182
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Consultant 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.017% - 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £95,000 - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.43%
75th Percentile £105,000 - £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 - £91,500
% change year-on-year - - +30.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 22,608 15,056 22,468
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 92.68% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 15,918 8,997 14,462
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

Lead Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Security Consultant' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Lead Security Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Lead Security Consultant
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Lead Security Consultant job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Lead Security Consultant job vacancies

Lead Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, Lead 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Lead Security Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) GRC
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) CISMP
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) SABSA
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

Lead Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (25.00%) SAP GRC
1 1 (25.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Police
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) SABSA
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Security
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CISMP
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GRC
2 2 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP