Security Consultant Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Consultant salary for remote or hybrid work is £73,685 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

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

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 454 298
Rank change year-on-year +59 -156 +271
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 20 130 466
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.38% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.40% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 20 71 394
10th Percentile £46,796 £50,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £64,375 £55,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,685 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £77,813 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.94% -1.43% -3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,910 32,483 40,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,940 24,937 29,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,081 £36,541
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,393
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Consultant trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Consultant
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Consultant.

Security Consultant salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Security Consultant salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 17 (85.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (75.00%) CISSP
3 12 (60.00%) CISM
3 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 10 (50.00%) NIST
5 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (30.00%) Finance
6 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
7 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (20.00%) Presales
8 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
8 3 (15.00%) Information Assurance
8 3 (15.00%) CEH
8 3 (15.00%) Business Development
8 3 (15.00%) OWASP
8 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (15.00%) Banking
8 3 (15.00%) Military
8 3 (15.00%) Information Security
9 2 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
9 2 (10.00%) Retail
9 2 (10.00%) Agile
9 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
9 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (10.00%) Juniper
9 2 (10.00%) SQL

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (5.00%) SAP GRC
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Military
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.00%) ModSecurity
2 1 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (10.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (5.00%) IoT
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (20.00%) Presales
2 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (15.00%) Business Development
3 3 (15.00%) Information Assurance
3 3 (15.00%) Information Security
3 3 (15.00%) OWASP
4 2 (10.00%) Agile
4 2 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (10.00%) DevSecOps
4 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) Statistics
4 2 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Go
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (75.00%) CISSP
2 12 (60.00%) CISM
2 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) CEH
5 2 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (10.00%) Degree
5 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) CCSP
6 1 (5.00%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (5.00%) CISA
6 1 (5.00%) CREST Certified
6 1 (5.00%) CSSLP
6 1 (5.00%) GIAC
6 1 (5.00%) GWAPT
6 1 (5.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) NIST
2 6 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (10.00%) GDPR
3 2 (10.00%) GRC
3 2 (10.00%) NCSC
3 2 (10.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.00%) COBIT
4 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.00%) JSP 440
4 1 (5.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Ansible
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco
2 2 (10.00%) Juniper
2 2 (10.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (10.00%) Qualys
3 1 (5.00%) SAP