Security Consultant Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Consultant salary in Work from Home is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 292 562
Rank change year-on-year -163 +270 -178
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 130 466 289
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 1.09% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 1.14% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 71 395 208
10th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £59,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +7.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,470 40,891 66,041
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.04% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 24,943 29,047 41,977
10th Percentile £33,003 £36,690 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024, 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 remote work options featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 90 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (45.38%) Risk Management
3 48 (36.92%) Security Cleared
4 37 (28.46%) CISSP
5 35 (26.92%) JSP 440
5 35 (26.92%) Information Security
5 35 (26.92%) Mentoring
6 33 (25.38%) NIST
7 28 (21.54%) Operational Technology
7 28 (21.54%) Finance
8 27 (20.77%) Management Information System
8 27 (20.77%) Social Skills
8 27 (20.77%) Incident Response
9 26 (20.00%) Security Operations
9 26 (20.00%) SC Cleared
10 25 (19.23%) CISM
11 24 (18.46%) Incident Management
12 20 (15.38%) Network Security
12 20 (15.38%) Business Development
12 20 (15.38%) Protective Monitoring
13 19 (14.62%) CRISC
13 19 (14.62%) Security Architecture
13 19 (14.62%) Information Assurance
14 18 (13.85%) Innovative Thinking
15 17 (13.08%) NCSC
16 16 (12.31%) Matrix Organization
16 16 (12.31%) Fortinet
16 16 (12.31%) CEH
16 16 (12.31%) Cisco
17 15 (11.54%) Problem-Solving

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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (8.46%) IIS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.31%) SAP GRC
1 3 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.38%) Azure
2 5 (3.85%) Entra ID
2 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.31%) AWS
4 3 (2.31%) IaaS
5 2 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.54%) PaaS
5 2 (1.54%) SaaS
6 1 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.77%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.38%) Network Security
2 12 (9.23%) TCP/IP
3 8 (6.15%) Firewall
4 7 (5.38%) VPN
5 6 (4.62%) Cisco Firepower
5 6 (4.62%) Internet
6 5 (3.85%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (3.85%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (3.08%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.08%) WAN
8 3 (2.31%) LAN
8 3 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.77%) NGFW
9 1 (0.77%) SAN
9 1 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
General
1 28 (21.54%) Finance
2 27 (20.77%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.23%) Aerospace
3 12 (9.23%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.46%) Military
5 10 (7.69%) Aviation
6 7 (5.38%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.31%) Retail
9 2 (1.54%) Advertising
9 2 (1.54%) Law
9 2 (1.54%) Marketing
9 2 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.77%) Banking
10 1 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.77%) Legal
10 1 (0.77%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.54%) Middleware
2 1 (0.77%) JWT
2 1 (0.77%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.77%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 28 (21.54%) Operational Technology
2 27 (20.77%) Management Information System
3 14 (10.77%) CESG
4 8 (6.15%) Cyberattack
5 5 (3.85%) Security Posture
6 4 (3.08%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.54%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.54%) PKI
8 1 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.77%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.77%) IoT
8 1 (0.77%) Robotics
8 1 (0.77%) SCADA
8 1 (0.77%) Social Media
8 1 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.31%) Android
1 3 (2.31%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.77%) Linux
2 1 (0.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (45.38%) Risk Management
3 35 (26.92%) Information Security
3 35 (26.92%) Mentoring
4 27 (20.77%) Incident Response
5 26 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 24 (18.46%) Incident Management
7 20 (15.38%) Business Development
7 20 (15.38%) Protective Monitoring
8 19 (14.62%) Information Assurance
8 19 (14.62%) Security Architecture
9 18 (13.85%) Innovative Thinking
10 16 (12.31%) Matrix Organization
11 15 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (10.77%) Cloud Security
12 14 (10.77%) Creative Thinking
12 14 (10.77%) Project Management
13 13 (10.00%) Line Management
13 13 (10.00%) Project Delivery
14 12 (9.23%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.54%) Python
2 1 (0.77%) C#
2 1 (0.77%) Dart
2 1 (0.77%) Go
2 1 (0.77%) Java
2 1 (0.77%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.77%) Kotlin
2 1 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.77%) Lua
2 1 (0.77%) Objective-C
2 1 (0.77%) PHP
2 1 (0.77%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.77%) Ruby
2 1 (0.77%) Rust
2 1 (0.77%) SQL
2 1 (0.77%) Swift
Qualifications
1 48 (36.92%) Security Cleared
2 37 (28.46%) CISSP
3 26 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 25 (19.23%) CISM
5 19 (14.62%) CRISC
6 16 (12.31%) CEH
7 13 (10.00%) CCNP
7 13 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (10.00%) CISMP
8 12 (9.23%) CASP
9 11 (8.46%) IISP
10 9 (6.92%) DV Cleared
11 7 (5.38%) CCIE
11 7 (5.38%) CREST Certified
12 6 (4.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (4.62%) CCIE Security
12 6 (4.62%) CCSP
13 4 (3.08%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (3.08%) Cyber Scheme
13 4 (3.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (26.92%) JSP 440
2 33 (25.38%) NIST
3 17 (13.08%) NCSC
4 14 (10.77%) RMADS
5 13 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (9.23%) NIST 800
7 11 (8.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (5.38%) GRC
10 4 (3.08%) GDPR
11 3 (2.31%) COBIT
12 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (1.54%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.77%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.77%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.77%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (0.77%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.77%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (12.31%) Cisco
1 16 (12.31%) Fortinet
2 8 (6.15%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.15%) Palo Alto
3 6 (4.62%) Blue Coat
3 6 (4.62%) CheckPoint
3 6 (4.62%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (4.62%) Netskope
3 6 (4.62%) Symantec
3 6 (4.62%) Zscaler
4 3 (2.31%) Aruba
4 3 (2.31%) Meraki
4 3 (2.31%) SAP
5 1 (0.77%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.77%) Juniper
5 1 (0.77%) Thales
5 1 (0.77%) VMware