Security Consultant Jobs in Yorkshire

Security Consultant
England > Yorkshire

The median Security Consultant salary in Yorkshire is £71,991 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 196 239
Rank change year-on-year +58 +43 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 9 27 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.34% 0.47% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.49% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9 26 55
10th Percentile £52,500 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.89% -21.43% +27.27%
75th Percentile £82,500 £60,000 -
90th Percentile £90,250 £64,375 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £68,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.79% -2.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,516 5,488 7,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 95.28% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,354 4,235 3,548
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £49,136 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% -10.47% +9.76%
75th Percentile £69,938 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,125 £80,000 £83,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Yorkshire

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in Yorkshire

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in Yorkshire

Security Consultant
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West Yorkshire +40 6 £75,996 +38.17% 8
South Yorkshire - 1 £80,000 - 1
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 6 (66.67%) Information Security
1 6 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 6 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) GDPR
1 6 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Risk Register
1 6 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
2 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 4 (44.44%) Security Auditing
2 4 (44.44%) Cyberattack
2 4 (44.44%) Business Continuity
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (44.44%) Security Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Law
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
4 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
4 2 (22.22%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Firepower

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
1 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
1 2 (22.22%) WAN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (44.44%) Cyberattack
2 4 (44.44%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 6 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 6 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 6 (66.67%) Information Security
1 6 (66.67%) Risk Register
1 6 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 4 (44.44%) Business Continuity
2 4 (44.44%) Security Auditing
2 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
2 4 (44.44%) Security Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CCNP
2 2 (22.22%) CCSA
3 1 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (11.11%) CCSP
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (66.67%) GDPR
1 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (11.11%) COBIT
3 1 (11.11%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
2 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto