Security Consultant Jobs in Birmingham

Security Consultant
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Consultant salary in Birmingham is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 124 189
Rank change year-on-year -19 +65 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 7 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.22% 0.33% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.36% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - £66,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +40.00% -29.82%
75th Percentile £65,625 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £90,500 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +33.33% -27.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,969 1,669 3,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 92.88% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,354 1,299 2,256
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in Birmingham

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in Birmingham

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) NIST
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
4 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) CCIE
4 2 (28.57%) CCNP
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
4 2 (28.57%) Google
4 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (28.57%) Fortinet
4 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (28.57%) Azure
4 2 (28.57%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) Aruba
4 2 (28.57%) F5
4 2 (28.57%) FortiGate
4 2 (28.57%) Meraki
4 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
4 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (28.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
1 2 (28.57%) NGFW
1 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Due Diligence
2 2 (28.57%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CCIE
1 2 (28.57%) CCNP
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) GRC
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Aruba
1 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) F5
1 2 (28.57%) Fortinet
1 2 (28.57%) Google
1 2 (28.57%) Meraki
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto