IT Security Consultant Jobs in England

IT Security Consultant
UK > England

The median IT Security Consultant salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 735 698 1060
Rank change year-on-year -37 +362 -48
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Consultant 15 17 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.023% 0.034% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.035% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 21
10th Percentile £50,000 - £42,788
25th Percentile £51,875 - £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £100,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +53.85% +85.71%
75th Percentile £80,625 £120,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,250 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £100,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -45.00% +53.85% +73.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 63,226 48,279 113,689
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 95.50% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 33,635 35,793 69,555
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,525 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.79% - +4.35%

IT Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Consultant in England

IT Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Security Consultant in England

IT Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Consultant in England

IT Security Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
North of England - 14 £53,750 - 1
Yorkshire - 14 £53,750 - 1
London +12 1 £100,000 -9.09%
IT Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, IT 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 England region featuring IT Security Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (93.33%) Information Security
2 13 (86.67%) Incident Response
3 9 (60.00%) Risk Register
3 9 (60.00%) Business Continuity
3 9 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 9 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (60.00%) Data Protection
3 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (33.33%) Security Testing
5 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 5 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 5 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (33.33%) GDPR
6 4 (26.67%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (26.67%) GRC
6 4 (26.67%) NCSC
6 4 (26.67%) Security Auditing
6 4 (26.67%) Compliance Audit
6 4 (26.67%) IT Audit
6 4 (26.67%) Security Operations
6 4 (26.67%) ISO 22301
6 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement

IT Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (26.67%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Information Security
2 13 (86.67%) Incident Response
3 9 (60.00%) Business Continuity
3 9 (60.00%) Data Protection
3 9 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 9 (60.00%) Risk Register
3 9 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (33.33%) Security Testing
5 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 4 (26.67%) Business Development
6 4 (26.67%) Compliance Audit
6 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (26.67%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (26.67%) Data Governance
6 4 (26.67%) IT Audit
6 4 (26.67%) Security Auditing
6 4 (26.67%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) CISM
1 4 (26.67%) CISSP
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (33.33%) GDPR
2 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (26.67%) GRC
3 4 (26.67%) ISO 22301
3 4 (26.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft