IT Security Consultant Jobs in England

IT Security Consultant
UK > England

The median IT Security Consultant salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 840 882 1153
Rank change year-on-year +42 +271 -261
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Consultant 6 13 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.007% 0.015% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.017% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 21
10th Percentile £49,000 £52,700 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £54,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -10.77% +15.56%
75th Percentile £60,625 £62,875 -
90th Percentile £61,750 £64,900 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% -10.77% +23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 85,614 77,363 135,380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 91.32% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,242 50,157 75,088
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
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 May 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
Yorkshire - 5 £55,000 - 1
North of England - 5 £55,000 - 1
South East - 1 £60,000 -
IT Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
1 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (33.33%) IT Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
5 1 (16.67%) Security Auditing
5 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery

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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
1 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 3 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (33.33%) IT Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Security Auditing
5 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft