Lead Security Consultant Jobs in England

Lead Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Lead Security Consultant salary in England is £91,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 841 739 1184
Rank change year-on-year -102 +445 -288
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Consultant 24 162 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.026% 0.19% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.21% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 24 160 5
10th Percentile £71,625 - £70,500
25th Percentile £80,500 - £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,500 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.71% -17.65% +17.24%
75th Percentile £97,250 - £92,500
90th Percentile - - £98,500
UK median annual salary £91,500 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +30.71% -17.65% +17.24%

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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £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%

Lead Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Security Consultant in England

Lead Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Security Consultant in England

Lead Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Security Consultant in England

Lead 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 Lead Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
South West -29 13 £91,500 +30.71% 2
London +88 5 £85,000 +21.43% 2
South East -42 5 £72,500 +3.57%
North West -36 1 £79,000 +12.86%
North of England -39 1 £79,000 +12.86%
Lead Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Lead 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 Lead Security Consultant in the job title.

1 18 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (70.83%) Security Cleared
3 15 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 15 (62.50%) SIEM
3 15 (62.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 14 (58.33%) NIST
5 13 (54.17%) Tanium
5 13 (54.17%) Data Analytics
5 13 (54.17%) Analytics
5 13 (54.17%) Elastic Stack
5 13 (54.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 13 (54.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 13 (54.17%) SolarWinds
5 13 (54.17%) vSphere
5 13 (54.17%) Tripwire
5 13 (54.17%) Incident Management
5 13 (54.17%) Network Security
6 5 (20.83%) Degree
7 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (12.50%) SAP
8 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 3 (12.50%) SAP GRC
9 2 (8.33%) Business Forecasting
9 2 (8.33%) Business Case
9 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
9 2 (8.33%) Police
9 2 (8.33%) ITGC
9 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
9 2 (8.33%) CESG Certified Professional

Lead 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) SAP GRC
2 2 (8.33%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (54.17%) Network Security
2 2 (8.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (8.33%) Automotive
1 2 (8.33%) Law
1 2 (8.33%) Police
1 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (54.17%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (8.33%) PKI
3 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (62.50%) SIEM
2 15 (62.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 13 (54.17%) Analytics
3 13 (54.17%) Data Analytics
3 13 (54.17%) Incident Management
3 13 (54.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.33%) Business Case
5 2 (8.33%) Business Forecasting
5 2 (8.33%) Cryptography
5 2 (8.33%) Identity Management
5 2 (8.33%) Information Security
5 2 (8.33%) SABSA
5 2 (8.33%) Security Architecture
5 2 (8.33%) TOGAF
5 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 1 (4.17%) Creative Thinking
6 1 (4.17%) Innovative Thinking
6 1 (4.17%) Matrix Organization
Qualifications
1 17 (70.83%) Security Cleared
2 15 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) Degree
4 2 (8.33%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (8.33%) CISMP
4 2 (8.33%) CISSP
4 2 (8.33%) CREST Certified
4 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (58.33%) NIST
2 2 (8.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.33%) ITGC
3 1 (4.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (54.17%) vSphere
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) SolarWinds
1 13 (54.17%) Tanium
1 13 (54.17%) Tripwire
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) SAP
3 2 (8.33%) Ariba
3 2 (8.33%) Concur