Security Consultant Jobs in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant salary in England is £68,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 419 805
Rank change year-on-year -106 +386 -178
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 359 570 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.69% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.75% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 242 443 289
10th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,563 £64,375 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £92,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +3.70%

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 88,935 75,643 138,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.23% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 65,011 49,623 75,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in England

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 Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +43 130 £68,500 -2.14% 15
London -25 105 £77,500 +10.71% 29
South East -31 45 £69,000 -1.43% 9
North of England -97 41 £55,000 -21.43% 15
Yorkshire +26 33 £55,000 -21.43% 8
Midlands -41 15 £60,000 -14.29% 5
West Midlands -8 13 £60,000 -14.29% 5
East of England -12 13 - - 1
North West -81 8 £60,000 -14.29% 7
East Midlands -33 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 270 (75.21%) Cybersecurity
2 176 (49.03%) Security Cleared
3 121 (33.70%) NIST
4 118 (32.87%) Risk Management
5 106 (29.53%) Information Security
6 86 (23.96%) CISSP
6 86 (23.96%) SC Cleared
7 75 (20.89%) Security Operations
8 74 (20.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 73 (20.33%) Network Security
9 73 (20.33%) Information Assurance
10 71 (19.78%) CISM
10 71 (19.78%) Social Skills
11 68 (18.94%) SIEM
12 63 (17.55%) DV Cleared
13 62 (17.27%) Security Architecture
14 61 (16.99%) Incident Management
15 60 (16.71%) Agile
16 54 (15.04%) CRISC
16 54 (15.04%) Mentoring
17 51 (14.21%) Vulnerability Management
18 50 (13.93%) Operational Technology
18 50 (13.93%) CESG Certified Professional
19 47 (13.09%) Incident Response
20 45 (12.53%) Military
21 44 (12.26%) Management Information System
22 41 (11.42%) JSP 440
23 40 (11.14%) NIST 800
24 38 (10.58%) Security Operations Centre
25 37 (10.31%) Public Sector

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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.34%) IIS
2 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) Confluence
3 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) SAP GRC
2 4 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.56%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (5.29%) Azure
3 14 (3.90%) AWS
4 10 (2.79%) GCP
5 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.11%) IaaS
7 3 (0.84%) PaaS
7 3 (0.84%) SaaS
8 2 (0.56%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.28%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 73 (20.33%) Network Security
2 23 (6.41%) Firewall
3 16 (4.46%) Wireless
4 15 (4.18%) SD-WAN
5 14 (3.90%) WAN
6 13 (3.62%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.79%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (2.23%) NGFW
9 6 (1.67%) DNS
10 5 (1.39%) LAN
11 3 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.56%) 5G
12 2 (0.56%) BGP
12 2 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.56%) Internet
12 2 (0.56%) VoIP
12 2 (0.56%) VPN
13 1 (0.28%) EIGRP
13 1 (0.28%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.56%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.28%) Big Data
2 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.28%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.11%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 71 (19.78%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.53%) Military
3 37 (10.31%) Finance
3 37 (10.31%) Public Sector
4 25 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.57%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.06%) Aviation
6 11 (3.06%) Marketing
7 10 (2.79%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.23%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.67%) Law
10 5 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.11%) Legal
11 4 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Electronics
13 2 (0.56%) Automotive
13 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.56%) Games
13 2 (0.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.36%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.28%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.93%) Operational Technology
2 44 (12.26%) Management Information System
3 38 (10.58%) Security Operations Centre
4 34 (9.47%) Cyber Defence
5 31 (8.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 15 (4.18%) CESG
7 12 (3.34%) Data Centre
7 12 (3.34%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.79%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.79%) PKI
9 9 (2.51%) Cyberattack
9 9 (2.51%) Security Posture
9 9 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.95%) IoT
12 5 (1.39%) SCADA
13 2 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.28%) Insider Threat
14 1 (0.28%) Smart Energy
14 1 (0.28%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.39%) Windows
2 4 (1.11%) Kali Linux
3 3 (0.84%) Linux
4 1 (0.28%) Android
4 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (75.21%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (32.87%) Risk Management
3 106 (29.53%) Information Security
4 75 (20.89%) Security Operations
5 73 (20.33%) Information Assurance
6 68 (18.94%) SIEM
7 62 (17.27%) Security Architecture
8 61 (16.99%) Incident Management
9 60 (16.71%) Agile
10 54 (15.04%) Mentoring
11 51 (14.21%) Vulnerability Management
12 47 (13.09%) Incident Response
13 37 (10.31%) Security Testing
14 31 (8.64%) Analytics
14 31 (8.64%) Data Analytics
15 28 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
16 24 (6.69%) Business Development
16 24 (6.69%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 23 (6.41%) Coaching
17 23 (6.41%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
1 2 (0.56%) Python
2 1 (0.28%) Bash
2 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 176 (49.03%) Security Cleared
2 86 (23.96%) CISSP
2 86 (23.96%) SC Cleared
3 71 (19.78%) CISM
4 63 (17.55%) DV Cleared
5 54 (15.04%) CRISC
6 50 (13.93%) CESG Certified Professional
7 28 (7.80%) CISMP
8 23 (6.41%) Degree
9 17 (4.74%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (4.46%) CREST Certified
11 13 (3.62%) CEH
11 13 (3.62%) OSCP
12 12 (3.34%) CASP
12 12 (3.34%) IISP
13 10 (2.79%) CCNP
14 9 (2.51%) Master's Degree
15 8 (2.23%) CHECK Team Member
16 7 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 7 (1.95%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (33.70%) NIST
2 74 (20.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (11.42%) JSP 440
4 40 (11.14%) NIST 800
5 32 (8.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 25 (6.96%) NCSC
7 23 (6.41%) GDPR
8 21 (5.85%) GRC
9 20 (5.57%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (5.57%) RMADS
10 17 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 10 (2.79%) COBIT
11 10 (2.79%) PCI DSS
12 7 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (1.11%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.56%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.56%) ITGC
15 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.28%) ISA99
System Software
1 30 (8.36%) vSphere
2 1 (0.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Firmware
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (2.23%) FortiGate
2 4 (1.11%) Nessus
2 4 (1.11%) Nmap
3 1 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 30 (8.36%) SolarWinds
1 30 (8.36%) Tanium
1 30 (8.36%) Tripwire
2 28 (7.80%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.46%) Fortinet
4 13 (3.62%) Cisco
5 12 (3.34%) Palo Alto
6 11 (3.06%) Aruba
7 10 (2.79%) SAP
8 9 (2.51%) Meraki
9 6 (1.67%) CheckPoint
9 6 (1.67%) F5
10 4 (1.11%) Qualys
11 3 (0.84%) Google
11 3 (0.84%) Juniper
12 2 (0.56%) Ariba
12 2 (0.56%) Concur
12 2 (0.56%) Splunk
12 2 (0.56%) Zscaler
13 1 (0.28%) CrowdStrike