Security Consultant Jobs in London

Security Consultant
England > London

The median Security Consultant salary in London is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 419 403 655
Rank change year-on-year -16 +252 -177
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 97 225 247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.41% 0.67% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.70% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 71 187 201
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -12.50% +18.52%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile - £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,313 32,109 66,771
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 95.14% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,649 23,746 34,560
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,449 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Central London +34 4 £65,000 -17.46% 6
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 59 (60.82%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (40.21%) Security Cleared
3 30 (30.93%) SIEM
3 30 (30.93%) NIST
4 29 (29.90%) Information Security
5 28 (28.87%) Security Architecture
6 25 (25.77%) Network Security
6 25 (25.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 24 (24.74%) Operational Technology
8 23 (23.71%) DV Cleared
9 19 (19.59%) Security Operations
10 16 (16.49%) Agile
10 16 (16.49%) Vulnerability Management
10 16 (16.49%) Data Analytics
10 16 (16.49%) Analytics
10 16 (16.49%) Public Sector
11 15 (15.46%) Tanium
11 15 (15.46%) Security Operations Centre
11 15 (15.46%) Cyber Defence
11 15 (15.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 15 (15.46%) Elastic Stack
11 15 (15.46%) SolarWinds
11 15 (15.46%) vSphere
11 15 (15.46%) Incident Management
11 15 (15.46%) Tripwire
11 15 (15.46%) Military
11 15 (15.46%) CISSP
12 13 (13.40%) SC Cleared
13 12 (12.37%) Degree
13 12 (12.37%) CISM

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (1.03%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (3.09%) Azure
3 2 (2.06%) AWS
3 2 (2.06%) IaaS
4 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.03%) Dropbox
4 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.03%) GCP
4 1 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.03%) PaaS
4 1 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (25.77%) Network Security
2 12 (12.37%) Firewall
3 6 (6.19%) SD-WAN
3 6 (6.19%) WAN
4 5 (5.15%) DNS
5 4 (4.12%) Wireless
6 3 (3.09%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (3.09%) LAN
6 3 (3.09%) NGFW
6 3 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.06%) 5G
7 2 (2.06%) Internet
7 2 (2.06%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.03%) Big Data
1 1 (1.03%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Burp Suite
2 3 (3.09%) Metasploit
General
1 16 (16.49%) Public Sector
2 15 (15.46%) Military
3 8 (8.25%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.19%) Marketing
5 5 (5.15%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.12%) Finance
6 4 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.12%) Law
7 3 (3.09%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.06%) Police
9 1 (1.03%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.03%) Legal
9 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.46%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 24 (24.74%) Operational Technology
2 15 (15.46%) Cyber Defence
2 15 (15.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 15 (15.46%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (11.34%) Cyberattack
4 9 (9.28%) PKI
5 5 (5.15%) IoT
6 4 (4.12%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.09%) Mobile App
8 2 (2.06%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.06%) SCADA
9 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.03%) Cybercrime
9 1 (1.03%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.03%) e-Learning
9 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.09%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (60.82%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (30.93%) SIEM
3 29 (29.90%) Information Security
4 28 (28.87%) Security Architecture
5 19 (19.59%) Security Operations
6 16 (16.49%) Agile
6 16 (16.49%) Analytics
6 16 (16.49%) Data Analytics
6 16 (16.49%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (15.46%) Incident Management
8 12 (12.37%) SABSA
9 11 (11.34%) Security Testing
10 10 (10.31%) TOGAF
11 9 (9.28%) Cryptography
11 9 (9.28%) Identity Management
11 9 (9.28%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 8 (8.25%) Presales
13 7 (7.22%) Enterprise Architecture
13 7 (7.22%) Risk Assessment
14 6 (6.19%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 39 (40.21%) Security Cleared
2 23 (23.71%) DV Cleared
3 15 (15.46%) CISSP
4 13 (13.40%) SC Cleared
5 12 (12.37%) CISM
5 12 (12.37%) Degree
6 9 (9.28%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (9.28%) Master's Degree
7 8 (8.25%) CREST Certified
8 6 (6.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (6.19%) CRISC
9 5 (5.15%) CCSP
9 5 (5.15%) CISA
10 4 (4.12%) CEH
10 4 (4.12%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (3.09%) CCNP
11 3 (3.09%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (3.09%) ISACA
11 3 (3.09%) OSCE
11 3 (3.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (30.93%) NIST
2 25 (25.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (10.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 6 (6.19%) GRC
5 4 (4.12%) ISO 9001
6 2 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.06%) GDPR
6 2 (2.06%) ISO 22301
6 2 (2.06%) NCSC
6 2 (2.06%) NIST 800
6 2 (2.06%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.03%) IEC 61508
7 1 (1.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (15.46%) vSphere
2 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (3.09%) FortiGate
1 3 (3.09%) Nessus
1 3 (3.09%) Nmap
Vendors
1 15 (15.46%) SolarWinds
1 15 (15.46%) Tanium
1 15 (15.46%) Tripwire
2 7 (7.22%) Fortinet
3 6 (6.19%) Cisco
4 4 (4.12%) Aruba
4 4 (4.12%) Meraki
4 4 (4.12%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.09%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.09%) Qualys
6 2 (2.06%) Splunk
7 1 (1.03%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.03%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.03%) F5
7 1 (1.03%) Juniper