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 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 411 386 675
Rank change year-on-year -25 +289 -188
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 105 214 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.43% 0.68% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.71% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 79 179 192
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £64,125 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -12.50% +18.52%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,625 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
England median annual salary £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% - +7.69%

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 23,146 30,010 71,522
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 95.02% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 17,034 22,517 35,164
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,750 £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 £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 8 June 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 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
Central London +17 5 £65,000 -18.75% 6
Security Consultant
England

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

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 London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 60 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (37.14%) Security Cleared
3 32 (30.48%) SIEM
4 28 (26.67%) NIST
5 26 (24.76%) Security Architecture
5 26 (24.76%) Network Security
5 26 (24.76%) Information Security
6 24 (22.86%) Operational Technology
7 23 (21.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 22 (20.95%) DV Cleared
9 17 (16.19%) Security Operations
9 17 (16.19%) Agile
10 16 (15.24%) Firewall
10 16 (15.24%) Data Analytics
10 16 (15.24%) Analytics
10 16 (15.24%) Vulnerability Management
11 15 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
11 15 (14.29%) Elastic Stack
11 15 (14.29%) Tanium
11 15 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
11 15 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 15 (14.29%) Military
11 15 (14.29%) CISSP
11 15 (14.29%) SolarWinds
11 15 (14.29%) vSphere
11 15 (14.29%) Incident Management
11 15 (14.29%) Security Testing
11 15 (14.29%) Tripwire
12 14 (13.33%) Degree
13 13 (12.38%) SC Cleared

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 2 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.95%) Confluence
2 1 (0.95%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.95%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.81%) Azure
1 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (2.86%) AWS
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.90%) GCP
3 2 (1.90%) IaaS
4 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.95%) Dropbox
4 1 (0.95%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.95%) PaaS
4 1 (0.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (24.76%) Network Security
2 16 (15.24%) Firewall
3 13 (12.38%) Wireless
4 10 (9.52%) SD-WAN
5 9 (8.57%) WAN
6 5 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (4.76%) DNS
6 5 (4.76%) LAN
7 4 (3.81%) NGFW
8 3 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.90%) 5G
9 2 (1.90%) Internet
9 2 (1.90%) VoIP
10 1 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.95%) HTTP
10 1 (0.95%) SSH
10 1 (0.95%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.95%) Big Data
1 1 (0.95%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Burp Suite
2 4 (3.81%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 15 (14.29%) Military
2 13 (12.38%) Public Sector
3 9 (8.57%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.67%) Marketing
5 5 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.81%) Finance
6 4 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.81%) Law
7 3 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.90%) Police
9 1 (0.95%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Legal
9 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.29%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.86%) Operational Technology
2 15 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
2 15 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 15 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (8.57%) Mobile App
3 9 (8.57%) PKI
4 8 (7.62%) Cyberattack
5 6 (5.71%) IoT
6 4 (3.81%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.86%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.90%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.90%) SCADA
9 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.95%) Cybercrime
9 1 (0.95%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.95%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.81%) Kali Linux
2 2 (1.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (30.48%) SIEM
3 26 (24.76%) Information Security
3 26 (24.76%) Security Architecture
4 17 (16.19%) Agile
4 17 (16.19%) Security Operations
5 16 (15.24%) Analytics
5 16 (15.24%) Data Analytics
5 16 (15.24%) Vulnerability Management
6 15 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 15 (14.29%) Security Testing
7 12 (11.43%) SABSA
8 11 (10.48%) Presales
9 10 (9.52%) TOGAF
10 9 (8.57%) Cryptography
10 9 (8.57%) Identity Management
10 9 (8.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 7 (6.67%) Threat Modelling
12 6 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (5.71%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 39 (37.14%) Security Cleared
2 22 (20.95%) DV Cleared
3 15 (14.29%) CISSP
4 14 (13.33%) Degree
5 13 (12.38%) SC Cleared
6 12 (11.43%) CISM
7 11 (10.48%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (8.57%) Master's Degree
9 8 (7.62%) CREST Certified
10 6 (5.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (5.71%) CRISC
11 5 (4.76%) CCNP
11 5 (4.76%) CCSP
11 5 (4.76%) CISA
12 4 (3.81%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (3.81%) CISMP
12 4 (3.81%) OSCE
12 4 (3.81%) OSCP
13 3 (2.86%) CCIE
13 3 (2.86%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (26.67%) NIST
2 23 (21.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (9.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 4 (3.81%) GDPR
4 4 (3.81%) GRC
4 4 (3.81%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.86%) NCSC
6 2 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.90%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.90%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.90%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.95%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.95%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.95%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (14.29%) vSphere
2 1 (0.95%) Docker
2 1 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.95%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (3.81%) FortiGate
1 4 (3.81%) Nessus
1 4 (3.81%) Nmap
Vendors
1 15 (14.29%) SolarWinds
1 15 (14.29%) Tanium
1 15 (14.29%) Tripwire
2 11 (10.48%) Fortinet
3 8 (7.62%) Aruba
3 8 (7.62%) Cisco
4 7 (6.67%) Meraki
4 7 (6.67%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.81%) Qualys
7 3 (2.86%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.86%) F5
8 2 (1.90%) Juniper
8 2 (1.90%) Splunk
9 1 (0.95%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.95%) Google
9 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.95%) VMware