Security Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £68,500 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 524 411 703
Rank change year-on-year -113 +292 -141
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 241 402 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.68% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.76% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 157 308 109
10th Percentile £49,100 £56,950 £47,500
25th Percentile £54,250 £65,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £76,250 £87,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -3.45% +7.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,946 52,777 68,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.21% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,984 30,164 42,468
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South West +60 126 £68,500 -2.14% 9
South East -40 40 £69,000 -1.43% 16
North of England -69 37 £55,000 -21.43% 10
Yorkshire +38 28 £55,000 -21.43% 5
East of England +1 14 - - 1
Scotland -114 13 £67,500 -3.57% 6
Midlands -8 10 £60,000 -14.29% 4
North West -70 9 £69,500 -0.71% 5
West Midlands +5 8 £60,000 -16.08% 4
Wales -11 1 - -
East Midlands -12 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Security Consultant
UK

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 199 (82.57%) Cybersecurity
2 130 (53.94%) Security Cleared
3 112 (46.47%) Risk Management
4 93 (38.59%) NIST
5 81 (33.61%) Information Security
6 76 (31.54%) Information Assurance
7 73 (30.29%) SC Cleared
8 71 (29.46%) CISSP
9 59 (24.48%) Social Skills
10 58 (24.07%) CISM
11 52 (21.58%) Security Operations
12 50 (20.75%) Mentoring
12 50 (20.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 48 (19.92%) CESG Certified Professional
14 46 (19.09%) CRISC
15 44 (18.26%) JSP 440
16 41 (17.01%) Management Information System
17 40 (16.60%) Incident Management
17 40 (16.60%) Incident Response
18 38 (15.77%) Network Security
18 38 (15.77%) Agile
19 36 (14.94%) NIST 800
20 35 (14.52%) Security Architecture
20 35 (14.52%) DV Cleared
21 31 (12.86%) Finance
21 31 (12.86%) SIEM
22 30 (12.45%) Military
23 29 (12.03%) NCSC
24 28 (11.62%) Vulnerability Management
25 24 (9.96%) Public Sector

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 12 (4.98%) IIS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.49%) SAP GRC
2 4 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.83%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (5.81%) Azure
3 10 (4.15%) AWS
4 7 (2.90%) GCP
5 4 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.66%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.83%) IaaS
7 2 (0.83%) PaaS
7 2 (0.83%) SaaS
8 1 (0.41%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.77%) Network Security
2 13 (5.39%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.24%) Firewall
4 2 (0.83%) Wireless
5 1 (0.41%) BGP
5 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.41%) DNS
5 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.41%) NGFW
5 1 (0.41%) SAN
5 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.41%) VPN
5 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.24%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
General
1 59 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.86%) Finance
3 30 (12.45%) Military
4 24 (9.96%) Public Sector
5 22 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.39%) Aerospace
6 13 (5.39%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.15%) Aviation
8 3 (1.24%) Retail
9 2 (0.83%) Automotive
9 2 (0.83%) Games
9 2 (0.83%) Law
9 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.83%) Marketing
10 1 (0.41%) Advertising
10 1 (0.41%) Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Electronics
10 1 (0.41%) Legal
10 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.41%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.56%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.41%) Middleware
2 1 (0.41%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.01%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.71%) Operational Technology
3 18 (7.47%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (7.47%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (6.22%) CESG
5 12 (4.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (4.15%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (3.32%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.49%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.83%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.41%) Blog
11 1 (0.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.41%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.41%) PKI
11 1 (0.41%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.24%) Linux
1 3 (1.24%) Windows
2 1 (0.41%) Android
2 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (82.57%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (46.47%) Risk Management
3 81 (33.61%) Information Security
4 76 (31.54%) Information Assurance
5 52 (21.58%) Security Operations
6 50 (20.75%) Mentoring
7 40 (16.60%) Incident Management
7 40 (16.60%) Incident Response
8 38 (15.77%) Agile
9 35 (14.52%) Security Architecture
10 31 (12.86%) SIEM
11 28 (11.62%) Vulnerability Management
12 23 (9.54%) Coaching
13 22 (9.13%) Security Testing
14 21 (8.71%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (8.30%) Business Development
15 20 (8.30%) Innovative Thinking
15 20 (8.30%) Programme Management
15 20 (8.30%) Protective Monitoring
16 18 (7.47%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.24%) SQL
2 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.83%) Python
3 1 (0.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 130 (53.94%) Security Cleared
2 73 (30.29%) SC Cleared
3 71 (29.46%) CISSP
4 58 (24.07%) CISM
5 48 (19.92%) CESG Certified Professional
6 46 (19.09%) CRISC
7 35 (14.52%) DV Cleared
8 23 (9.54%) CISMP
9 14 (5.81%) Degree
10 12 (4.98%) CASP
10 12 (4.98%) CEH
10 12 (4.98%) IISP
11 9 (3.73%) OSCP
12 8 (3.32%) CHECK Team Member
12 8 (3.32%) CREST Certified
13 4 (1.66%) PCI QSA
14 3 (1.24%) GCFE
14 3 (1.24%) GCIH
15 2 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.83%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (38.59%) NIST
2 50 (20.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (18.26%) JSP 440
4 36 (14.94%) NIST 800
5 29 (12.03%) NCSC
6 23 (9.54%) RMADS
7 21 (8.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (8.71%) GRC
7 21 (8.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 20 (8.30%) GDPR
9 13 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 10 (4.15%) COBIT
11 7 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (2.49%) PCI DSS
13 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.83%) ITGC
15 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.41%) Def Stans
15 1 (0.41%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (4.56%) vSphere
2 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (7.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.56%) SolarWinds
2 11 (4.56%) Tanium
2 11 (4.56%) Tripwire
3 10 (4.15%) SAP
4 3 (1.24%) Ariba
4 3 (1.24%) Palo Alto
5 2 (0.83%) Concur
5 2 (0.83%) Google
6 1 (0.41%) Aruba
6 1 (0.41%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco
6 1 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.41%) F5
6 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.41%) Meraki
6 1 (0.41%) Netskope
6 1 (0.41%) QinetiQ
6 1 (0.41%) Thales
6 1 (0.41%) Zscaler