Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Jobs

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
UK

The median Senior Cybersecurity Consultant salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 866 963 1210
Rank change year-on-year +97 +247 -312
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant 24 14 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.014% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.015% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 33
10th Percentile £53,750 £59,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £54,250 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -6.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £97,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £78,300 - £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +1.45% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Consultant.

Salary trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Consultant over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +102 23 £63,000 -13.10% 1
UK excluding London -14 23 £62,500 -10.71% 1
Work from Home +81 16 £61,250 -12.50% 1
South West -12 16 £61,250 -14.04%
South East +6 4 £65,000 -3.70%
North of England +52 2 £85,000 +21.43%
North West +4 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Scotland -63 1 £58,500 -16.43% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £110,000 -

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior Cybersecurity 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 featuring Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (79.17%) NIST
3 18 (75.00%) Risk Management
4 17 (70.83%) Innovative Thinking
5 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
6 15 (62.50%) Information Security
6 15 (62.50%) NIST 800
7 14 (58.33%) Matrix Organization
7 14 (58.33%) Information Assurance
7 14 (58.33%) CISMP
7 14 (58.33%) CESG
7 14 (58.33%) JSP 440
8 13 (54.17%) Creative Thinking
9 12 (50.00%) IISP
9 12 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (50.00%) Management Information System
9 12 (50.00%) IIS
10 11 (45.83%) Aerospace
10 11 (45.83%) RMADS
11 10 (41.67%) Military
11 10 (41.67%) Finance
11 10 (41.67%) Project Management
11 10 (41.67%) Active Listening
11 10 (41.67%) Aviation
12 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
13 5 (20.83%) NCSC
14 4 (16.67%) Operational Technology
15 3 (12.50%) Application Security
15 3 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
15 3 (12.50%) Cyber Assurance

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (50.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) AWS
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
1 3 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
General
1 11 (45.83%) Aerospace
2 10 (41.67%) Aviation
2 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 10 (41.67%) Military
3 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 14 (58.33%) CESG
2 12 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (16.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 17 (70.83%) Innovative Thinking
4 15 (62.50%) Information Security
5 14 (58.33%) Information Assurance
5 14 (58.33%) Matrix Organization
6 13 (54.17%) Creative Thinking
7 10 (41.67%) Active Listening
7 10 (41.67%) Project Management
8 3 (12.50%) Application Security
8 3 (12.50%) Cyber Assurance
8 3 (12.50%) Information Security Management
8 3 (12.50%) ISMS
8 3 (12.50%) SABSA
8 3 (12.50%) Security Management
8 3 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
9 1 (4.17%) Decision-Making
9 1 (4.17%) Presales
9 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 14 (58.33%) CISMP
3 12 (50.00%) IISP
4 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
5 3 (12.50%) CISM
5 3 (12.50%) CISSP
5 3 (12.50%) PCI QSA
6 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (79.17%) NIST
2 15 (62.50%) NIST 800
3 14 (58.33%) JSP 440
4 12 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (45.83%) RMADS
6 5 (20.83%) NCSC
7 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
1 1 (4.17%) QinetiQ