Security Consultant Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Consultant salary in Work from Home is £70,000 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 459 290 595
Rank change year-on-year -169 +305 -195
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 131 427 302
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 1.12% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 1.17% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 69 360 198
10th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,313 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,942 36,431 73,676
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.95% 97.31%
Number of salaries quoted 25,713 26,497 43,021
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £45,436
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,242 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Consultant.

Security Consultant salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Security Consultant salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with remote work options featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 88 (67.18%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (43.51%) Risk Management
3 44 (33.59%) Security Cleared
4 35 (26.72%) Information Security
4 35 (26.72%) JSP 440
5 32 (24.43%) Mentoring
6 30 (22.90%) NIST
7 29 (22.14%) Incident Response
7 29 (22.14%) CISSP
8 28 (21.37%) Management Information System
8 28 (21.37%) Finance
8 28 (21.37%) Operational Technology
9 27 (20.61%) Security Operations
10 26 (19.85%) Incident Management
10 26 (19.85%) Social Skills
11 23 (17.56%) SC Cleared
11 23 (17.56%) Protective Monitoring
12 21 (16.03%) CISM
13 20 (15.27%) Business Development
13 20 (15.27%) Information Assurance
13 20 (15.27%) Security Architecture
14 19 (14.50%) Network Security
15 18 (13.74%) Innovative Thinking
16 17 (12.98%) Fortinet
17 16 (12.21%) Cisco
17 16 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (12.21%) Matrix Organization
17 16 (12.21%) CRISC
17 16 (12.21%) NCSC
17 16 (12.21%) Cloud Security

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (8.40%) IIS
2 1 (0.76%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) SAP GRC
1 3 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.11%) Azure
2 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Purview
3 6 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.82%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.05%) AWS
6 3 (2.29%) IaaS
7 2 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.53%) GCP
7 2 (1.53%) PaaS
7 2 (1.53%) SaaS
8 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.50%) Network Security
2 11 (8.40%) TCP/IP
3 10 (7.63%) Firewall
4 9 (6.87%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (6.11%) SD-WAN
6 7 (5.34%) WAN
7 5 (3.82%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (3.82%) VPN
8 4 (3.05%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (3.05%) Internet
8 4 (3.05%) NGFW
9 3 (2.29%) LAN
9 3 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.76%) HTTP
10 1 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.76%) SSH
10 1 (0.76%) SSL
10 1 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.76%) JIRA
1 1 (0.76%) Metasploit
General
1 28 (21.37%) Finance
2 26 (19.85%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.16%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.40%) Aerospace
4 11 (8.40%) Military
5 10 (7.63%) Aviation
6 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.05%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.29%) Marketing
9 3 (2.29%) Retail
10 2 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.76%) Advertising
11 1 (0.76%) Banking
11 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.76%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.53%) Middleware
2 1 (0.76%) JWT
2 1 (0.76%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 28 (21.37%) Management Information System
1 28 (21.37%) Operational Technology
2 14 (10.69%) CESG
3 5 (3.82%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.05%) Cyberattack
4 4 (3.05%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.53%) IoT
6 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.53%) PKI
6 2 (1.53%) SCADA
7 1 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.76%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Robotics
7 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.53%) Android
1 2 (1.53%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.53%) Linux
1 2 (1.53%) Windows
2 1 (0.76%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (67.18%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (43.51%) Risk Management
3 35 (26.72%) Information Security
4 32 (24.43%) Mentoring
5 29 (22.14%) Incident Response
6 27 (20.61%) Security Operations
7 26 (19.85%) Incident Management
8 23 (17.56%) Protective Monitoring
9 20 (15.27%) Business Development
9 20 (15.27%) Information Assurance
9 20 (15.27%) Security Architecture
10 18 (13.74%) Innovative Thinking
11 16 (12.21%) Cloud Security
11 16 (12.21%) Matrix Organization
11 16 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (10.69%) Agile
12 14 (10.69%) Creative Thinking
12 14 (10.69%) Project Management
13 13 (9.92%) Project Delivery
14 12 (9.16%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.53%) Python
2 1 (0.76%) C#
2 1 (0.76%) Dart
2 1 (0.76%) Go
2 1 (0.76%) Java
2 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.76%) Kotlin
2 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.76%) Lua
2 1 (0.76%) Objective-C
2 1 (0.76%) PHP
2 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.76%) Ruby
2 1 (0.76%) Rust
2 1 (0.76%) SQL
2 1 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 44 (33.59%) Security Cleared
2 29 (22.14%) CISSP
3 23 (17.56%) SC Cleared
4 21 (16.03%) CISM
5 16 (12.21%) CRISC
6 13 (9.92%) CCNP
6 13 (9.92%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (9.92%) CISMP
7 11 (8.40%) CASP
7 11 (8.40%) CEH
7 11 (8.40%) IISP
8 6 (4.58%) Degree
8 6 (4.58%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.82%) CCIE
10 4 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (3.05%) CCIE Security
10 4 (3.05%) CCSP
11 3 (2.29%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.76%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (26.72%) JSP 440
2 30 (22.90%) NIST
3 16 (12.21%) NCSC
4 14 (10.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (9.92%) NIST 800
5 13 (9.92%) RMADS
6 11 (8.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 8 (6.11%) GDPR
8 7 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (4.58%) GRC
10 4 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (2.29%) COBIT
12 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (1.53%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.76%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.76%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.76%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) Docker
1 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (3.05%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.76%) Nessus
2 1 (0.76%) Nmap
2 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (12.98%) Fortinet
2 16 (12.21%) Cisco
3 13 (9.92%) Microsoft
4 9 (6.87%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.82%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.05%) Aruba
6 4 (3.05%) Blue Coat
6 4 (3.05%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (3.05%) Netskope
6 4 (3.05%) Symantec
6 4 (3.05%) Zscaler
7 3 (2.29%) Meraki
7 3 (2.29%) SAP
8 2 (1.53%) Juniper
9 1 (0.76%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.76%) F5
9 1 (0.76%) Google
9 1 (0.76%) Qualys
9 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.76%) VMware