Senior Security Consultant Jobs

Senior Security Consultant
UK

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 854 857 1172
Rank change year-on-year +3 +315 -283
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 68 88 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.095% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.10% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 49 46 78
10th Percentile £53,750 £58,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £59,250 £63,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £89,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -17.65% -

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Senior Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Consultant over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK

Senior Security Consultant
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +32 54 £70,000 -17.65% 11
UK excluding London -84 37 £65,000 -7.14% 4
Work from Home +62 32 £65,000 -7.14% 6
London +62 19 £70,000 -18.84% 6
South West -19 16 £61,250 -12.50%
North of England +18 7 £60,000 -14.29% 1
Scotland -88 7 £70,000 -
Yorkshire +59 5 £65,000 -
South East -3 4 £65,000 -3.70% 1
Midlands -31 3 £70,000 - 1
North West -10 2 £58,750 -16.07% 1
West Midlands -10 2 £80,000 +17.22% 1
East Midlands -33 1 £60,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 30 (44.12%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (35.29%) Information Security
3 23 (33.82%) NIST
3 23 (33.82%) Security Cleared
4 21 (30.88%) Risk Management
5 17 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
6 15 (22.06%) NIST 800
6 15 (22.06%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (20.59%) Management Information System
7 14 (20.59%) CESG
7 14 (20.59%) JSP 440
7 14 (20.59%) CISMP
7 14 (20.59%) Information Assurance
7 14 (20.59%) Matrix Organization
8 13 (19.12%) Creative Thinking
8 13 (19.12%) Cisco Firepower
8 13 (19.12%) Fortinet
8 13 (19.12%) Network Security
8 13 (19.12%) Project Management
8 13 (19.12%) Cisco
8 13 (19.12%) CCNP
9 12 (17.65%) IIS
9 12 (17.65%) IISP
9 12 (17.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 11 (16.18%) Finance
10 11 (16.18%) Aerospace
10 11 (16.18%) SC Cleared
10 11 (16.18%) RMADS
11 10 (14.71%) Security Testing
11 10 (14.71%) Firewall

Senior Security 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 (17.65%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.94%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) AWS
2 4 (5.88%) Azure
2 4 (5.88%) GCP
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.12%) Cisco Firepower
1 13 (19.12%) Network Security
2 10 (14.71%) Firewall
3 9 (13.24%) SD-WAN
4 7 (10.29%) NGFW
4 7 (10.29%) WAN
4 7 (10.29%) Wireless
5 6 (8.82%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Burp Suite
2 3 (4.41%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (16.18%) Aerospace
1 11 (16.18%) Finance
2 10 (14.71%) Aviation
2 10 (14.71%) Military
3 4 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.88%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.41%) Marketing
5 2 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (1.47%) Games
6 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) JWT
1 1 (1.47%) Middleware
1 1 (1.47%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.59%) CESG
1 14 (20.59%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.88%) IoT
2 4 (5.88%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.41%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.47%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.47%) PKI
4 1 (1.47%) Robotics
4 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.47%) Android
2 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.47%) Linux
2 1 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.12%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (35.29%) Information Security
3 21 (30.88%) Risk Management
4 17 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 14 (20.59%) Information Assurance
5 14 (20.59%) Matrix Organization
6 13 (19.12%) Creative Thinking
6 13 (19.12%) Project Management
7 10 (14.71%) Active Listening
7 10 (14.71%) Security Testing
8 9 (13.24%) Migration
9 8 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
10 7 (10.29%) Application Security
10 7 (10.29%) Threat Modelling
11 5 (7.35%) Information Security Management
11 5 (7.35%) Security Management
12 4 (5.88%) Analytics
12 4 (5.88%) Cloud Security
12 4 (5.88%) ISMS
12 4 (5.88%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.94%) Python
2 1 (1.47%) Bash
2 1 (1.47%) C#
2 1 (1.47%) Dart
2 1 (1.47%) Go
2 1 (1.47%) Java
2 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.47%) Kotlin
2 1 (1.47%) Lua
2 1 (1.47%) Objective-C
2 1 (1.47%) PHP
2 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.47%) Ruby
2 1 (1.47%) Rust
2 1 (1.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 23 (33.82%) Security Cleared
2 15 (22.06%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (20.59%) CISMP
4 13 (19.12%) CCNP
5 12 (17.65%) IISP
6 11 (16.18%) SC Cleared
7 8 (11.76%) CISM
7 8 (11.76%) CISSP
8 6 (8.82%) CCIE
9 5 (7.35%) CRISC
9 5 (7.35%) PCI QSA
10 4 (5.88%) OSCP
11 3 (4.41%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (4.41%) CISA
11 3 (4.41%) CREST Certified
11 3 (4.41%) Degree
11 3 (4.41%) ISACA
11 3 (4.41%) OSCE
12 2 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (33.82%) NIST
2 15 (22.06%) NIST 800
3 14 (20.59%) JSP 440
4 12 (17.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (16.18%) RMADS
6 8 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (8.82%) PCI DSS
8 5 (7.35%) NCSC
9 4 (5.88%) GDPR
10 3 (4.41%) GRC
10 3 (4.41%) ISO 9001
11 2 (2.94%) ISO 22301
12 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.94%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.41%) Nessus
2 3 (4.41%) Nmap
3 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (19.12%) Cisco
1 13 (19.12%) Fortinet
2 10 (14.71%) Palo Alto
3 6 (8.82%) Aruba
3 6 (8.82%) CheckPoint
3 6 (8.82%) F5
4 4 (5.88%) Meraki
4 4 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.88%) SAP
5 3 (4.41%) Qualys
6 2 (2.94%) Juniper
6 2 (2.94%) VMware
7 1 (1.47%) QinetiQ