Security Consultant Jobs in England

Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Consultant salary in England is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 435 816
Rank change year-on-year -104 +381 -195
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 346 568 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.68% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.74% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 235 439 287
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,350 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £90,000 £91,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year - -1.75% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in England

Security Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
South West +46 128 £68,500 -2.14% 14
London +12 100 £77,500 +10.71% 26
South East -37 40 £69,000 -1.43% 12
North of England -81 40 £55,000 -21.43% 14
Yorkshire +19 32 £55,000 -21.43% 7
East of England -2 13 - - 2
Midlands -19 12 £60,000 -14.29% 6
West Midlands -20 10 £60,000 -14.29% 6
North West -76 8 £60,000 -14.29% 7
East Midlands -19 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 260 (75.14%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (49.42%) Security Cleared
3 123 (35.55%) NIST
4 119 (34.39%) Risk Management
5 108 (31.21%) Information Security
6 89 (25.72%) CISSP
7 87 (25.14%) SC Cleared
8 77 (22.25%) Information Assurance
8 77 (22.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 73 (21.10%) CISM
10 71 (20.52%) Social Skills
11 70 (20.23%) Security Operations
11 70 (20.23%) Network Security
12 63 (18.21%) SIEM
13 60 (17.34%) DV Cleared
13 60 (17.34%) Security Architecture
14 58 (16.76%) Agile
14 58 (16.76%) Incident Management
15 56 (16.18%) CRISC
16 54 (15.61%) Mentoring
17 51 (14.74%) CESG Certified Professional
18 47 (13.58%) Operational Technology
18 47 (13.58%) Vulnerability Management
19 45 (13.01%) Management Information System
19 45 (13.01%) Incident Response
20 44 (12.72%) Military
21 43 (12.43%) JSP 440
22 38 (10.98%) Public Sector
22 38 (10.98%) NIST 800
23 36 (10.40%) Finance

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.47%) IIS
2 1 (0.29%) Confluence
2 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) SAP GRC
2 4 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.58%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 18 (5.20%) Azure
2 17 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (3.76%) AWS
4 9 (2.60%) GCP
5 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.16%) IaaS
7 3 (0.87%) PaaS
7 3 (0.87%) SaaS
8 2 (0.58%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.29%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 70 (20.23%) Network Security
2 20 (5.78%) Firewall
3 13 (3.76%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.47%) SD-WAN
4 12 (3.47%) WAN
5 11 (3.18%) Wireless
6 9 (2.60%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (2.31%) NGFW
8 6 (1.73%) DNS
9 3 (0.87%) LAN
9 3 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.58%) 5G
10 2 (0.58%) BGP
10 2 (0.58%) Internet
10 2 (0.58%) VoIP
10 2 (0.58%) VPN
11 1 (0.29%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.29%) MPLS
11 1 (0.29%) OSPF
11 1 (0.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.58%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.29%) Big Data
2 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.29%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.87%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 71 (20.52%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.72%) Military
3 38 (10.98%) Public Sector
4 36 (10.40%) Finance
5 24 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.49%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.18%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.18%) Aviation
8 9 (2.60%) Marketing
9 7 (2.02%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.73%) Law
11 5 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.87%) Legal
14 2 (0.58%) Automotive
14 2 (0.58%) Electronics
14 2 (0.58%) Games
14 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.58%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.09%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.58%) Operational Technology
2 45 (13.01%) Management Information System
3 35 (10.12%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (9.54%) Cyber Defence
5 29 (8.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 15 (4.34%) CESG
7 12 (3.47%) Data Centre
8 11 (3.18%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (3.18%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.89%) PKI
10 9 (2.60%) Cyberattack
10 9 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.02%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.73%) IoT
13 4 (1.16%) SCADA
14 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
15 1 (0.29%) Insider Threat
15 1 (0.29%) Smart Energy
15 1 (0.29%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.87%) Kali Linux
1 3 (0.87%) Linux
1 3 (0.87%) Windows
2 1 (0.29%) Android
2 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (75.14%) Cybersecurity
2 119 (34.39%) Risk Management
3 108 (31.21%) Information Security
4 77 (22.25%) Information Assurance
5 70 (20.23%) Security Operations
6 63 (18.21%) SIEM
7 60 (17.34%) Security Architecture
8 58 (16.76%) Agile
8 58 (16.76%) Incident Management
9 54 (15.61%) Mentoring
10 47 (13.58%) Vulnerability Management
11 45 (13.01%) Incident Response
12 34 (9.83%) Security Testing
13 29 (8.38%) Analytics
13 29 (8.38%) Data Analytics
13 29 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
14 24 (6.94%) Coaching
15 23 (6.65%) Business Development
15 23 (6.65%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 22 (6.36%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
1 2 (0.58%) Python
2 1 (0.29%) Bash
2 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 171 (49.42%) Security Cleared
2 89 (25.72%) CISSP
3 87 (25.14%) SC Cleared
4 73 (21.10%) CISM
5 60 (17.34%) DV Cleared
6 56 (16.18%) CRISC
7 51 (14.74%) CESG Certified Professional
8 28 (8.09%) CISMP
9 23 (6.65%) Degree
10 16 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (4.62%) CREST Certified
11 14 (4.05%) CEH
12 12 (3.47%) CASP
12 12 (3.47%) IISP
12 12 (3.47%) OSCP
13 9 (2.60%) CCNP
13 9 (2.60%) Master's Degree
14 8 (2.31%) CHECK Team Member
14 8 (2.31%) PCI QSA
15 7 (2.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (35.55%) NIST
2 77 (22.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (12.43%) JSP 440
4 38 (10.98%) NIST 800
5 32 (9.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 26 (7.51%) NCSC
7 23 (6.65%) GDPR
7 23 (6.65%) GRC
8 22 (6.36%) RMADS
9 19 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 11 (3.18%) PCI DSS
12 10 (2.89%) COBIT
13 7 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (1.16%) ISO 9001
14 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.58%) ITGC
15 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.29%) ISA99
System Software
1 28 (8.09%) vSphere
2 1 (0.29%) Firmware
2 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.31%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.87%) Nessus
2 3 (0.87%) Nmap
3 1 (0.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 28 (8.09%) SolarWinds
1 28 (8.09%) Tanium
1 28 (8.09%) Tripwire
2 25 (7.23%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.76%) Fortinet
4 12 (3.47%) Cisco
5 11 (3.18%) Palo Alto
6 9 (2.60%) SAP
7 8 (2.31%) Aruba
8 7 (2.02%) Meraki
9 5 (1.45%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.45%) F5
10 3 (0.87%) Qualys
11 2 (0.58%) Ariba
11 2 (0.58%) Concur
11 2 (0.58%) Google
11 2 (0.58%) Juniper
11 2 (0.58%) Splunk
11 2 (0.58%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.29%) Netskope