Security Consultant Jobs in London

Security Consultant
England > London

The median Security Consultant salary in London is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 395 683
Rank change year-on-year -7 +288 -189
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 109 213 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.44% 0.68% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.72% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 82 177 191
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,688 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.93% -12.50% +18.52%
75th Percentile £89,375 £86,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
England median annual salary £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 23,403 29,645 71,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.97% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,198 22,316 34,853
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,988 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in London

Security Consultant
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +19 5 £65,000 -18.75% 7
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 61 (55.96%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (36.70%) Security Cleared
3 31 (28.44%) SIEM
4 29 (26.61%) NIST
5 27 (24.77%) Network Security
5 27 (24.77%) Information Security
6 26 (23.85%) Security Architecture
7 23 (21.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (21.10%) Operational Technology
8 22 (20.18%) DV Cleared
9 18 (16.51%) Security Operations
10 17 (15.60%) Agile
10 17 (15.60%) Firewall
10 17 (15.60%) Security Testing
11 16 (14.68%) Degree
11 16 (14.68%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (14.68%) Data Analytics
11 16 (14.68%) Analytics
12 15 (13.76%) Elastic Stack
12 15 (13.76%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (13.76%) Cyber Defence
12 15 (13.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 15 (13.76%) Tanium
12 15 (13.76%) Incident Management
12 15 (13.76%) Tripwire
12 15 (13.76%) SolarWinds
12 15 (13.76%) vSphere
12 15 (13.76%) Wireless
12 15 (13.76%) Military
12 15 (13.76%) CISSP

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.92%) Confluence
2 1 (0.92%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.92%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.59%) Azure
2 4 (3.67%) AWS
2 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (2.75%) GCP
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.83%) IaaS
5 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.92%) Dropbox
5 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.92%) PaaS
5 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (24.77%) Network Security
2 17 (15.60%) Firewall
3 15 (13.76%) Wireless
4 11 (10.09%) SD-WAN
5 9 (8.26%) WAN
6 6 (5.50%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (4.59%) DNS
7 5 (4.59%) LAN
8 4 (3.67%) NGFW
9 3 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.83%) 5G
10 2 (1.83%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (1.83%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (1.83%) HTTP
10 2 (1.83%) Internet
10 2 (1.83%) SSH
10 2 (1.83%) SSL
10 2 (1.83%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.92%) Big Data
1 1 (0.92%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 6 (5.50%) Burp Suite
2 5 (4.59%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 15 (13.76%) Military
2 13 (11.93%) Public Sector
3 10 (9.17%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.34%) Marketing
5 5 (4.59%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.67%) Finance
6 4 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.67%) Law
7 3 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.83%) Police
9 1 (0.92%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.92%) Legal
9 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.76%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.10%) Operational Technology
2 15 (13.76%) Cyber Defence
2 15 (13.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 15 (13.76%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (10.09%) Mobile App
4 9 (8.26%) PKI
5 8 (7.34%) Cyberattack
6 7 (6.42%) IoT
7 4 (3.67%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.75%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.83%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.92%) CESG
10 1 (0.92%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.92%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.92%) SCADA
10 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.59%) Kali Linux
2 2 (1.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (55.96%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (28.44%) SIEM
3 27 (24.77%) Information Security
4 26 (23.85%) Security Architecture
5 18 (16.51%) Security Operations
6 17 (15.60%) Agile
6 17 (15.60%) Security Testing
7 16 (14.68%) Analytics
7 16 (14.68%) Data Analytics
7 16 (14.68%) Vulnerability Management
8 15 (13.76%) Incident Management
9 12 (11.01%) SABSA
10 11 (10.09%) Presales
11 10 (9.17%) TOGAF
12 9 (8.26%) Cryptography
12 9 (8.26%) Identity Management
12 9 (8.26%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 7 (6.42%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (6.42%) Threat Modelling
14 6 (5.50%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 40 (36.70%) Security Cleared
2 22 (20.18%) DV Cleared
3 16 (14.68%) Degree
4 15 (13.76%) CISSP
5 13 (11.93%) CISM
5 13 (11.93%) SC Cleared
6 12 (11.01%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (8.26%) CREST Certified
7 9 (8.26%) Master's Degree
8 6 (5.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (5.50%) CCNP
8 6 (5.50%) CRISC
9 5 (4.59%) CCSP
9 5 (4.59%) CESG Certified Professional
9 5 (4.59%) CISA
9 5 (4.59%) OSCE
9 5 (4.59%) OSCP
10 4 (3.67%) CCIE
10 4 (3.67%) CISMP
10 4 (3.67%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (26.61%) NIST
2 23 (21.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (9.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (4.59%) GDPR
5 4 (3.67%) GRC
5 4 (3.67%) ISO 9001
6 3 (2.75%) NCSC
7 2 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.83%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.83%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.83%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.92%) COBIT
8 1 (0.92%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.92%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (13.76%) vSphere
2 2 (1.83%) Docker
2 2 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.83%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.59%) Nessus
1 5 (4.59%) Nmap
2 4 (3.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (13.76%) SolarWinds
1 15 (13.76%) Tanium
1 15 (13.76%) Tripwire
2 11 (10.09%) Fortinet
3 9 (8.26%) Aruba
3 9 (8.26%) Cisco
4 8 (7.34%) Microsoft
5 7 (6.42%) Meraki
6 6 (5.50%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.59%) Qualys
8 4 (3.67%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.67%) F5
9 3 (2.75%) Juniper
10 2 (1.83%) Google
10 2 (1.83%) Splunk
10 2 (1.83%) VMware
11 1 (0.92%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow