Information Security Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 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 752 706 843
Rank change year-on-year -46 +137 -161
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 28 22 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.035% 0.040% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.045% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 24 14 28
10th Percentile £41,500 £44,000 £49,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +20.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,438 £75,625
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,850 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -29.03% +19.23% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Information Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Information Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Information Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Information Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Information Security Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Consultant within the UK excluding 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
North of England +27 21 £55,000 -4.35% 4
Yorkshire +83 19 £55,000 - 4
South East -33 4 £57,500 +9.52%
Midlands -38 3 £67,500 -3.57% 1
West Midlands -12 2 £67,500 -3.57% 1
North West -24 2 £57,500 -
Information Security Consultant
UK

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Information 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Information Security
2 19 (67.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (64.29%) Microsoft
4 17 (60.71%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (53.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (53.57%) Risk Register
6 14 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (46.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 13 (46.43%) Data Protection
7 13 (46.43%) Incident Response
7 13 (46.43%) GDPR
7 13 (46.43%) Threat Intelligence
7 13 (46.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 13 (46.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 12 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
8 12 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (42.86%) Security Testing
8 12 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (42.86%) Business Continuity
9 10 (35.71%) Security Auditing
9 10 (35.71%) Security Operations
10 9 (32.14%) Incident Management
11 8 (28.57%) NIST
12 7 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (21.43%) COBIT
14 5 (17.86%) Azure
14 5 (17.86%) Cyber Threat
15 4 (14.29%) AWS
15 4 (14.29%) Security Architecture
15 4 (14.29%) Information Assurance

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (60.71%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.86%) Azure
3 4 (14.29%) AWS
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (7.14%) IaaS
4 2 (7.14%) PaaS
4 2 (7.14%) SaaS
5 1 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) SAN
1 1 (3.57%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (3.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Advertising
4 1 (3.57%) Banking
4 1 (3.57%) Games
4 1 (3.57%) Law
4 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (17.86%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Information Security
2 15 (53.57%) Risk Register
3 14 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (46.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 13 (46.43%) Data Protection
4 13 (46.43%) Incident Response
4 13 (46.43%) Threat Intelligence
4 13 (46.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 12 (42.86%) Business Continuity
5 12 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (42.86%) Security Testing
5 12 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
6 10 (35.71%) Security Auditing
6 10 (35.71%) Security Operations
7 9 (32.14%) Incident Management
8 4 (14.29%) Information Assurance
8 4 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (14.29%) Security Architecture
8 4 (14.29%) Security Management
9 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) Bash
2 1 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) CISSP
2 2 (7.14%) CISM
2 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) CRISC
3 1 (3.57%) GCFA
3 1 (3.57%) GCFE
3 1 (3.57%) GCIH
3 1 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (3.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (67.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (53.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (46.43%) GDPR
3 13 (46.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 8 (28.57%) NIST
5 7 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (21.43%) COBIT
7 4 (14.29%) GRC
8 2 (7.14%) JSP 440
8 2 (7.14%) NIST 800
8 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
8 2 (7.14%) RMADS
9 1 (3.57%) Def Stans
9 1 (3.57%) ISO 31000
9 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (3.57%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.57%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 18 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Google