Security Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 392 706
Rank change year-on-year -137 +314 -138
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 254 402 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.71% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.80% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 164 308 109
10th Percentile £45,375 £56,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £79,063 - £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £76,625 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

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 Security Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 +45 128 £68,500 -2.14% 14
South East -40 41 £69,000 -1.43% 13
North of England -79 40 £55,000 -21.43% 15
Yorkshire +17 32 £55,000 -21.43% 7
Scotland -108 19 £65,000 -7.14% 5
East of England -6 13 - - 1
Midlands -17 12 £60,000 -14.29% 6
West Midlands -16 10 £60,000 -14.29% 6
North West -84 8 £60,000 -14.29% 8
Wales -11 1 - -
East Midlands -16 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 206 (81.10%) Cybersecurity
2 134 (52.76%) Security Cleared
3 112 (44.09%) Risk Management
4 94 (37.01%) NIST
5 80 (31.50%) Information Security
6 74 (29.13%) Information Assurance
7 73 (28.74%) SC Cleared
8 72 (28.35%) CISSP
9 61 (24.02%) Security Operations
9 61 (24.02%) Social Skills
10 58 (22.83%) CISM
11 50 (19.69%) Mentoring
12 49 (19.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 48 (18.90%) CESG Certified Professional
14 46 (18.11%) CRISC
15 43 (16.93%) Incident Management
16 42 (16.54%) Network Security
16 42 (16.54%) JSP 440
16 42 (16.54%) Incident Response
17 41 (16.14%) Agile
17 41 (16.14%) Management Information System
18 39 (15.35%) DV Cleared
19 36 (14.17%) NIST 800
20 35 (13.78%) Security Architecture
21 33 (12.99%) SIEM
22 32 (12.60%) Finance
23 31 (12.20%) Vulnerability Management
24 30 (11.81%) Military
25 28 (11.02%) NCSC
26 24 (9.45%) Public Sector

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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (4.72%) IIS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.97%) SAP GRC
2 4 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.79%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (5.91%) Azure
3 11 (4.33%) AWS
4 8 (3.15%) GCP
5 4 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.79%) IaaS
7 2 (0.79%) PaaS
7 2 (0.79%) SaaS
7 2 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 42 (16.54%) Network Security
2 13 (5.12%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.97%) Firewall
4 3 (1.18%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (1.18%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.18%) WAN
4 3 (1.18%) Wireless
5 2 (0.79%) BGP
5 2 (0.79%) NGFW
5 2 (0.79%) VPN
6 1 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.39%) DNS
6 1 (0.39%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.39%) IPsec
6 1 (0.39%) MPLS
6 1 (0.39%) OSPF
6 1 (0.39%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.39%) SAN
6 1 (0.39%) Sourcefire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.79%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 61 (24.02%) Social Skills
2 32 (12.60%) Finance
3 30 (11.81%) Military
4 24 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 22 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.51%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.12%) Aerospace
8 10 (3.94%) Aviation
9 3 (1.18%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.18%) Marketing
9 3 (1.18%) Retail
10 2 (0.79%) Automotive
10 2 (0.79%) Electronics
10 2 (0.79%) Games
10 2 (0.79%) Law
10 2 (0.79%) Legal
11 1 (0.39%) Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Billing
11 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.12%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.14%) Management Information System
2 22 (8.66%) Operational Technology
3 20 (7.87%) Security Operations Centre
4 18 (7.09%) Cyber Defence
5 15 (5.91%) CESG
6 14 (5.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 11 (4.33%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (3.94%) Data Centre
9 8 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.36%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.79%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.39%) Blog
12 1 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.39%) Insider Threat
12 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.39%) SCADA
12 1 (0.39%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.18%) Linux
1 3 (1.18%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Android
2 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (81.10%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (44.09%) Risk Management
3 80 (31.50%) Information Security
4 74 (29.13%) Information Assurance
5 61 (24.02%) Security Operations
6 50 (19.69%) Mentoring
7 43 (16.93%) Incident Management
8 42 (16.54%) Incident Response
9 41 (16.14%) Agile
10 35 (13.78%) Security Architecture
11 33 (12.99%) SIEM
12 31 (12.20%) Vulnerability Management
13 23 (9.06%) Coaching
13 23 (9.06%) Security Testing
14 21 (8.27%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (8.27%) Programme Management
14 21 (8.27%) Protective Monitoring
15 20 (7.87%) Analytics
15 20 (7.87%) Business Development
15 20 (7.87%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (0.79%) PowerShell
1 2 (0.79%) Python
2 1 (0.39%) Bash
2 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (52.76%) Security Cleared
2 73 (28.74%) SC Cleared
3 72 (28.35%) CISSP
4 58 (22.83%) CISM
5 48 (18.90%) CESG Certified Professional
6 46 (18.11%) CRISC
7 39 (15.35%) DV Cleared
8 23 (9.06%) CISMP
9 13 (5.12%) Degree
10 12 (4.72%) CASP
10 12 (4.72%) CEH
10 12 (4.72%) IISP
11 9 (3.54%) OSCP
12 8 (3.15%) CHECK Team Member
12 8 (3.15%) CREST Certified
13 4 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (1.18%) CCNP
14 3 (1.18%) GCFE
14 3 (1.18%) GCIH
14 3 (1.18%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (37.01%) NIST
2 49 (19.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (16.54%) JSP 440
4 36 (14.17%) NIST 800
5 28 (11.02%) NCSC
6 22 (8.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (8.27%) GDPR
7 21 (8.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 21 (8.27%) RMADS
8 18 (7.09%) GRC
9 15 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 10 (3.94%) COBIT
11 7 (2.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (1.97%) PCI DSS
13 4 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.79%) ITGC
15 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.39%) Def Stans
15 1 (0.39%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (5.12%) vSphere
2 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.79%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 20 (7.87%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.12%) SolarWinds
2 13 (5.12%) Tanium
2 13 (5.12%) Tripwire
3 9 (3.54%) SAP
4 5 (1.97%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.18%) Aruba
5 3 (1.18%) CheckPoint
5 3 (1.18%) Cisco
5 3 (1.18%) F5
5 3 (1.18%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.79%) Ariba
6 2 (0.79%) Concur
6 2 (0.79%) Google
6 2 (0.79%) Meraki
6 2 (0.79%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.39%) Blue Coat
7 1 (0.39%) McAfee
7 1 (0.39%) Netskope
7 1 (0.39%) Thales