Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 428 751
Rank change year-on-year -120 +323 -178
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 378 731 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.72% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.79% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 263 557 364
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £55,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £89,250 £90,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £62,750
% change year-on-year -2.14% +11.55% +0.40%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 May 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 -53 345 £69,000 -1.43% 56
UK excluding London -112 244 £68,500 -2.14% 32
Work from Home -168 128 £71,000 +1.43% 25
South West +52 126 £68,500 -2.14% 1
London -13 103 £77,500 +10.71% 25
South East -35 41 £69,000 -1.43% 13
North of England -57 37 £55,000 -21.43% 8
Yorkshire +47 28 £55,000 -21.43% 5
East of England +23 16 £90,000 +28.57% 1
Scotland -110 12 £65,000 -7.14% 5
Midlands -20 11 £60,000 -14.29% 4
West Midlands +3 9 £57,500 -21.23% 4
North West -56 9 £69,500 -0.71% 3
Wales -12 1 - -
East Midlands -18 1 £60,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 275 (72.75%) Cybersecurity
2 178 (47.09%) Security Cleared
3 138 (36.51%) NIST
4 125 (33.07%) Risk Management
5 116 (30.69%) Information Security
6 100 (26.46%) CISSP
7 96 (25.40%) SC Cleared
8 83 (21.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 81 (21.43%) Information Assurance
10 77 (20.37%) CISM
11 75 (19.84%) Social Skills
12 74 (19.58%) Network Security
13 70 (18.52%) Security Operations
14 68 (17.99%) Security Architecture
15 60 (15.87%) SIEM
16 58 (15.34%) Mentoring
17 57 (15.08%) CRISC
17 57 (15.08%) DV Cleared
18 53 (14.02%) Incident Management
18 53 (14.02%) Agile
19 52 (13.76%) Operational Technology
20 51 (13.49%) CESG Certified Professional
21 47 (12.43%) Management Information System
22 45 (11.90%) Military
22 45 (11.90%) JSP 440
23 44 (11.64%) Incident Response
24 42 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
25 41 (10.85%) Public Sector
26 38 (10.05%) NCSC
26 38 (10.05%) NIST 800

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 (3.17%) IIS
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.26%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.85%) SAP GRC
2 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 19 (5.03%) Azure
1 19 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (3.44%) AWS
3 9 (2.38%) GCP
4 8 (2.12%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.06%) IaaS
5 4 (1.06%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (0.79%) PaaS
6 3 (0.79%) SaaS
7 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.26%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 74 (19.58%) Network Security
2 22 (5.82%) Firewall
3 15 (3.97%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.38%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (2.12%) Internet
6 7 (1.85%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.85%) VPN
6 7 (1.85%) WAN
7 6 (1.59%) DNS
7 6 (1.59%) Wireless
8 5 (1.32%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (1.06%) NGFW
10 3 (0.79%) LAN
10 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.53%) 5G
11 2 (0.53%) VoIP
12 1 (0.26%) BGP
12 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.79%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.26%) Big Data
2 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.26%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.79%) Metasploit
General
1 75 (19.84%) Social Skills
2 45 (11.90%) Military
3 41 (10.85%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.52%) Finance
5 25 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.03%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.44%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.91%) Aviation
9 9 (2.38%) Marketing
10 7 (1.85%) Law
10 7 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.79%) Legal
13 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Retail
14 2 (0.53%) Advertising
14 2 (0.53%) Automotive
14 2 (0.53%) Games
14 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.35%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.53%) Middleware
3 1 (0.26%) JWT
3 1 (0.26%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.26%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.76%) Operational Technology
2 47 (12.43%) Management Information System
3 33 (8.73%) Cyber Defence
3 33 (8.73%) Security Operations Centre
4 25 (6.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 16 (4.23%) CESG
6 15 (3.97%) Security Posture
7 14 (3.70%) Cyberattack
8 12 (3.17%) PKI
9 10 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (2.38%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.85%) IoT
12 5 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.32%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.06%) SCADA
14 2 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
15 1 (0.26%) Cybercrime
15 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Cloud
15 1 (0.26%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.79%) Android
1 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
1 3 (0.79%) Kali Linux
1 3 (0.79%) Linux
1 3 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (72.75%) Cybersecurity
2 125 (33.07%) Risk Management
3 116 (30.69%) Information Security
4 81 (21.43%) Information Assurance
5 70 (18.52%) Security Operations
6 68 (17.99%) Security Architecture
7 60 (15.87%) SIEM
8 58 (15.34%) Mentoring
9 53 (14.02%) Agile
9 53 (14.02%) Incident Management
10 44 (11.64%) Incident Response
11 42 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
12 34 (8.99%) Security Testing
13 29 (7.67%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
15 26 (6.88%) Coaching
16 25 (6.61%) Analytics
16 25 (6.61%) Data Analytics
17 24 (6.35%) SABSA
18 23 (6.08%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.79%) JavaScript
1 3 (0.79%) Python
1 3 (0.79%) SQL
2 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.26%) Bash
3 1 (0.26%) C#
3 1 (0.26%) Dart
3 1 (0.26%) Go
3 1 (0.26%) Java
3 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.26%) Lua
3 1 (0.26%) Objective-C
3 1 (0.26%) PHP
3 1 (0.26%) Ruby
3 1 (0.26%) Rust
3 1 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 178 (47.09%) Security Cleared
2 100 (26.46%) CISSP
3 96 (25.40%) SC Cleared
4 77 (20.37%) CISM
5 57 (15.08%) CRISC
5 57 (15.08%) DV Cleared
6 51 (13.49%) CESG Certified Professional
7 27 (7.14%) CISMP
8 26 (6.88%) Degree
9 23 (6.08%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (5.29%) CREST Certified
11 19 (5.03%) CEH
12 16 (4.23%) CCNP
13 13 (3.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (3.44%) CASP
13 13 (3.44%) OSCP
14 12 (3.17%) IISP
15 11 (2.91%) CCSP
16 10 (2.65%) Master's Degree
17 9 (2.38%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (36.51%) NIST
2 83 (21.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (11.90%) JSP 440
4 38 (10.05%) NCSC
4 38 (10.05%) NIST 800
5 33 (8.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 29 (7.67%) GRC
7 28 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 26 (6.88%) GDPR
9 24 (6.35%) RMADS
10 13 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 12 (3.17%) PCI DSS
12 10 (2.65%) COBIT
13 7 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (1.06%) ISO 9001
14 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.53%) ITGC
15 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 24 (6.35%) vSphere
2 1 (0.26%) Firmware
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.06%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.79%) Nessus
2 3 (0.79%) Nmap
3 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (7.67%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.35%) SolarWinds
2 24 (6.35%) Tanium
2 24 (6.35%) Tripwire
3 19 (5.03%) Cisco
3 19 (5.03%) Fortinet
4 14 (3.70%) Palo Alto
5 11 (2.91%) SAP
6 9 (2.38%) CheckPoint
7 7 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (1.85%) Netskope
7 7 (1.85%) Zscaler
8 6 (1.59%) Blue Coat
8 6 (1.59%) Symantec
9 5 (1.32%) Aruba
9 5 (1.32%) Meraki
10 3 (0.79%) Ariba
10 3 (0.79%) F5
10 3 (0.79%) Qualys
11 2 (0.53%) Google