Cybersecurity Consultant Jobs

Cybersecurity Consultant
UK

The median Cybersecurity Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 731 816 1138
Rank change year-on-year +85 +322 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 174 140 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.16% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 101 115 113
10th Percentile £48,750 £53,200 £51,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £92,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +1.96%

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 101,543 85,646 164,275
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 91.24% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 71,805 55,459 85,654
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the UK

Cybersecurity Consultant
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +76 163 £75,000 +11.11% 34
UK excluding London +31 131 £65,000 -7.14% 27
South West +17 74 £80,000 +18.52% 7
Work from Home +23 64 £62,500 -10.71% 31
London +75 40 £90,000 +38.46% 10
South East +14 27 £65,000 -18.75% 5
North of England +22 10 £60,000 -14.29% 7
Scotland -68 9 £67,050 -4.21% 2
Midlands -3 8 £57,500 -32.35% 4
West Midlands -16 8 £57,500 -32.35% 4
Yorkshire - 8 £55,000 - 3
North West -15 2 £69,500 -0.71% 4
East of England -20 2 - -
Wales +10 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 6 June 2024, Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 174 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (50.57%) Security Cleared
3 80 (45.98%) NIST
4 65 (37.36%) Risk Management
5 49 (28.16%) Incident Management
6 48 (27.59%) Information Security
7 45 (25.86%) Social Skills
8 44 (25.29%) SIEM
9 42 (24.14%) Security Operations
10 39 (22.41%) DV Cleared
11 37 (21.26%) Vulnerability Management
12 36 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 36 (20.69%) Network Security
13 35 (20.11%) JSP 440
14 34 (19.54%) Incident Response
15 32 (18.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 32 (18.39%) Information Assurance
15 32 (18.39%) Management Information System
16 29 (16.67%) Tripwire
16 29 (16.67%) SolarWinds
16 29 (16.67%) Data Analytics
16 29 (16.67%) vSphere
16 29 (16.67%) Security Architecture
16 29 (16.67%) Analytics
16 29 (16.67%) Elastic Stack
16 29 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 29 (16.67%) Tanium
17 28 (16.09%) Public Sector
17 28 (16.09%) CISMP
17 28 (16.09%) Agile

Cybersecurity 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 (6.90%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.47%) Azure
2 8 (4.60%) AWS
3 7 (4.02%) GCP
4 3 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (20.69%) Network Security
2 10 (5.75%) Firewall
3 2 (1.15%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.57%) BGP
4 1 (0.57%) DNS
4 1 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 45 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.09%) Military
2 28 (16.09%) Public Sector
3 20 (11.49%) Finance
4 12 (6.90%) Aerospace
5 10 (5.75%) Aviation
6 6 (3.45%) Marketing
7 4 (2.30%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.72%) Electronics
8 3 (1.72%) Legal
8 3 (1.72%) Retail
9 2 (1.15%) Law
9 2 (1.15%) Police
10 1 (0.57%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.57%) Games
10 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (16.67%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 32 (18.39%) Management Information System
2 29 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 19 (10.92%) Security Operations Centre
4 18 (10.34%) Operational Technology
5 16 (9.20%) CESG
5 16 (9.20%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (5.17%) Cyberattack
6 9 (5.17%) PKI
7 7 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.45%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.87%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.72%) SCADA
11 2 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.57%) Blog
12 1 (0.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.57%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.57%) Insider Threat
12 1 (0.57%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.15%) Linux
1 2 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (37.36%) Risk Management
3 49 (28.16%) Incident Management
4 48 (27.59%) Information Security
5 44 (25.29%) SIEM
6 42 (24.14%) Security Operations
7 37 (21.26%) Vulnerability Management
8 34 (19.54%) Incident Response
9 32 (18.39%) Information Assurance
10 29 (16.67%) Analytics
10 29 (16.67%) Data Analytics
10 29 (16.67%) Security Architecture
11 28 (16.09%) Agile
12 26 (14.94%) Business Development
13 22 (12.64%) Mentoring
14 21 (12.07%) Innovative Thinking
14 21 (12.07%) Protective Monitoring
15 20 (11.49%) SABSA
16 19 (10.92%) TOGAF
17 17 (9.77%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 88 (50.57%) Security Cleared
2 39 (22.41%) DV Cleared
3 28 (16.09%) CISMP
4 27 (15.52%) CISSP
5 20 (11.49%) Degree
6 19 (10.92%) SC Cleared
7 18 (10.34%) CESG Certified Professional
8 13 (7.47%) CISM
9 12 (6.90%) IISP
10 11 (6.32%) CREST Certified
11 9 (5.17%) Master's Degree
12 8 (4.60%) CHECK Team Member
12 8 (4.60%) OSCP
13 4 (2.30%) CRISC
14 3 (1.72%) PCI QSA
15 2 (1.15%) CISA
15 2 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (1.15%) ISACA
16 1 (0.57%) GCFE
16 1 (0.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (45.98%) NIST
2 36 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (20.11%) JSP 440
4 32 (18.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 18 (10.34%) NIST 800
6 17 (9.77%) NCSC
7 14 (8.05%) RMADS
8 11 (6.32%) GRC
9 10 (5.75%) GDPR
10 8 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (2.30%) COBIT
11 4 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (2.30%) PCI DSS
12 3 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 29 (16.67%) vSphere
2 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (16.67%) SolarWinds
1 29 (16.67%) Tanium
1 29 (16.67%) Tripwire
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.72%) SAP
4 2 (1.15%) Palo Alto
4 2 (1.15%) Splunk
5 1 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.57%) Google
5 1 (0.57%) Netskope
5 1 (0.57%) QinetiQ
5 1 (0.57%) Thales
5 1 (0.57%) Zscaler