Senior Security Consultant Jobs in England

Senior Security Consultant
UK > England

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in England is £70,000 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 808 847 1106
Rank change year-on-year +39 +259 -227
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 55 47 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.058% 0.057% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.063% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 38 33 66
10th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +15.25% +22.92%
75th Percentile £81,813 £93,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £99,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% -3.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in England

Senior Security Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Consultant within the England 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
London +93 21 £70,000 -20.00% 5
South West -29 16 £61,250 -12.50%
North of England +4 7 £60,000 -14.29%
Yorkshire +61 5 £65,000 -
South East -24 4 £65,000 -3.70% 1
Midlands -37 3 £70,000 - 2
West Midlands -10 2 £80,000 +17.22% 2
North West -25 2 £58,750 -16.07%
East Midlands -29 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Senior Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 27 (49.09%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (40.00%) Information Security
3 21 (38.18%) NIST
4 19 (34.55%) Risk Management
5 16 (29.09%) Innovative Thinking
6 15 (27.27%) NIST 800
7 14 (25.45%) CESG
7 14 (25.45%) Information Assurance
7 14 (25.45%) CISMP
7 14 (25.45%) JSP 440
8 13 (23.64%) Management Information System
8 13 (23.64%) Project Management
8 13 (23.64%) Matrix Organization
9 12 (21.82%) Creative Thinking
9 12 (21.82%) IISP
9 12 (21.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (21.82%) IIS
10 11 (20.00%) Finance
10 11 (20.00%) RMADS
11 10 (18.18%) SC Cleared
11 10 (18.18%) Aerospace
11 10 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (18.18%) Military
11 10 (18.18%) Active Listening
11 10 (18.18%) Aviation
12 9 (16.36%) Firewall
12 9 (16.36%) Palo Alto
13 8 (14.55%) Security Testing
13 8 (14.55%) Network Security

Senior Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (21.82%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (7.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.64%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.27%) AWS
2 3 (5.45%) Azure
2 3 (5.45%) GCP
3 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.36%) Firewall
2 8 (14.55%) Cisco Firepower
2 8 (14.55%) Network Security
2 8 (14.55%) SD-WAN
3 7 (12.73%) Wireless
4 6 (10.91%) NGFW
4 6 (10.91%) WAN
5 2 (3.64%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (3.64%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Burp Suite
2 3 (5.45%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (20.00%) Finance
2 10 (18.18%) Aerospace
2 10 (18.18%) Aviation
2 10 (18.18%) Military
3 4 (7.27%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.27%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Marketing
5 2 (3.64%) Law
6 1 (1.82%) Games
6 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) CESG
2 13 (23.64%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.27%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.45%) IoT
4 3 (5.45%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.45%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.82%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.45%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.82%) Linux
2 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (49.09%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (40.00%) Information Security
3 19 (34.55%) Risk Management
4 16 (29.09%) Innovative Thinking
5 14 (25.45%) Information Assurance
6 13 (23.64%) Matrix Organization
6 13 (23.64%) Project Management
7 12 (21.82%) Creative Thinking
8 10 (18.18%) Active Listening
9 8 (14.55%) Security Testing
10 6 (10.91%) Application Security
10 6 (10.91%) Threat Modelling
11 5 (9.09%) Information Security Management
11 5 (9.09%) Security Management
12 4 (7.27%) ISMS
12 4 (7.27%) Migration
12 4 (7.27%) Penetration Testing
12 4 (7.27%) Project Delivery
12 4 (7.27%) Red Team
12 4 (7.27%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.82%) Bash
1 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (25.45%) CISMP
3 12 (21.82%) IISP
4 10 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 8 (14.55%) CCNP
6 7 (12.73%) CISM
6 7 (12.73%) CISSP
7 6 (10.91%) CCIE
8 5 (9.09%) PCI QSA
9 4 (7.27%) CRISC
9 4 (7.27%) Degree
9 4 (7.27%) OSCP
10 3 (5.45%) CESG Certified Professional
10 3 (5.45%) CISA
10 3 (5.45%) CREST Certified
10 3 (5.45%) ISACA
10 3 (5.45%) OSCE
11 2 (3.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (3.64%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (38.18%) NIST
2 15 (27.27%) NIST 800
3 14 (25.45%) JSP 440
4 12 (21.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (20.00%) RMADS
6 7 (12.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (9.09%) PCI DSS
8 4 (7.27%) NCSC
9 3 (5.45%) GDPR
9 3 (5.45%) GRC
9 3 (5.45%) ISO 9001
10 2 (3.64%) ISO 22301
11 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (3.64%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) FortiGate
2 3 (5.45%) Nessus
2 3 (5.45%) Nmap
Vendors
1 9 (16.36%) Palo Alto
2 8 (14.55%) Cisco
2 8 (14.55%) Fortinet
3 6 (10.91%) Aruba
3 6 (10.91%) CheckPoint
3 6 (10.91%) F5
4 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.27%) Meraki
5 4 (7.27%) SAP
6 3 (5.45%) Qualys
7 2 (3.64%) Juniper
7 2 (3.64%) VMware
8 1 (1.82%) QinetiQ