Security Consultant Jobs in the Midlands

Security Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Security Consultant salary in the Midlands is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 231 338
Rank change year-on-year -38 +107 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 11 16 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.27% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.29% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 13
10th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +45.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £100,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,750 - £79,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 9,640 5,572 11,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 94.25% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,193 4,028 6,972
10th Percentile £28,119 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,150 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +4.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,108 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the Midlands

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
West Midlands -31 10 £68,750 -14.06% 3
East Midlands - 1 £72,500 - 4
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 Midlands region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) Operational Technology
3 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) SCADA
4 3 (27.27%) Network Security
4 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (27.27%) Fortinet
4 3 (27.27%) Digital Forensics
4 3 (27.27%) Firewall
4 3 (27.27%) WAN
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco
4 3 (27.27%) CCNP
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
4 3 (27.27%) Palo Alto
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (27.27%) NIST
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (18.18%) GDPR
5 2 (18.18%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (18.18%) NGFW
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
5 2 (18.18%) Wireless
5 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
5 2 (18.18%) CCIE
5 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Security Management
5 2 (18.18%) Aruba

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
1 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
1 3 (27.27%) WAN
2 2 (18.18%) NGFW
2 2 (18.18%) Wireless
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Operational Technology
2 3 (27.27%) SCADA
3 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 2 (18.18%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 2 (18.18%) IoT
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (18.18%) Security Management
3 2 (18.18%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (9.09%) Business Development
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CCIE
4 1 (9.09%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
3 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) Fortinet
1 3 (27.27%) Palo Alto
2 2 (18.18%) Aruba
2 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
2 2 (18.18%) F5
2 2 (18.18%) Meraki