Information Security Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 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 745 711 833
Rank change year-on-year -34 +122 -150
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 25 22 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.039% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.044% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 27
10th Percentile £40,500 £47,875 £48,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +18.18%
75th Percentile £59,688 £71,438 £76,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,850 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -29.03% +19.23% +8.33%

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%

Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Information Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Information Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Information Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Information Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Information 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 Information 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
North of England +47 19 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Yorkshire +76 17 £52,500 - 3
Midlands -12 3 £67,500 -3.57% 1
West Midlands -12 2 £67,500 -3.57% 1
North West -13 2 £57,500 -
South East -19 2 £52,500 - 4
South West - 1 £80,000 - 2
Information Security Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Information 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 Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 24 (96.00%) Information Security
2 18 (72.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (68.00%) Microsoft
4 16 (64.00%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (56.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (52.00%) Risk Register
6 13 (52.00%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (48.00%) Data Protection
7 12 (48.00%) Incident Response
7 12 (48.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 12 (48.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 12 (48.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 12 (48.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (48.00%) GDPR
8 11 (44.00%) Security Testing
8 11 (44.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (44.00%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (44.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (44.00%) Business Continuity
9 10 (40.00%) Security Operations
9 10 (40.00%) Security Auditing
10 9 (36.00%) NIST
11 8 (32.00%) Incident Management
12 7 (28.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (24.00%) COBIT
14 5 (20.00%) Azure
15 4 (16.00%) AWS
15 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
15 4 (16.00%) CISSP
15 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat

Information 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.00%) Azure
3 4 (16.00%) AWS
4 2 (8.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (8.00%) IaaS
4 2 (8.00%) PaaS
4 2 (8.00%) SaaS
5 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) SAN
1 1 (4.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (4.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Advertising
4 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Games
4 1 (4.00%) Law
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (44.00%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (96.00%) Information Security
2 13 (52.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (52.00%) Risk Register
3 12 (48.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 12 (48.00%) Data Protection
3 12 (48.00%) Incident Response
3 12 (48.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 12 (48.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 11 (44.00%) Business Continuity
4 11 (44.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (44.00%) Security Testing
4 11 (44.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (40.00%) Security Auditing
5 10 (40.00%) Security Operations
6 8 (32.00%) Incident Management
7 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (12.00%) Cloud Security
8 3 (12.00%) Information Assurance
8 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
9 2 (8.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) Bash
2 1 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) CISSP
2 2 (8.00%) CISM
2 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (4.00%) CLAS
3 1 (4.00%) CRISC
3 1 (4.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) GCFA
3 1 (4.00%) GCFE
3 1 (4.00%) GCIH
3 1 (4.00%) OSCP
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (72.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (56.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (48.00%) GDPR
3 12 (48.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 9 (36.00%) NIST
5 7 (28.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (24.00%) COBIT
7 3 (12.00%) GRC
8 2 (8.00%) JSP 440
8 2 (8.00%) NIST 800
8 2 (8.00%) PCI DSS
8 2 (8.00%) RMADS
9 1 (4.00%) Def Stans
9 1 (4.00%) ISO 31000
9 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (4.00%) NCSC
9 1 (4.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 17 (68.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Google