Security Consultant Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Consultant salary in Work from Home is £70,000 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 473 296 609
Rank change year-on-year -177 +313 -200
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 127 427 295
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.36% 1.11% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 1.15% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 68 358 197
10th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,938 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.75%
75th Percentile £84,063 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £88,250 £85,375 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,479 36,977 72,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 95.95% 97.33%
Number of salaries quoted 25,508 26,851 42,434
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Consultant.

Security Consultant salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Security Consultant salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 84 (66.14%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (44.88%) Risk Management
3 43 (33.86%) Security Cleared
4 35 (27.56%) JSP 440
5 34 (26.77%) Information Security
6 33 (25.98%) Mentoring
7 31 (24.41%) NIST
7 31 (24.41%) CISSP
8 28 (22.05%) Management Information System
8 28 (22.05%) Finance
8 28 (22.05%) Operational Technology
9 27 (21.26%) Incident Response
10 25 (19.69%) Incident Management
10 25 (19.69%) Social Skills
10 25 (19.69%) Security Operations
11 23 (18.11%) SC Cleared
12 21 (16.54%) CISM
12 21 (16.54%) Protective Monitoring
13 20 (15.75%) Information Assurance
13 20 (15.75%) Network Security
13 20 (15.75%) Business Development
14 19 (14.96%) Security Architecture
15 18 (14.17%) Innovative Thinking
15 18 (14.17%) Fortinet
16 17 (13.39%) Cisco
16 17 (13.39%) NCSC
17 16 (12.60%) Matrix Organization
17 16 (12.60%) CRISC
17 16 (12.60%) Cloud Security
18 15 (11.81%) Problem-Solving

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (8.66%) IIS
2 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) SAP GRC
1 3 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.51%) Azure
1 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Purview
2 5 (3.94%) Entra ID
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.36%) AWS
3 3 (2.36%) IaaS
4 2 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.57%) PaaS
4 2 (1.57%) SaaS
5 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.75%) Network Security
2 11 (8.66%) Firewall
2 11 (8.66%) TCP/IP
3 9 (7.09%) Cisco Firepower
4 8 (6.30%) SD-WAN
5 7 (5.51%) WAN
6 6 (4.72%) VPN
7 5 (3.94%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (3.94%) Internet
8 4 (3.15%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (3.15%) NGFW
9 3 (2.36%) LAN
9 3 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.79%) SAN
10 1 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 28 (22.05%) Finance
2 25 (19.69%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.45%) Aerospace
3 12 (9.45%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.66%) Military
5 10 (7.87%) Aviation
6 6 (4.72%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.15%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.36%) Retail
9 2 (1.57%) Marketing
9 2 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.79%) Advertising
10 1 (0.79%) Banking
10 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.79%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.57%) Middleware
2 1 (0.79%) JWT
2 1 (0.79%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 28 (22.05%) Management Information System
1 28 (22.05%) Operational Technology
2 14 (11.02%) CESG
3 5 (3.94%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.15%) Cyberattack
4 4 (3.15%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.57%) PKI
5 2 (1.57%) SCADA
6 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.79%) IoT
6 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.79%) Robotics
6 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.57%) Android
1 2 (1.57%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.57%) Linux
1 2 (1.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (66.14%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (44.88%) Risk Management
3 34 (26.77%) Information Security
4 33 (25.98%) Mentoring
5 27 (21.26%) Incident Response
6 25 (19.69%) Incident Management
6 25 (19.69%) Security Operations
7 21 (16.54%) Protective Monitoring
8 20 (15.75%) Business Development
8 20 (15.75%) Information Assurance
9 19 (14.96%) Security Architecture
10 18 (14.17%) Innovative Thinking
11 16 (12.60%) Cloud Security
11 16 (12.60%) Matrix Organization
12 15 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (11.02%) Agile
13 14 (11.02%) Creative Thinking
13 14 (11.02%) Project Management
14 13 (10.24%) Project Delivery
15 12 (9.45%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.57%) Python
2 1 (0.79%) C#
2 1 (0.79%) Dart
2 1 (0.79%) Go
2 1 (0.79%) Java
2 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
2 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.79%) Lua
2 1 (0.79%) Objective-C
2 1 (0.79%) PHP
2 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.79%) Ruby
2 1 (0.79%) Rust
2 1 (0.79%) SQL
2 1 (0.79%) Swift
Qualifications
1 43 (33.86%) Security Cleared
2 31 (24.41%) CISSP
3 23 (18.11%) SC Cleared
4 21 (16.54%) CISM
5 16 (12.60%) CRISC
6 14 (11.02%) CCNP
6 14 (11.02%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (10.24%) CISMP
8 12 (9.45%) CEH
9 11 (8.66%) CASP
9 11 (8.66%) IISP
10 6 (4.72%) CCIE
10 6 (4.72%) Degree
10 6 (4.72%) DV Cleared
11 5 (3.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (3.94%) CCIE Security
11 5 (3.94%) CCSP
12 4 (3.15%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (1.57%) CLAS
13 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (27.56%) JSP 440
2 31 (24.41%) NIST
3 17 (13.39%) NCSC
4 13 (10.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (10.24%) RMADS
5 12 (9.45%) NIST 800
6 11 (8.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (5.51%) GDPR
8 6 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (4.72%) GRC
9 3 (2.36%) COBIT
9 3 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.79%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.79%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (3.15%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (14.17%) Fortinet
2 17 (13.39%) Cisco
3 12 (9.45%) Microsoft
4 10 (7.87%) Palo Alto
5 6 (4.72%) CheckPoint
6 5 (3.94%) Blue Coat
6 5 (3.94%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (3.94%) Netskope
6 5 (3.94%) Symantec
6 5 (3.94%) Zscaler
7 4 (3.15%) Aruba
8 3 (2.36%) Meraki
8 3 (2.36%) SAP
9 2 (1.57%) Juniper
10 1 (0.79%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.79%) F5
10 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.79%) Thales
10 1 (0.79%) VMware