Information Security Consultant
UK
The median Information Security Consultant salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 878 | 886 | 1195 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +309 | -334 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant | 29 | 61 | 66 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.028% | 0.064% | 0.039% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.029% | 0.071% | 0.041% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 49 | 62 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £48,750 | £50,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £62,500 | £51,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £77,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.03% | +19.23% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £86,250 | £77,188 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £97,500 | £84,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -11.54% | +18.18% |
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 | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| 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% |
Information Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Consultant
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Consultant.
Information Security Consultant
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Consultant over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
Information Security Consultant
Top 11 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 1 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 | +10 | 29 | £55,000 | -31.25% | 12 |
| UK excluding London | -29 | 25 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 9 |
| North of England | +47 | 19 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +78 | 17 | £52,500 | - | 3 |
| Work from Home | +21 | 8 | £66,250 | -19.70% | 7 |
| London | +83 | 4 | £71,250 | -14.93% | 3 |
| Midlands | -14 | 3 | £67,500 | -3.57% | 1 |
| North West | -5 | 2 | £57,500 | - | |
| South East | -14 | 2 | £52,500 | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | -16 | 2 | £67,500 | -3.57% | 1 |
| South West | - | 1 | £80,000 | - | 2 |
Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring Information Security Consultant in the job title.
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Information Security 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: