Security Consultant
UK

The median Security Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 429 754
Rank change year-on-year -118 +325 -184
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 370 721 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.73% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.79% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 257 550 368
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £59,250 £62,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.14% +7.69% +4.00%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the UK

Security Consultant
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 -76 335 £69,000 -1.43% 67
UK excluding London -139 241 £68,500 -2.14% 46
South West +45 126 £68,500 -2.14% 8
Work from Home -169 122 £70,000 - 30
London -9 97 £77,500 +10.71% 23
South East -33 40 £69,000 -1.43% 16
North of England -58 37 £55,000 -21.43% 10
Yorkshire +39 28 £55,000 -21.43% 6
East of England +5 14 - -
Scotland -107 13 £67,500 -3.57% 7
Midlands -18 10 £60,000 -14.29% 3
North West -67 9 £69,500 -0.71% 4
West Midlands +3 8 £60,000 -16.08% 3
Wales -9 1 - -
East Midlands -9 1 £60,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 268 (72.43%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (46.22%) Security Cleared
3 136 (36.76%) NIST
4 124 (33.51%) Risk Management
5 114 (30.81%) Information Security
6 97 (26.22%) CISSP
7 88 (23.78%) SC Cleared
8 81 (21.89%) Information Assurance
9 80 (21.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 76 (20.54%) Network Security
11 74 (20.00%) CISM
12 71 (19.19%) Security Operations
13 70 (18.92%) Social Skills
14 66 (17.84%) Security Architecture
15 61 (16.49%) SIEM
16 58 (15.68%) DV Cleared
17 56 (15.14%) CRISC
17 56 (15.14%) Mentoring
18 55 (14.86%) Incident Management
19 54 (14.59%) Agile
20 51 (13.78%) CESG Certified Professional
21 50 (13.51%) Operational Technology
22 47 (12.70%) Management Information System
23 45 (12.16%) Military
23 45 (12.16%) JSP 440
24 44 (11.89%) Vulnerability Management
25 43 (11.62%) Incident Response
26 40 (10.81%) Public Sector
27 38 (10.27%) NIST 800
28 35 (9.46%) Finance

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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.24%) IIS
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.27%) SAS
2 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.89%) SAP GRC
2 5 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.54%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.41%) Azure
2 19 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (3.51%) AWS
4 9 (2.43%) GCP
4 9 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
5 8 (2.16%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.08%) IaaS
6 4 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.81%) PaaS
7 3 (0.81%) SaaS
8 1 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.27%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 76 (20.54%) Network Security
2 22 (5.95%) Firewall
3 13 (3.51%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.43%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (2.16%) Internet
5 8 (2.16%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.16%) WAN
6 7 (1.89%) VPN
7 6 (1.62%) DNS
7 6 (1.62%) Wireless
8 5 (1.35%) NGFW
9 4 (1.08%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.81%) LAN
10 3 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.54%) 5G
11 2 (0.54%) VoIP
12 1 (0.27%) BGP
12 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.81%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.27%) Big Data
2 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.27%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.81%) Metasploit
General
1 70 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.16%) Military
3 40 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.46%) Finance
5 25 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.86%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.51%) Aerospace
8 11 (2.97%) Aviation
9 9 (2.43%) Marketing
10 7 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.62%) Law
11 6 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Retail
14 2 (0.54%) Automotive
14 2 (0.54%) Games
14 2 (0.54%) Legal
14 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.03%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.54%) Middleware
3 1 (0.27%) JWT
3 1 (0.27%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.27%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.51%) Operational Technology
2 47 (12.70%) Management Information System
3 33 (8.92%) Cyber Defence
3 33 (8.92%) Security Operations Centre
4 27 (7.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 16 (4.32%) CESG
6 15 (4.05%) Security Posture
7 13 (3.51%) Cyberattack
8 11 (2.97%) PKI
9 10 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (2.43%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.89%) IoT
12 5 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (1.08%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.81%) SCADA
15 2 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
16 1 (0.27%) Blog
16 1 (0.27%) Robotics
16 1 (0.27%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.81%) Kali Linux
1 3 (0.81%) Linux
1 3 (0.81%) Windows
2 2 (0.54%) Android
2 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (72.43%) Cybersecurity
2 124 (33.51%) Risk Management
3 114 (30.81%) Information Security
4 81 (21.89%) Information Assurance
5 71 (19.19%) Security Operations
6 66 (17.84%) Security Architecture
7 61 (16.49%) SIEM
8 56 (15.14%) Mentoring
9 55 (14.86%) Incident Management
10 54 (14.59%) Agile
11 44 (11.89%) Vulnerability Management
12 43 (11.62%) Incident Response
13 34 (9.19%) Security Testing
14 29 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
15 28 (7.57%) Analytics
16 27 (7.30%) Data Analytics
17 26 (7.03%) Coaching
18 23 (6.22%) Business Development
18 23 (6.22%) Penetration Testing
19 22 (5.95%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.81%) JavaScript
1 3 (0.81%) Python
1 3 (0.81%) SQL
2 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.54%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.27%) Bash
3 1 (0.27%) C#
3 1 (0.27%) Dart
3 1 (0.27%) Go
3 1 (0.27%) Java
3 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
3 1 (0.27%) Lua
3 1 (0.27%) Objective-C
3 1 (0.27%) PHP
3 1 (0.27%) Ruby
3 1 (0.27%) Rust
3 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 171 (46.22%) Security Cleared
2 97 (26.22%) CISSP
3 88 (23.78%) SC Cleared
4 74 (20.00%) CISM
5 58 (15.68%) DV Cleared
6 56 (15.14%) CRISC
7 51 (13.78%) CESG Certified Professional
8 27 (7.30%) CISMP
9 26 (7.03%) Degree
10 22 (5.95%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (4.59%) CEH
11 17 (4.59%) CREST Certified
12 15 (4.05%) CCNP
13 13 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (3.24%) CASP
14 12 (3.24%) IISP
14 12 (3.24%) OSCP
15 11 (2.97%) CCSP
16 9 (2.43%) Master's Degree
16 9 (2.43%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (36.76%) NIST
2 80 (21.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (12.16%) JSP 440
4 38 (10.27%) NIST 800
5 34 (9.19%) NCSC
6 32 (8.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 28 (7.57%) GRC
8 26 (7.03%) GDPR
9 24 (6.49%) RMADS
10 23 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (3.24%) PCI DSS
13 10 (2.70%) COBIT
14 7 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (1.08%) ISO 9001
15 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 2 (0.54%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.54%) ITGC
16 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
17 1 (0.27%) ISA99
System Software
1 26 (7.03%) vSphere
2 1 (0.27%) Firmware
2 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.35%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.81%) Nessus
2 3 (0.81%) Nmap
3 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.03%) SolarWinds
2 26 (7.03%) Tanium
2 26 (7.03%) Tripwire
3 19 (5.14%) Fortinet
4 18 (4.86%) Cisco
5 13 (3.51%) Palo Alto
6 11 (2.97%) SAP
7 8 (2.16%) CheckPoint
8 7 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (1.89%) Netskope
8 7 (1.89%) Zscaler
9 6 (1.62%) Blue Coat
9 6 (1.62%) Symantec
10 5 (1.35%) Aruba
10 5 (1.35%) Meraki
11 3 (0.81%) Ariba
11 3 (0.81%) Qualys
12 2 (0.54%) F5
12 2 (0.54%) Google