Security Consultant Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Security Consultant salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 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 251 231 274
Rank change year-on-year -20 +43 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 10 16 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.12% 0.27% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.31% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 5
10th Percentile - £44,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £58,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +33.33% -27.59%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £85,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,573 5,238 7,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 89.94% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,217 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the West Midlands

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -15 7 £57,500 -17.86% 3
Staffordshire - 1 - - 3
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Security Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) NIST
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) AWS
3 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (30.00%) Operational Technology
4 2 (20.00%) NGFW
4 2 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
4 2 (20.00%) NCSC
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (20.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (20.00%) GRC
4 2 (20.00%) Network Security
4 2 (20.00%) Meraki
4 2 (20.00%) GCP
4 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) Aruba

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) AWS
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
1 2 (20.00%) NGFW
1 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
1 2 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (30.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (20.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security
2 2 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Secrets Management
3 1 (10.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) CCIE
2 2 (20.00%) CCNP
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) GRC
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Aruba
2 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) F5
2 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (20.00%) Google
2 2 (20.00%) Meraki
2 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto