Security Consultant Jobs in the North of England

Security Consultant
England > North of England

The median Security Consultant salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 274 436
Rank change year-on-year -73 +162 -85
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 37 154 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.91% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 1.02% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 29 120 23
10th Percentile £40,000 £57,825 £46,000
25th Percentile £45,000 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £76,250
90th Percentile £68,700 - £77,500
England median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year -1.43% -1.75% +9.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 16,792 15,127 17,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.57% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,971 8,097 11,000
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Consultant in the North of England

Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Consultant in the North of England.

Salary trend for Security Consultant in the North of England

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Consultant in the North of England

Security Consultant
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Yorkshire +38 28 £55,000 -21.43% 6
North West -73 9 £69,500 -0.71% 4
Security Consultant
England

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 20 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 across the North of England region featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 21 (56.76%) Information Security
2 17 (45.95%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
4 15 (40.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (35.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 13 (35.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (32.43%) Incident Response
7 12 (32.43%) Security Testing
8 11 (29.73%) Threat Intelligence
8 11 (29.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 11 (29.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (27.03%) Security Operations
9 10 (27.03%) Security Auditing
9 10 (27.03%) GDPR
9 10 (27.03%) Risk Register
9 10 (27.03%) Data Protection
9 10 (27.03%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (27.03%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (27.03%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (24.32%) Incident Management
10 9 (24.32%) NIST
10 9 (24.32%) Business Continuity
11 7 (18.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
12 5 (13.51%) COBIT
12 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
13 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
13 4 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
13 4 (10.81%) Penetration Testing

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.41%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.70%) IaaS
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.70%) PaaS
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
2 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Games
4 1 (2.70%) Law
4 1 (2.70%) Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Information Security
2 17 (45.95%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (35.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 12 (32.43%) Incident Response
4 12 (32.43%) Security Testing
5 11 (29.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 11 (29.73%) Threat Intelligence
6 10 (27.03%) Data Protection
6 10 (27.03%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (27.03%) Risk Register
6 10 (27.03%) Security Auditing
6 10 (27.03%) Security Operations
6 10 (27.03%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (24.32%) Business Continuity
7 9 (24.32%) Incident Management
8 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
9 4 (10.81%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (10.81%) SAP Security
10 3 (8.11%) Information Security Management
10 3 (8.11%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.41%) Python
2 1 (2.70%) Bash
2 1 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) CISSP
2 1 (2.70%) CISM
2 1 (2.70%) CREST Certified
2 1 (2.70%) GCFA
2 1 (2.70%) GCFE
2 1 (2.70%) GCIH
2 1 (2.70%) OSCP
2 1 (2.70%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (40.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (35.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (29.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 10 (27.03%) GDPR
5 9 (24.32%) NIST
6 7 (18.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (13.51%) COBIT
8 3 (8.11%) GRC
9 2 (5.41%) NCSC
9 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto