Senior Security Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Security Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 670 854
Rank change year-on-year -73 +184 -172
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Consultant 37 58 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.10% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.12% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 25 17 17
10th Percentile £51,500 £53,750 £62,200
25th Percentile £54,250 £58,750 £67,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -17.65% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 -
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% -3.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Security Consultant in the UK excluding London

Senior Security Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South West -29 16 £61,250 -12.50%
North of England +4 7 £60,000 -14.29%
Scotland -92 7 £70,000 -
Yorkshire +61 5 £65,000 -
South East -24 4 £65,000 -3.70% 1
Midlands -37 3 £70,000 - 2
West Midlands -10 2 £80,000 +17.22% 2
North West -25 2 £58,750 -16.07%
East Midlands -29 1 £60,000 -14.29%
Senior Security Consultant
UK

Senior Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Security Consultant in the job title.

1 24 (64.86%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (54.05%) Information Security
3 18 (48.65%) Risk Management
3 18 (48.65%) Security Cleared
3 18 (48.65%) NIST
4 17 (45.95%) Innovative Thinking
5 15 (40.54%) NIST 800
6 14 (37.84%) Matrix Organization
6 14 (37.84%) Information Assurance
6 14 (37.84%) CISMP
6 14 (37.84%) JSP 440
6 14 (37.84%) CESG
7 13 (35.14%) Creative Thinking
8 12 (32.43%) IISP
8 12 (32.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 12 (32.43%) Management Information System
8 12 (32.43%) IIS
9 11 (29.73%) Aerospace
9 11 (29.73%) RMADS
10 10 (27.03%) Finance
10 10 (27.03%) Military
10 10 (27.03%) Project Management
10 10 (27.03%) Active Listening
10 10 (27.03%) Aviation
11 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
12 5 (13.51%) Penetration Testing
12 5 (13.51%) Information Security Management
12 5 (13.51%) Security Management
12 5 (13.51%) Application Security
13 4 (10.81%) Public Sector

Senior Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (32.43%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.41%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) AWS
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
1 3 (8.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) Firewall
2 2 (5.41%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (5.41%) Network Security
2 2 (5.41%) NGFW
2 2 (5.41%) SD-WAN
2 2 (5.41%) WAN
2 2 (5.41%) Wireless
General
1 11 (29.73%) Aerospace
2 10 (27.03%) Aviation
2 10 (27.03%) Finance
2 10 (27.03%) Military
3 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) CESG
2 12 (32.43%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.11%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (54.05%) Information Security
3 18 (48.65%) Risk Management
4 17 (45.95%) Innovative Thinking
5 14 (37.84%) Information Assurance
5 14 (37.84%) Matrix Organization
6 13 (35.14%) Creative Thinking
7 10 (27.03%) Active Listening
7 10 (27.03%) Project Management
8 5 (13.51%) Application Security
8 5 (13.51%) Information Security Management
8 5 (13.51%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (13.51%) Security Management
9 4 (10.81%) Analytics
9 4 (10.81%) Cloud Security
9 4 (10.81%) SAP Security
9 4 (10.81%) Security Operations
10 3 (8.11%) ISMS
10 3 (8.11%) SABSA
10 3 (8.11%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Bash
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (48.65%) Security Cleared
2 14 (37.84%) CISMP
3 12 (32.43%) IISP
4 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
5 4 (10.81%) CISSP
6 3 (8.11%) CESG Certified Professional
6 3 (8.11%) CISM
6 3 (8.11%) PCI QSA
7 2 (5.41%) CCIE
7 2 (5.41%) CCNP
7 2 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.70%) GCFA
8 1 (2.70%) GCFE
8 1 (2.70%) GCIH
8 1 (2.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (48.65%) NIST
2 15 (40.54%) NIST 800
3 14 (37.84%) JSP 440
4 12 (32.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (29.73%) RMADS
6 4 (10.81%) NCSC
7 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (8.11%) PCI DSS
8 2 (5.41%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) SAP
2 3 (8.11%) Palo Alto
3 2 (5.41%) Aruba
3 2 (5.41%) CheckPoint
3 2 (5.41%) Cisco
3 2 (5.41%) F5
3 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
3 2 (5.41%) Meraki
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.70%) QinetiQ