Lead Security Consultant Jobs

Lead Security Consultant
UK

The median Lead Security Consultant salary in the UK is £91,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 876 723 1258
Rank change year-on-year -153 +535 -290
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Security Consultant 28 199 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.22% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.24% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 28 197 5
10th Percentile £71,250 - £70,500
25th Percentile £74,250 - £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,500 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.71% -17.65% +17.24%
75th Percentile £97,250 - £92,500
90th Percentile - - £98,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £91,500 £70,000 £76,250
% change year-on-year +30.71% -8.20% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
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 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Lead Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Security Consultant in the UK

Lead Security Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Security Consultant in the UK

Lead Security Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Consultant over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Security Consultant in the UK

Lead Security Consultant
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Security Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 -105 27 £91,500 +30.71% 8
UK excluding London -195 20 £91,500 +30.71% 1
South West -42 14 £91,500 +30.71%
Work from Home -153 8 £82,000 +17.14% 6
London +69 7 £85,000 +21.43% 7
South East -63 5 £72,500 +3.57%
North West -55 1 £79,000 +12.86%
North of England -61 1 £79,000 +12.86%

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Lead 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 Lead Security Consultant in the job title.

1 21 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (64.29%) Security Cleared
3 16 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 16 (57.14%) SIEM
3 16 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 16 (57.14%) NIST
4 14 (50.00%) Tanium
4 14 (50.00%) Data Analytics
4 14 (50.00%) Analytics
4 14 (50.00%) SolarWinds
4 14 (50.00%) vSphere
4 14 (50.00%) Network Security
4 14 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 14 (50.00%) Elastic Stack
4 14 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 14 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 14 (50.00%) Tripwire
5 6 (21.43%) Degree
6 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 3 (10.71%) Business Case
7 3 (10.71%) CISSP
7 3 (10.71%) SAP
7 3 (10.71%) Information Security
7 3 (10.71%) SAP GRC
7 3 (10.71%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (7.14%) CREST Certified
8 2 (7.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 2 (7.14%) Concur

Lead 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) SAP GRC
2 2 (7.14%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (7.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (7.14%) Automotive
1 2 (7.14%) Law
1 2 (7.14%) Police
1 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (50.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 14 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 2 (7.14%) PKI
3 1 (3.57%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (57.14%) SIEM
2 16 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 14 (50.00%) Analytics
3 14 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 14 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 14 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.71%) Business Case
5 3 (10.71%) Information Security
6 2 (7.14%) Business Forecasting
6 2 (7.14%) Cryptography
6 2 (7.14%) Identity Management
6 2 (7.14%) SABSA
6 2 (7.14%) Security Architecture
6 2 (7.14%) TOGAF
6 2 (7.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 1 (3.57%) Creative Thinking
7 1 (3.57%) Innovative Thinking
7 1 (3.57%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 18 (64.29%) Security Cleared
2 16 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 6 (21.43%) Degree
4 3 (10.71%) CESG Certified Professional
4 3 (10.71%) CISSP
5 2 (7.14%) CISMP
5 2 (7.14%) CREST Certified
5 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.57%) CISM
6 1 (3.57%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (57.14%) NIST
2 2 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.14%) ITGC
3 1 (3.57%) COBIT
3 1 (3.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) SolarWinds
1 14 (50.00%) Tanium
1 14 (50.00%) Tripwire
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.71%) SAP
4 2 (7.14%) Ariba
4 2 (7.14%) Concur