Security Consultant Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Consultant salary for remote or hybrid work is £68,250 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 468 284 604
Rank change year-on-year -184 +320 -191
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Consultant 135 423 304
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 1.13% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 1.18% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 70 355 200
10th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £54,063 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Consultant.

Security Consultant salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Consultant over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Security Consultant salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Security Consultant in the job title.

1 91 (67.41%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (42.96%) Risk Management
3 44 (32.59%) Security Cleared
4 35 (25.93%) Information Security
4 35 (25.93%) JSP 440
5 32 (23.70%) Mentoring
6 31 (22.96%) NIST
7 30 (22.22%) Incident Response
8 29 (21.48%) CISSP
9 28 (20.74%) Management Information System
9 28 (20.74%) Finance
9 28 (20.74%) Security Operations
9 28 (20.74%) Operational Technology
10 27 (20.00%) Social Skills
11 26 (19.26%) Incident Management
12 24 (17.78%) Protective Monitoring
13 23 (17.04%) SC Cleared
14 22 (16.30%) CISM
15 20 (14.81%) Business Development
15 20 (14.81%) Information Assurance
15 20 (14.81%) Security Architecture
16 19 (14.07%) Network Security
17 18 (13.33%) Innovative Thinking
18 17 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
18 17 (12.59%) Cloud Security
19 16 (11.85%) NCSC
19 16 (11.85%) Matrix Organization
19 16 (11.85%) CRISC
19 16 (11.85%) Fortinet
19 16 (11.85%) Cisco

Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (8.15%) IIS
2 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (2.22%) SAP GRC
1 3 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.67%) Azure
2 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Purview
3 6 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.70%) AWS
4 5 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.22%) GCP
5 3 (2.22%) IaaS
6 2 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.48%) PaaS
6 2 (1.48%) SaaS
7 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.07%) Network Security
2 11 (8.15%) TCP/IP
3 10 (7.41%) Firewall
4 9 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (5.93%) SD-WAN
6 7 (5.19%) WAN
7 5 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (3.70%) VPN
8 4 (2.96%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (2.96%) Internet
8 4 (2.96%) NGFW
9 3 (2.22%) LAN
9 3 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.48%) HTTP
10 2 (1.48%) SSH
10 2 (1.48%) SSL
10 2 (1.48%) Wireless
11 1 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.74%) SAN
11 1 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.48%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 28 (20.74%) Finance
2 27 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.89%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.15%) Aerospace
4 11 (8.15%) Military
5 10 (7.41%) Aviation
6 6 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.96%) Marketing
8 3 (2.22%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.22%) Retail
9 2 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.74%) Advertising
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.48%) Middleware
2 1 (0.74%) JWT
2 1 (0.74%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.74%) Management Information System
1 28 (20.74%) Operational Technology
2 14 (10.37%) CESG
3 5 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (3.70%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.96%) Cyberattack
4 4 (2.96%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.22%) IoT
5 3 (2.22%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.48%) PKI
6 2 (1.48%) SCADA
6 2 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.74%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Robotics
7 1 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.48%) Android
1 2 (1.48%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.48%) Kali Linux
1 2 (1.48%) Linux
1 2 (1.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (67.41%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (42.96%) Risk Management
3 35 (25.93%) Information Security
4 32 (23.70%) Mentoring
5 30 (22.22%) Incident Response
6 28 (20.74%) Security Operations
7 26 (19.26%) Incident Management
8 24 (17.78%) Protective Monitoring
9 20 (14.81%) Business Development
9 20 (14.81%) Information Assurance
9 20 (14.81%) Security Architecture
10 18 (13.33%) Innovative Thinking
11 17 (12.59%) Cloud Security
11 17 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (11.85%) Matrix Organization
13 14 (10.37%) Agile
13 14 (10.37%) Creative Thinking
13 14 (10.37%) Project Management
14 13 (9.63%) Project Delivery
15 12 (8.89%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.48%) Python
2 1 (0.74%) C#
2 1 (0.74%) Dart
2 1 (0.74%) Go
2 1 (0.74%) Java
2 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.74%) Kotlin
2 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.74%) Lua
2 1 (0.74%) Objective-C
2 1 (0.74%) PHP
2 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.74%) Ruby
2 1 (0.74%) Rust
2 1 (0.74%) SQL
2 1 (0.74%) Swift
Qualifications
1 44 (32.59%) Security Cleared
2 29 (21.48%) CISSP
3 23 (17.04%) SC Cleared
4 22 (16.30%) CISM
5 16 (11.85%) CRISC
6 13 (9.63%) CCNP
6 13 (9.63%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (9.63%) CISMP
7 11 (8.15%) CASP
7 11 (8.15%) CEH
7 11 (8.15%) IISP
8 8 (5.93%) Degree
9 6 (4.44%) DV Cleared
10 5 (3.70%) CCIE
11 4 (2.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (2.96%) CCIE Security
11 4 (2.96%) CCSP
12 3 (2.22%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (1.48%) CREST Certified
13 2 (1.48%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (25.93%) JSP 440
2 31 (22.96%) NIST
3 16 (11.85%) NCSC
4 15 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (10.37%) NIST 800
6 13 (9.63%) RMADS
7 11 (8.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 8 (5.93%) GDPR
9 7 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (4.44%) GRC
11 4 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (2.22%) COBIT
12 3 (2.22%) PCI DSS
13 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.74%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.74%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.48%) Docker
2 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (2.96%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.48%) Nessus
2 2 (1.48%) Nmap
3 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (11.85%) Cisco
1 16 (11.85%) Fortinet
2 14 (10.37%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.67%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.70%) CheckPoint
5 4 (2.96%) Aruba
5 4 (2.96%) Blue Coat
5 4 (2.96%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (2.96%) Netskope
5 4 (2.96%) Symantec
5 4 (2.96%) Zscaler
6 3 (2.22%) Meraki
6 3 (2.22%) SAP
7 2 (1.48%) Google
7 2 (1.48%) Juniper
7 2 (1.48%) Qualys
8 1 (0.74%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.74%) F5
8 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.74%) VMware