Security Consultant Salary in 2024

💰 The median Security Consultant Salary in 2024 is USD 117,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 24 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Security Consultant salary lies between USD 81,600 and USD 155,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Security Consultant
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
24
Top 10%
$ 160,000
Top 25%
$ 155,000
Median
$ 117,500
Bottom 25%
$ 81,600
Bottom 10%
$ 65,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: April 14, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Security Consultant roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Consultant job listings are Cloud, Compliance and NIST. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 103 jobs Compliance | 97 jobs NIST | 74 jobs CISSP | 72 jobs Risk management | 69 jobs Computer Science | 63 jobs ISO 27001 | 57 jobs Strategy | 56 jobs Risk assessment | 56 jobs Monitoring | 55 jobs Incident response | 52 jobs Vulnerabilities | 52 jobs Governance | 50 jobs Azure | 48 jobs Pentesting | 48 jobs AWS | 43 jobs Audits | 42 jobs CISM | 42 jobs C | 41 jobs Security assessment | 40 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Consultant roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Consultant job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 121 jobs Flex hours | 69 jobs Health care | 66 jobs Team events | 54 jobs Competitive pay | 52 jobs Equity | 45 jobs Startup environment | 27 jobs Salary bonus | 25 jobs Flex vacation | 18 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Parental leave | 10 jobs Conferences | 9 jobs Home office stipend | 9 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Travel | 6 jobs Fitness / gym | 5 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs

Related salaries

Security Consultant @ $ 130,516 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Consultant @ $ 89,375 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Consultant @ $ 132,500 (United States) Details
Security Consultant @ $ 132,500 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Consultant @ $ 132,500 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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