Security Consultant salary
3 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for security consultant roles at mid level across the United States: 11 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $115,000 and $173,750, with a median of $151,800.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 2 of the 3 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
Security Consultant pay by specialization
Security Operations & Analysis 26Security Engineering 2Application & Product Security 1
Live security consultant roles by security function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
3 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $115,000 – $173,750 | $151,800 | 11 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $137,755 – $164,750 | $145,500 | 7hint |
| Remote · United States | Senior | $137,500 – $169,500 | $145,500 | 5hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Pay by market
1 pageOpen security consultant roles · 12 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $75,000–$182,000scale $40,000–$260,000
Cyber Security Consultant (m/w/d) – Security Advisor | Teilzeit Arctic Wolf · Remote · Germany New €48,500–€143,000 3d ago Security Consultant II Fa Extu Saasfaprod1 · Remote · Canada CA$92,900–CA$167,100 10d ago Senior Security Consultant Fa Extu Saasfaprod1 · Remote · Canada CA$109,900–CA$197,700 11d ago Cyber Security Consultant (m/w/d) – Security Advisor | 100% Remote in Deutschland Arctic Wolf · Remote · Germany €48,500–€143,000 5w ago Security Consultant - Fixed Term Ioactive Tc · Remote · US $65,000–$150,000 2mo ago Senior Security Consultant, Application Security Ioactive Tc · Remote · US $75,000–$175,000 4mo ago Senior Security Consultant, Operational Technologies (OT) Ioactive Tc · Remote · US $100,000–$175,000 4mo ago 
Principal Google Cloud Security Consultant (GCP and Wiz) Coalfire · Remote · US $127,000–$212,000 4mo ago Senior Google Cloud Security Consultant (GCP and Wiz) Coalfire · Remote · US $109,000–$182,000 4mo ago Principal Security Consultant (Req #1132) ePlus Technology, inc. · Remote · US $160,000–$210,000 7mo ago AI Security Consultant Ioactive Tc · Remote · US $75,000–$175,000 1y ago Senior Security Consultant, Red Team Ioactive Tc · Remote · US $75,000 1y ago Senior Cyber Security Consultant Nwis · Remote · US New $132,703–$185,000e 1d ago Expert Cyber Security Consultant Aveniq AG · Remote · Switzerland Pay not stated 4d ago Microsoft Security Consultant Quisitive · Remote · Worldwide Pay not stated 4d ago Microsoft Security Consultant (Purview) Threatscape · Remote · UK £45,872–£65,625e 9d ago Senior Microsoft Security Consultant / Solution Architect (Sentinel/Defender/Purview) Threatscape · Remote · UK £61,021–£91,438e 9d ago Security Consultant II Fa Extu Saasfaprod1 · Remote · Brazil Pay not stated 10d ago Security Consultant II Fa Extu Saasfaprod1 · Remote · Costa Rica Pay not stated 12d ago Security Consultant Fa Extu Saasfaprod1 · Remote · Poland Pay not stated 3w ago SAP Basis Consultant and Security Consultant (8 Month) Müller`s Solutions · Remote · UAE Pay not stated 4w ago 
Senior Cyber Security Consultant - Saudi Arabia Immersive · Remote · Saudi Arabia Pay not stated 8w ago Senior Security Consultant, Continuity and Compliance - PCI DSS QSA Pondurance · Remote · Worldwide In listing 8w ago 
Senior Network & Security Consultant Malleum · Remote · Worldwide Pay not stated 2mo ago 
Security Consultant Sopra Steria · Remote · Belgium Pay not stated 2mo ago (Senior) Cyber Security Consultant (w/m/d) Westernacher Solutions · Remote · Germany Pay not stated 2mo ago 
IT Security Consultant Inetum · Remote · Portugal Pay not stated 8mo ago Embedded Device Security Consultant Ioactive Tc · Remote · US In listing 1y ago 
Sr. Microsoft Security Consultant (SME) - Remote WaveStrong, Inc. · Remote · US Pay not stated 1y ago