Security Manager Jobs

Security Manager
UK

The median Security Manager salary in the UK is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 547 603
Rank change year-on-year +55 +56 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 475 444 868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.47% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.51% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 390 326 565
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £80,188 £88,438 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
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 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the UK

Security Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in the UK

Security Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in the UK

Security Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +107 450 £68,500 -8.67% 143
UK excluding London +24 308 £65,000 -7.14% 77
London +79 154 £85,000 - 76
Work from Home -2 131 £67,500 -6.90% 41
South East +11 78 £59,750 -14.64% 21
North of England +59 74 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Midlands +7 61 £66,677 -13.97% 18
North West +24 54 £57,500 -9.80% 6
South West -21 52 £68,500 -5.52% 8
West Midlands -13 34 £66,927 -13.64% 5
East of England +11 28 £72,500 +16.00% 12
East Midlands +6 27 £66,500 +2.31% 13
Yorkshire +49 18 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Scotland -70 11 £66,250 +6.00% 4
Wales 0 3 £30,000 -36.03% 3
North East - 2 £55,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Security Manager 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 283 (59.58%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (48.21%) Information Security
3 166 (34.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 135 (28.42%) Risk Management
5 130 (27.37%) CISSP
6 106 (22.32%) Security Management
7 95 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 85 (17.89%) CISM
9 79 (16.63%) Social Skills
10 72 (15.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 70 (14.74%) NIST
12 69 (14.53%) Security Operations
12 69 (14.53%) Finance
13 65 (13.68%) Incident Response
14 62 (13.05%) Roadmaps
14 62 (13.05%) Security Posture
14 62 (13.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 60 (12.63%) Azure
16 58 (12.21%) GDPR
17 56 (11.79%) Vulnerability Management
18 55 (11.58%) Security Cleared
19 51 (10.74%) GRC
20 49 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
20 49 (10.32%) Data Protection
20 49 (10.32%) Management Information System
21 48 (10.11%) NCSC
22 47 (9.89%) Cyber Threat
22 47 (9.89%) Legal
23 46 (9.68%) Degree
24 44 (9.26%) Firewall

Security Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.21%) Apache
2 1 (0.21%) Confluence
2 1 (0.21%) IIS
2 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.42%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 60 (12.63%) Azure
2 49 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (4.42%) AWS
4 19 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.74%) SaaS
6 10 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.26%) IaaS
7 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.26%) PaaS
8 4 (0.84%) GCP
8 4 (0.84%) Twilio
9 3 (0.63%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.63%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.21%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (9.26%) Firewall
2 39 (8.21%) Network Security
3 15 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (2.32%) VPN
4 11 (2.32%) WAN
5 10 (2.11%) Internet
5 10 (2.11%) LAN
6 7 (1.47%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (1.05%) DNS
8 5 (1.05%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.84%) DHCP
9 4 (0.84%) Wireless
10 2 (0.42%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.21%) Intranet
11 1 (0.21%) SAN
11 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.84%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 79 (16.63%) Social Skills
2 69 (14.53%) Finance
3 47 (9.89%) Legal
4 37 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.58%) Law
6 26 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (4.63%) Marketing
8 20 (4.21%) Retail
9 17 (3.58%) Automotive
10 14 (2.95%) Aerospace
10 14 (2.95%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.32%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.05%) Banking
14 5 (1.05%) Games
14 5 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.84%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.21%) Advertising
16 1 (0.21%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.26%) SAML
2 4 (0.84%) OAuth
2 4 (0.84%) SAP Business Workflow
3 3 (0.63%) EDI
3 3 (0.63%) REST
4 2 (0.42%) LDAP
5 1 (0.21%) CSS
5 1 (0.21%) HTML
5 1 (0.21%) RESTful
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.21%) Web Services
5 1 (0.21%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 62 (13.05%) Security Posture
2 49 (10.32%) Management Information System
3 47 (9.89%) Cyber Threat
4 40 (8.42%) Cyberattack
5 18 (3.79%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (3.37%) CCTV
7 14 (2.95%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.53%) Operational Technology
9 12 (2.53%) Virtual Team
10 10 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (2.11%) IoT
10 10 (2.11%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.89%) Freedom of Information
12 8 (1.68%) Cloud Security Posture
12 8 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.47%) NHS
14 6 (1.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.47%) Windows
2 14 (2.95%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (59.58%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (48.21%) Information Security
3 135 (28.42%) Risk Management
4 106 (22.32%) Security Management
5 69 (14.53%) Security Operations
6 65 (13.68%) Incident Response
7 62 (13.05%) Roadmaps
7 62 (13.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 56 (11.79%) Vulnerability Management
9 49 (10.32%) Data Protection
10 42 (8.84%) Information Security Management
11 40 (8.42%) ITIL
12 36 (7.58%) Project Management
13 35 (7.37%) Cloud Security
13 35 (7.37%) Information Assurance
13 35 (7.37%) OWASP
14 33 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 32 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
15 32 (6.74%) SIEM
16 30 (6.32%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.11%) Python
2 7 (1.47%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.05%) C
4 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 130 (27.37%) CISSP
2 85 (17.89%) CISM
3 55 (11.58%) Security Cleared
4 46 (9.68%) Degree
5 40 (8.42%) SC Cleared
6 29 (6.11%) CISA
7 23 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (4.42%) CRISC
9 17 (3.58%) GIAC
10 15 (3.16%) Master's Degree
11 14 (2.95%) CEH
11 14 (2.95%) DBS Check
12 12 (2.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (2.32%) CCNA
14 10 (2.11%) CCSP
14 10 (2.11%) HNC
14 10 (2.11%) HND
15 8 (1.68%) Azure Certification
15 8 (1.68%) GPEN
15 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (34.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (15.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 70 (14.74%) NIST
4 58 (12.21%) GDPR
5 51 (10.74%) GRC
6 48 (10.11%) NCSC
7 29 (6.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 24 (5.05%) PCI DSS
9 17 (3.58%) NIST 800
10 14 (2.95%) SLA
11 7 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (1.47%) SOC 2
12 5 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.84%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.84%) ITGC
14 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.63%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.63%) QA
15 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (7.37%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.11%) Nessus
1 10 (2.11%) SCCM
2 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (1.26%) WSUS
5 5 (1.05%) CSIRT
5 5 (1.05%) QRadar
6 3 (0.63%) CASB
7 2 (0.42%) Ansible
7 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.21%) Nmap
8 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 95 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.79%) Cisco
3 17 (3.58%) Qualys
4 11 (2.32%) VMware
5 10 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.26%) Darktrace
8 5 (1.05%) CA
8 5 (1.05%) SAP
9 4 (0.84%) Citrix
9 4 (0.84%) Dell
9 4 (0.84%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.84%) Sun
9 4 (0.84%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.63%) Computacenter
10 3 (0.63%) Netskope
10 3 (0.63%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.63%) Symantec
11 1 (0.21%) Google
11 1 (0.21%) Tripwire