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 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 488 554 602
Rank change year-on-year +66 +48 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 470 456 850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.47% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.51% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 386 331 552
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,125 £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 £81,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% +6.15% +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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
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 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +91 446 £68,500 -8.67% 108
UK excluding London +47 304 £65,000 -5.80% 67
London +105 154 £85,000 +3.03% 51
Work from Home +18 133 £67,500 -6.90% 39
South East +24 77 £59,750 -14.64% 21
North of England +67 71 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Midlands +12 60 £66,500 -14.19% 17
North West +40 53 £57,500 -12.88% 5
South West -17 53 £68,500 -5.52% 2
West Midlands +5 33 £66,853 -13.74% 6
East of England +13 28 £72,500 +16.00% 9
East Midlands +7 27 £66,500 +2.31% 11
Yorkshire +62 16 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Scotland -62 11 £66,250 +1.92% 4
Wales -2 3 £30,000 -36.03% 4
North East - 2 £55,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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.

1 281 (59.79%) Cybersecurity
2 230 (48.94%) Information Security
3 167 (35.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 139 (29.57%) Risk Management
5 132 (28.09%) CISSP
6 106 (22.55%) Security Management
7 94 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 87 (18.51%) CISM
9 79 (16.81%) Social Skills
10 72 (15.32%) NIST
11 71 (15.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 70 (14.89%) Security Operations
13 69 (14.68%) Finance
14 67 (14.26%) Incident Response
15 63 (13.40%) Roadmaps
15 63 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
16 61 (12.98%) Security Posture
17 59 (12.55%) Azure
18 56 (11.91%) GDPR
18 56 (11.91%) Vulnerability Management
19 55 (11.70%) Security Cleared
20 52 (11.06%) GRC
20 52 (11.06%) Management Information System
21 50 (10.64%) Data Protection
22 49 (10.43%) Legal
22 49 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
23 48 (10.21%) Cyber Threat
24 47 (10.00%) NCSC
25 46 (9.79%) Firewall
25 46 (9.79%) Degree

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 (0.85%) 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 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.43%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 59 (12.55%) Azure
2 49 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (4.47%) AWS
4 18 (3.83%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.77%) SaaS
6 11 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.28%) IaaS
7 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.28%) PaaS
8 4 (0.85%) GCP
8 4 (0.85%) Twilio
9 3 (0.64%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.64%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.21%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 46 (9.79%) Firewall
2 39 (8.30%) Network Security
3 14 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (2.34%) Internet
4 11 (2.34%) VPN
4 11 (2.34%) WAN
5 10 (2.13%) LAN
6 7 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (1.49%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.28%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.06%) DNS
9 4 (0.85%) DHCP
9 4 (0.85%) Wireless
10 2 (0.43%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.21%) Intranet
11 1 (0.21%) SAN
11 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.85%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 79 (16.81%) Social Skills
2 69 (14.68%) Finance
3 49 (10.43%) Legal
4 37 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.45%) Law
6 26 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (4.68%) Marketing
8 20 (4.26%) Retail
9 17 (3.62%) Automotive
10 14 (2.98%) Aerospace
10 14 (2.98%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.34%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.06%) Banking
13 5 (1.06%) Games
13 5 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.21%) Advertising
15 1 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.28%) SAML
2 4 (0.85%) OAuth
2 4 (0.85%) SAP Business Workflow
3 3 (0.64%) EDI
3 3 (0.64%) REST
4 2 (0.43%) 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 61 (12.98%) Security Posture
2 52 (11.06%) Management Information System
3 48 (10.21%) Cyber Threat
4 40 (8.51%) Cyberattack
5 18 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (2.98%) CCTV
6 14 (2.98%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.55%) Operational Technology
8 12 (2.55%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.13%) IoT
9 10 (2.13%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.91%) Freedom of Information
11 8 (1.70%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (1.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 7 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
12 7 (1.49%) NHS
12 7 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.28%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.74%) Windows
2 14 (2.98%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.28%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (59.79%) Cybersecurity
2 230 (48.94%) Information Security
3 139 (29.57%) Risk Management
4 106 (22.55%) Security Management
5 70 (14.89%) Security Operations
6 67 (14.26%) Incident Response
7 63 (13.40%) Roadmaps
7 63 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 56 (11.91%) Vulnerability Management
9 50 (10.64%) Data Protection
10 42 (8.94%) Information Security Management
11 40 (8.51%) ITIL
12 36 (7.66%) Cloud Security
12 36 (7.66%) Project Management
13 35 (7.45%) Information Assurance
13 35 (7.45%) OWASP
14 33 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
14 33 (7.02%) SIEM
15 32 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
16 31 (6.60%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.13%) Python
2 7 (1.49%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.06%) C
4 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 132 (28.09%) CISSP
2 87 (18.51%) CISM
3 55 (11.70%) Security Cleared
4 46 (9.79%) Degree
5 40 (8.51%) SC Cleared
6 28 (5.96%) CISA
7 23 (4.89%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (4.47%) CRISC
9 17 (3.62%) GIAC
10 14 (2.98%) CEH
10 14 (2.98%) DBS Check
10 14 (2.98%) Master's Degree
11 12 (2.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (2.34%) CCNA
13 10 (2.13%) CCSP
13 10 (2.13%) HNC
13 10 (2.13%) HND
14 8 (1.70%) GPEN
14 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (1.49%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (35.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (15.32%) NIST
3 71 (15.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 56 (11.91%) GDPR
5 52 (11.06%) GRC
6 47 (10.00%) NCSC
7 29 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 23 (4.89%) PCI DSS
9 18 (3.83%) NIST 800
10 14 (2.98%) SLA
11 7 (1.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (1.49%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.85%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.85%) ITGC
13 3 (0.64%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.64%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.64%) QA
14 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (7.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.13%) Nessus
1 10 (2.13%) SCCM
2 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (1.28%) WSUS
5 5 (1.06%) CSIRT
5 5 (1.06%) QRadar
6 3 (0.64%) CASB
7 2 (0.43%) Ansible
7 2 (0.43%) 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 94 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.83%) Cisco
3 17 (3.62%) Qualys
4 11 (2.34%) VMware
5 10 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.28%) Darktrace
8 5 (1.06%) CA
8 5 (1.06%) SAP
9 4 (0.85%) Citrix
9 4 (0.85%) Dell
9 4 (0.85%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.85%) Sun
9 4 (0.85%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.64%) Computacenter
10 3 (0.64%) Netskope
10 3 (0.64%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.64%) Symantec
11 1 (0.21%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.21%) Tripwire