Cybersecurity Manager Jobs in England

Cybersecurity Manager
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in England is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 700 864 1030
Rank change year-on-year +164 +166 -247
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 133 80 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.086% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.094% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 123 69 98
10th Percentile £51,050 £51,500 £54,513
25th Percentile £61,870 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -10.34% +25.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £91,000 £88,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,350 £105,375
UK median annual salary £68,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% -7.14% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
South West +13 37 £68,500 +29.25% 2
South East +34 32 £62,750 +10.72% 6
London +125 30 £79,500 +22.31% 13
Midlands +26 18 £71,000 +0.71% 3
West Midlands +36 11 £70,000 -9.68% 2
North of England +33 11 £51,000 -32.00% 1
Yorkshire +93 7 £50,000 -28.57%
East Midlands -7 7 £72,000 +15.20% 1
East of England +11 3 £80,000 +39.13% 1
North West +7 3 £53,500 -31.85% 1
North East -5 1 £80,000 +6.67%
Cybersecurity Manager
UK

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Cybersecurity 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 across the England region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 133 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (45.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 46 (34.59%) Security Management
4 46 (34.59%) Information Security
5 40 (30.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 39 (29.32%) Security Cleared
7 35 (26.32%) Information Assurance
7 35 (26.32%) NCSC
8 34 (25.56%) SC Cleared
8 34 (25.56%) Cyberattack
9 28 (21.05%) CISSP
10 25 (18.80%) Security Operations
11 20 (15.04%) Vulnerability Management
11 20 (15.04%) Microsoft
11 20 (15.04%) NIST
12 19 (14.29%) CISM
13 18 (13.53%) SIEM
13 18 (13.53%) Cyber Essentials
13 18 (13.53%) GDPR
13 18 (13.53%) Social Skills
14 16 (12.03%) Degree
15 15 (11.28%) Penetration Testing
15 15 (11.28%) Management Information System
16 14 (10.53%) Finance
16 14 (10.53%) GRC
16 14 (10.53%) Incident Response
17 12 (9.02%) ITIL
18 11 (8.27%) Service Delivery
18 11 (8.27%) Computer Science

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (5.26%) Azure
3 4 (3.01%) AWS
4 3 (2.26%) SaaS
5 2 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.50%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.75%) IaaS
6 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.75%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.75%) PaaS
6 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.52%) Network Security
2 4 (3.01%) Firewall
3 3 (2.26%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.50%) DHCP
4 2 (1.50%) DNS
4 2 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.50%) LAN
4 2 (1.50%) OSPF
4 2 (1.50%) Wireless
4 2 (1.50%) WLAN
5 1 (0.75%) Internet
5 1 (0.75%) Intranet
5 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.75%) SSL
5 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Git
General
1 18 (13.53%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.53%) Finance
3 10 (7.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (6.02%) Retail
5 7 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.76%) Automotive
6 5 (3.76%) Legal
6 5 (3.76%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.01%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.01%) Law
7 4 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.26%) Marketing
9 2 (1.50%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Banking
10 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.75%) Games
10 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.75%) CSS
1 1 (0.75%) HTML
1 1 (0.75%) RESTful
1 1 (0.75%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 34 (25.56%) Cyberattack
2 15 (11.28%) Management Information System
3 11 (8.27%) Security Posture
4 9 (6.77%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (6.77%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.76%) Operational Technology
7 4 (3.01%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.26%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.50%) CESG
9 2 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.50%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (1.50%) NHS
9 2 (1.50%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.50%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.50%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.75%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.01%) Windows
2 2 (1.50%) Linux
2 2 (1.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.75%) Android
3 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 46 (34.59%) Information Security
3 46 (34.59%) Security Management
4 40 (30.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (26.32%) Information Assurance
6 25 (18.80%) Security Operations
7 20 (15.04%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (13.53%) SIEM
9 15 (11.28%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (10.53%) Incident Response
11 12 (9.02%) ITIL
12 11 (8.27%) Computer Science
12 11 (8.27%) Data Protection
12 11 (8.27%) Mentoring
12 11 (8.27%) Service Delivery
13 10 (7.52%) Collaborative Working
14 9 (6.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 9 (6.77%) Red Team
15 8 (6.02%) Purple Team
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
1 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (29.32%) Security Cleared
2 34 (25.56%) SC Cleared
3 28 (21.05%) CISSP
4 19 (14.29%) CISM
5 16 (12.03%) Degree
6 10 (7.52%) DBS Check
7 8 (6.02%) GIAC
8 7 (5.26%) CEH
8 7 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (4.51%) CCNA
9 6 (4.51%) GPEN
10 3 (2.26%) CRISC
10 3 (2.26%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.50%) CASP
11 2 (1.50%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.50%) GSEC
11 2 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.50%) PMP
11 2 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (45.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (26.32%) NCSC
3 20 (15.04%) NIST
4 18 (13.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (13.53%) GDPR
5 14 (10.53%) GRC
6 8 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (4.51%) NIST 800
8 4 (3.01%) PCI DSS
9 3 (2.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.75%) COBIT
11 1 (0.75%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.75%) QA
11 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (4.51%) Nessus
1 6 (4.51%) SCCM
2 3 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.75%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.75%) QRadar
3 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.51%) Qualys
2 6 (4.51%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.50%) Darktrace
4 1 (0.75%) Cisco
4 1 (0.75%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.75%) Meraki
4 1 (0.75%) SonicWALL
4 1 (0.75%) Splunk
4 1 (0.75%) Tripwire
4 1 (0.75%) VMware