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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 694 857 1019
Rank change year-on-year +163 +162 -227
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 137 72 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.080% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.088% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 127 67 95
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £53,750
25th Percentile £58,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -13.33% +30.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £91,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £85,500 £93,250 £105,750
UK median annual salary £68,500 £66,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.79% -5.71% +20.88%

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 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 10 May 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 10 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
South West +8 38 £68,500 +29.25% 2
South East +33 32 £62,750 -2.78% 3
London +118 30 £79,500 +22.31% 9
Midlands -4 18 £71,000 +0.71% 2
North of England +54 13 £53,500 -28.67% 2
West Midlands +5 11 £70,000 -9.68% 1
East Midlands -9 7 £72,000 +15.20% 1
Yorkshire +90 6 £45,000 -35.71%
North West +7 6 £55,000 -29.94% 2
East of England +17 3 £80,000 +36.17% 1
North East -6 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 10 May 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.

1 137 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (43.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (41.61%) Risk Management
4 46 (33.58%) Information Security
5 45 (32.85%) Security Management
6 40 (29.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (27.74%) Security Cleared
8 35 (25.55%) Information Assurance
9 34 (24.82%) NCSC
10 33 (24.09%) Cyberattack
10 33 (24.09%) SC Cleared
11 27 (19.71%) CISSP
12 25 (18.25%) Security Operations
13 23 (16.79%) Microsoft
14 22 (16.06%) Vulnerability Management
14 22 (16.06%) Social Skills
15 20 (14.60%) NIST
16 19 (13.87%) Cyber Essentials
17 18 (13.14%) SIEM
17 18 (13.14%) CISM
18 17 (12.41%) GDPR
19 16 (11.68%) Finance
19 16 (11.68%) Penetration Testing
20 15 (10.95%) Management Information System
21 14 (10.22%) Degree
21 14 (10.22%) GRC
21 14 (10.22%) Incident Response
22 13 (9.49%) ITIL
22 13 (9.49%) Data Protection
22 13 (9.49%) Microsoft 365

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:

Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (5.11%) Azure
3 5 (3.65%) AWS
4 3 (2.19%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.46%) SaaS
6 1 (0.73%) GCP
6 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.73%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.73%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.30%) Network Security
2 4 (2.92%) Firewall
3 3 (2.19%) DNS
3 3 (2.19%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.46%) DHCP
4 2 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.46%) LAN
4 2 (1.46%) OSPF
4 2 (1.46%) Wireless
4 2 (1.46%) WLAN
5 1 (0.73%) Internet
5 1 (0.73%) Intranet
5 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.73%) SSL
5 1 (0.73%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Git
1 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (16.06%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.68%) Finance
3 10 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (5.84%) Retail
5 7 (5.11%) Legal
5 7 (5.11%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.65%) Automotive
6 5 (3.65%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.92%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.92%) Law
7 4 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Marketing
9 1 (0.73%) Banking
9 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.73%) Games
9 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.73%) CSS
1 1 (0.73%) HTML
1 1 (0.73%) RESTful
1 1 (0.73%) Web Services
1 1 (0.73%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.09%) Cyberattack
2 15 (10.95%) Management Information System
3 11 (8.03%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (8.03%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.11%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.11%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.65%) Freedom of Information
5 5 (3.65%) Operational Technology
5 5 (3.65%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.19%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (2.19%) NHS
6 3 (2.19%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.46%) CESG
7 2 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.46%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.73%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.73%) PKI
8 1 (0.73%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.65%) Windows
2 2 (1.46%) Linux
2 2 (1.46%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (41.61%) Risk Management
3 46 (33.58%) Information Security
4 45 (32.85%) Security Management
5 40 (29.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (25.55%) Information Assurance
7 25 (18.25%) Security Operations
8 22 (16.06%) Vulnerability Management
9 18 (13.14%) SIEM
10 16 (11.68%) Penetration Testing
11 14 (10.22%) Incident Response
12 13 (9.49%) Data Protection
12 13 (9.49%) ITIL
13 11 (8.03%) Mentoring
14 10 (7.30%) Collaborative Working
14 10 (7.30%) Computer Science
14 10 (7.30%) Service Delivery
15 9 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 9 (6.57%) Red Team
16 8 (5.84%) Purple Team
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (1.46%) Python
2 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (27.74%) Security Cleared
2 33 (24.09%) SC Cleared
3 27 (19.71%) CISSP
4 18 (13.14%) CISM
5 14 (10.22%) Degree
6 10 (7.30%) DBS Check
7 9 (6.57%) GIAC
8 7 (5.11%) CEH
8 7 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (4.38%) CCNA
9 6 (4.38%) GPEN
10 5 (3.65%) PMI Certification
10 5 (3.65%) PMP
10 5 (3.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (2.92%) CRISC
12 2 (1.46%) CASP
12 2 (1.46%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (1.46%) GSEC
12 2 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (43.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (24.82%) NCSC
3 20 (14.60%) NIST
4 19 (13.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (12.41%) GDPR
6 14 (10.22%) GRC
7 7 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (4.38%) NIST 800
9 5 (3.65%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.46%) COBIT
10 2 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.73%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (4.38%) Nessus
1 6 (4.38%) SCCM
2 3 (2.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.73%) Ansible
3 1 (0.73%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.73%) QRadar
3 1 (0.73%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.38%) Qualys
2 6 (4.38%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.46%) Darktrace
4 1 (0.73%) Alibaba
4 1 (0.73%) Google
4 1 (0.73%) SonicWALL
4 1 (0.73%) Splunk
4 1 (0.73%) Tripwire
4 1 (0.73%) VMware