Security Manager Jobs in England

Security Manager
UK > England

The median Security Manager salary in England is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 446 539 595
Rank change year-on-year +93 +56 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 447 418 681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.47% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.51% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 372 306 464
10th Percentile £48,875 £51,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £55,500 £59,250 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +9.68%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £98,376 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +7.69%

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 81,168 81,168 129,425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.48% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,490 51,509 74,747
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 £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in England

Security 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 Security Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
London +92 158 £85,000 +6.25% 51
South East +28 77 £59,750 -14.64% 12
North of England +54 66 £57,500 -4.17% 13
Midlands +8 57 £66,500 -14.19% 10
South West -17 54 £68,500 +1.48% 6
North West +32 49 £57,500 -12.88% 7
East of England +23 31 £72,500 +16.00% 10
West Midlands +9 30 £68,427 -11.71% 6
East Midlands +5 27 £66,500 +2.31% 4
Yorkshire +73 15 £50,000 -14.53% 6
North East -2 2 £55,000 -26.67%
Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 across the England region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 262 (58.61%) Cybersecurity
2 228 (51.01%) Information Security
3 170 (38.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 138 (30.87%) Risk Management
5 131 (29.31%) CISSP
6 107 (23.94%) Security Management
7 87 (19.46%) Microsoft
8 86 (19.24%) CISM
9 80 (17.90%) Social Skills
10 75 (16.78%) NIST
11 73 (16.33%) Security Operations
12 71 (15.88%) Finance
13 69 (15.44%) Cyber Essentials
14 65 (14.54%) Incident Response
15 64 (14.32%) Security Posture
16 61 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
17 58 (12.98%) Security Cleared
17 58 (12.98%) Azure
18 57 (12.75%) Roadmaps
19 55 (12.30%) GDPR
20 54 (12.08%) Legal
21 53 (11.86%) Management Information System
21 53 (11.86%) GRC
22 51 (11.41%) Vulnerability Management
23 49 (10.96%) Data Protection
24 47 (10.51%) Microsoft 365
25 46 (10.29%) Firewall
26 45 (10.07%) Degree
26 45 (10.07%) NCSC
27 42 (9.40%) SC Cleared

Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.22%) Apache
2 1 (0.22%) Confluence
2 1 (0.22%) IIS
2 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.45%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 58 (12.98%) Azure
2 47 (10.51%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (4.47%) AWS
4 15 (3.36%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.91%) SaaS
6 11 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.34%) IaaS
7 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.34%) PaaS
8 4 (0.89%) GCP
8 4 (0.89%) Twilio
9 3 (0.67%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.67%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.29%) Firewall
2 40 (8.95%) Network Security
3 14 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.68%) LAN
5 11 (2.46%) Internet
5 11 (2.46%) VPN
5 11 (2.46%) WAN
6 8 (1.79%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.57%) DNS
7 7 (1.57%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (1.57%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.34%) DHCP
8 6 (1.34%) Wireless
9 2 (0.45%) OSPF
9 2 (0.45%) WLAN
10 1 (0.22%) Intranet
10 1 (0.22%) SAN
10 1 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.89%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.22%) Git
1 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (17.90%) Social Skills
2 71 (15.88%) Finance
3 54 (12.08%) Legal
4 36 (8.05%) Law
5 31 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.47%) Marketing
8 19 (4.25%) Retail
9 17 (3.80%) Automotive
10 16 (3.58%) Public Sector
11 14 (3.13%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.46%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.34%) Banking
14 6 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.12%) Games
15 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.22%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.89%) OAuth
1 4 (0.89%) SAML
1 4 (0.89%) SAP Business Workflow
2 3 (0.67%) EDI
2 3 (0.67%) REST
3 1 (0.22%) CSS
3 1 (0.22%) HTML
3 1 (0.22%) RESTful
3 1 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.22%) Web Services
3 1 (0.22%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 64 (14.32%) Security Posture
2 53 (11.86%) Management Information System
3 40 (8.95%) Cyber Threat
3 40 (8.95%) Cyberattack
4 15 (3.36%) Data Centre
4 15 (3.36%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (2.91%) Operational Technology
5 13 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.68%) CCTV
7 11 (2.46%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.46%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.24%) IoT
9 9 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
11 6 (1.34%) NHS
11 6 (1.34%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.34%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.37%) Windows
2 14 (3.13%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.34%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.45%) Linux
5 1 (0.22%) AIX
5 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (58.61%) Cybersecurity
2 228 (51.01%) Information Security
3 138 (30.87%) Risk Management
4 107 (23.94%) Security Management
5 73 (16.33%) Security Operations
6 65 (14.54%) Incident Response
7 61 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 57 (12.75%) Roadmaps
9 51 (11.41%) Vulnerability Management
10 49 (10.96%) Data Protection
11 41 (9.17%) Information Security Management
12 38 (8.50%) OWASP
13 37 (8.28%) ITIL
14 36 (8.05%) Project Management
15 35 (7.83%) Cloud Security
15 35 (7.83%) Information Assurance
16 33 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (7.16%) SIEM
18 29 (6.49%) Penetration Testing
18 29 (6.49%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.79%) Python
2 6 (1.34%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.89%) C
4 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 131 (29.31%) CISSP
2 86 (19.24%) CISM
3 58 (12.98%) Security Cleared
4 45 (10.07%) Degree
5 42 (9.40%) SC Cleared
6 26 (5.82%) CISA
7 20 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (4.25%) CRISC
9 16 (3.58%) GIAC
10 15 (3.36%) Master's Degree
11 12 (2.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (2.46%) CCSP
13 10 (2.24%) CEH
13 10 (2.24%) DBS Check
13 10 (2.24%) HNC
13 10 (2.24%) HND
14 8 (1.79%) CCNA
14 8 (1.79%) GPEN
14 8 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (1.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (38.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (16.78%) NIST
3 69 (15.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 55 (12.30%) GDPR
5 53 (11.86%) GRC
6 45 (10.07%) NCSC
7 29 (6.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 23 (5.15%) PCI DSS
9 18 (4.03%) NIST 800
10 13 (2.91%) SLA
11 9 (2.01%) SOC 2
12 8 (1.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.89%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.89%) ITGC
15 3 (0.67%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.67%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.67%) QA
16 2 (0.45%) COBIT
16 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (7.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.46%) Nessus
2 8 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (1.34%) SCCM
3 6 (1.34%) WSUS
4 5 (1.12%) CSIRT
4 5 (1.12%) QRadar
4 5 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.67%) CASB
6 1 (0.22%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.22%) Nmap
6 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 87 (19.46%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.25%) Cisco
3 16 (3.58%) Qualys
4 11 (2.46%) VMware
5 8 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (1.34%) Darktrace
6 6 (1.34%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.12%) CA
7 5 (1.12%) SAP
8 4 (0.89%) Citrix
8 4 (0.89%) Dell
8 4 (0.89%) Sun
8 4 (0.89%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.67%) Netskope
9 3 (0.67%) Symantec
10 2 (0.45%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.45%) Tanium
11 1 (0.22%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.22%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.22%) Splunk