Cybersecurity Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in the UK excluding London 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 647 689 792
Rank change year-on-year +42 +103 -141
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 117 43 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.072% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.081% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 105 41 44
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £54,077
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.87% +1.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £76,563
90th Percentile £76,250 £91,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.14% - +19.66%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 67,294 52,879 68,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.14% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,576 30,026 42,521
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the UK excluding London 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
South West +4 38 £68,500 +29.25% 3
South East +27 32 £62,750 -2.78% 4
Midlands +6 18 £71,000 -8.39% 2
North of England +47 13 £53,500 -28.67% 5
West Midlands +23 11 £70,000 -9.68% 1
East Midlands -11 7 £72,000 +15.20% 1
Scotland -48 7 £65,000 -8.45% 1
Yorkshire +91 6 £45,000 -35.71% 3
Wales +13 6 £65,000 +41.30% 1
North West +8 6 £55,000 -29.94% 2
East of England +4 3 £80,000 +39.13% 1
North East -3 1 £80,000 +6.67%
Cybersecurity Manager
UK

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 117 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (41.03%) Risk Management
3 47 (40.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (34.19%) Security Management
5 37 (31.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (31.62%) Security Cleared
6 34 (29.06%) NCSC
7 33 (28.21%) Cyberattack
7 33 (28.21%) Information Assurance
8 32 (27.35%) SC Cleared
9 29 (24.79%) Information Security
10 20 (17.09%) Security Operations
11 19 (16.24%) Vulnerability Management
11 19 (16.24%) Social Skills
12 18 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
13 17 (14.53%) CISSP
14 15 (12.82%) NIST
14 15 (12.82%) GDPR
15 14 (11.97%) Microsoft
15 14 (11.97%) CISM
16 13 (11.11%) Finance
16 13 (11.11%) Degree
17 12 (10.26%) Retail
18 11 (9.40%) Penetration Testing
18 11 (9.40%) SIEM
18 11 (9.40%) Management Information System
18 11 (9.40%) GRC
19 10 (8.55%) Incident Response
19 10 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
19 10 (8.55%) Computer Science

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.42%) Azure
3 3 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.85%) AWS
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (0.85%) Mimecast
4 1 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.84%) Network Security
2 2 (1.71%) Firewall
2 2 (1.71%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.85%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Git
General
1 19 (16.24%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.11%) Finance
3 12 (10.26%) Retail
4 7 (5.98%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.27%) Automotive
5 5 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.42%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.42%) Law
6 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Legal
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.85%) Games
9 1 (0.85%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.71%) LDAP
1 2 (1.71%) SAML
2 1 (0.85%) CSS
2 1 (0.85%) HTML
2 1 (0.85%) RESTful
2 1 (0.85%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (28.21%) Cyberattack
2 11 (9.40%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.84%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.98%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.27%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (4.27%) Freedom of Information
5 5 (4.27%) Operational Technology
5 5 (4.27%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.71%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.85%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.85%) NHS
8 1 (0.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.27%) Windows
2 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (41.03%) Risk Management
3 40 (34.19%) Security Management
4 37 (31.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (28.21%) Information Assurance
6 29 (24.79%) Information Security
7 20 (17.09%) Security Operations
8 19 (16.24%) Vulnerability Management
9 11 (9.40%) Penetration Testing
9 11 (9.40%) SIEM
10 10 (8.55%) Computer Science
10 10 (8.55%) Incident Response
11 9 (7.69%) Red Team
12 8 (6.84%) Purple Team
13 7 (5.98%) Customer Service
13 7 (5.98%) Kalman Filter
14 6 (5.13%) Data Protection
14 6 (5.13%) Mentoring
14 6 (5.13%) OWASP
14 6 (5.13%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
1 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (31.62%) Security Cleared
2 32 (27.35%) SC Cleared
3 17 (14.53%) CISSP
4 14 (11.97%) CISM
5 13 (11.11%) Degree
6 8 (6.84%) GIAC
7 6 (5.13%) GPEN
8 5 (4.27%) DBS Check
8 5 (4.27%) PMI Certification
8 5 (4.27%) PMP
8 5 (4.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.71%) CASP
9 2 (1.71%) CEH
9 2 (1.71%) CISA
9 2 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.71%) CRISC
10 1 (0.85%) CCNA
10 1 (0.85%) CCSP
10 1 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.85%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (40.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (29.06%) NCSC
3 18 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (12.82%) GDPR
4 15 (12.82%) NIST
5 11 (9.40%) GRC
6 6 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (5.13%) NIST 800
7 4 (3.42%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.85%) COBIT
9 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (5.13%) Nessus
2 2 (1.71%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.85%) QRadar
3 1 (0.85%) SCCM
3 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.13%) Qualys
3 2 (1.71%) Darktrace
4 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.85%) SonicWALL
4 1 (0.85%) Splunk
4 1 (0.85%) Tripwire
4 1 (0.85%) VMware