IT Security Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Security Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 693 725 727
Rank change year-on-year +32 +2 -95
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 58 43 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.082% 0.070% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.078% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 46 35 98
10th Percentile £47,500 - £48,225
25th Percentile £52,813 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £70,938 £78,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £99,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +16.67%

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 66,742 54,869 68,064
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.26% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 47,250 31,160 43,040
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 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security 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 IT Security Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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 East +14 19 £55,000 -25.42% 3
North of England +68 18 £65,000 -5.80% 2
North West +20 14 £70,000 +1.45% 1
Midlands +11 10 £60,000 -25.00% 4
South West -22 8 £55,000 -18.52%
East Midlands - 6 £60,000 -
West Midlands +8 4 £56,000 -30.00% 4
Yorkshire - 4 £65,000 - 1
East of England +13 3 £62,500 -
IT Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 31 (53.45%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (34.48%) Firewall
3 17 (29.31%) Information Security
4 15 (25.86%) CISSP
4 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
5 14 (24.14%) Data Protection
5 14 (24.14%) Azure
6 13 (22.41%) Network Security
6 13 (22.41%) CISM
7 12 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (18.97%) Cyber Threat
8 11 (18.97%) Active Directory
8 11 (18.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (18.97%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (17.24%) Social Skills
10 9 (15.52%) Incident Response
10 9 (15.52%) VMware
10 9 (15.52%) Windows
11 8 (13.79%) ITIL
11 8 (13.79%) Service Delivery
11 8 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (13.79%) Risk Management
11 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (13.79%) Windows Server
12 7 (12.07%) Mentoring
12 7 (12.07%) Security Patching
12 7 (12.07%) Security Operations
12 7 (12.07%) Retail
13 6 (10.34%) Finance
13 6 (10.34%) Windows 10

IT Security 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 14 (24.14%) Azure
2 12 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.17%) AWS
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.72%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (34.48%) Firewall
2 13 (22.41%) Network Security
3 8 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (8.62%) LAN
4 5 (8.62%) SD-WAN
4 5 (8.62%) VPN
4 5 (8.62%) WAN
5 2 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.72%) SSL
General
1 10 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.07%) Retail
3 6 (10.34%) Finance
4 3 (5.17%) Banking
4 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.45%) Law
5 2 (3.45%) Legal
5 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (8.62%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.62%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.17%) NHS
5 2 (3.45%) Anti-Spyware
5 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.52%) Windows
2 8 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (53.45%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (29.31%) Information Security
3 14 (24.14%) Data Protection
4 9 (15.52%) Incident Response
5 8 (13.79%) ITIL
5 8 (13.79%) Risk Management
5 8 (13.79%) Service Delivery
6 7 (12.07%) Mentoring
6 7 (12.07%) Security Operations
6 7 (12.07%) Security Patching
7 6 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (8.62%) Agile
8 5 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Management
8 5 (8.62%) Office Automation
8 5 (8.62%) Project Delivery
8 5 (8.62%) Security Management
9 4 (6.90%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (6.90%) People Management
9 4 (6.90%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) CISSP
2 13 (22.41%) CISM
3 5 (8.62%) Azure Certification
3 5 (8.62%) Degree
4 4 (6.90%) CISA
5 3 (5.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.72%) APMP
6 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.72%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.97%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (18.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (10.34%) NIST
3 5 (8.62%) GDPR
4 3 (5.17%) NCSC
4 3 (5.17%) SOC 2
5 2 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.45%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.72%) GRC
6 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 11 (18.97%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.62%) WSUS
3 3 (5.17%) Nessus
4 1 (1.72%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) VMware
3 5 (8.62%) Cisco
4 4 (6.90%) Sun
5 2 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.72%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.72%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.72%) Tripwire
6 1 (1.72%) Zscaler