Security Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 469 517 480
Rank change year-on-year +48 -37 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 300 241 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.40% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.45% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 241 191 287
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,900
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £78,575
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +9.68%

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 67,295 53,381 68,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,638 30,425 42,515
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 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Security Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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 +28 77 £59,750 -14.64% 14
North of England +50 65 £57,500 -4.17% 12
Midlands +7 59 £66,500 -14.19% 8
South West -22 54 £68,500 +1.48% 7
North West +31 48 £57,500 -13.86% 8
East of England +38 31 £72,500 +16.00% 11
West Midlands +1 31 £66,853 -13.74% 4
East Midlands +6 28 £63,250 -2.69% 4
Yorkshire +66 15 £50,000 -14.53% 4
Scotland -61 11 £66,250 +6.40% 7
Wales +3 3 £30,000 -41.18% 1
North East -3 2 £55,000 -26.67%
Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 201 (67.00%) Cybersecurity
2 119 (39.67%) Information Security
3 108 (36.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 82 (27.33%) Risk Management
5 71 (23.67%) Security Management
6 65 (21.67%) CISSP
7 54 (18.00%) NIST
8 51 (17.00%) Security Cleared
9 48 (16.00%) CISM
10 47 (15.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 43 (14.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (13.33%) Microsoft
12 40 (13.33%) Cyberattack
12 40 (13.33%) NCSC
13 39 (13.00%) GDPR
13 39 (13.00%) Security Operations
13 39 (13.00%) Data Protection
14 38 (12.67%) Management Information System
14 38 (12.67%) Finance
15 36 (12.00%) SC Cleared
15 36 (12.00%) Network Security
15 36 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
15 36 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
16 35 (11.67%) Social Skills
17 33 (11.00%) Incident Response
17 33 (11.00%) Information Assurance
17 33 (11.00%) Firewall
18 27 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
18 27 (9.00%) Project Management
19 25 (8.33%) SIEM

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.33%) Apache
2 1 (0.33%) Confluence
2 1 (0.33%) IIS
2 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 25 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (8.00%) Azure
3 9 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (2.67%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.33%) AWS
6 4 (1.33%) Twilio
7 3 (1.00%) SaaS
8 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 36 (12.00%) Network Security
2 33 (11.00%) Firewall
3 14 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (3.67%) VPN
5 10 (3.33%) Internet
5 10 (3.33%) LAN
5 10 (3.33%) WAN
6 6 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (2.00%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.67%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.33%) DHCP
8 4 (1.33%) DNS
8 4 (1.33%) Wireless
9 2 (0.67%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.33%) SAN
10 1 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Git
General
1 38 (12.67%) Finance
2 35 (11.67%) Social Skills
3 21 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.00%) Law
4 18 (6.00%) Legal
4 18 (6.00%) Retail
5 17 (5.67%) Automotive
6 14 (4.67%) Aerospace
7 13 (4.33%) Public Sector
8 12 (4.00%) Marketing
9 11 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.33%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.33%) Banking
13 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.33%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.33%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.67%) LDAP
1 2 (0.67%) SAML
2 1 (0.33%) CSS
2 1 (0.33%) EDI
2 1 (0.33%) HTML
2 1 (0.33%) RESTful
2 1 (0.33%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.33%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (13.33%) Cyberattack
2 38 (12.67%) Management Information System
3 36 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (6.00%) Security Posture
5 14 (4.67%) Data Centre
5 14 (4.67%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (3.67%) Mobile App
7 10 (3.33%) IoT
7 10 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (3.00%) CCTV
9 8 (2.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 8 (2.67%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.67%) Virtual Team
10 6 (2.00%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.67%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (1.33%) Industry 4.0
12 4 (1.33%) NHS
13 3 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.67%) Windows
2 14 (4.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (67.00%) Cybersecurity
2 119 (39.67%) Information Security
3 82 (27.33%) Risk Management
4 71 (23.67%) Security Management
5 43 (14.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 39 (13.00%) Data Protection
6 39 (13.00%) Security Operations
7 36 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 33 (11.00%) Incident Response
8 33 (11.00%) Information Assurance
9 27 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (9.00%) Project Management
10 25 (8.33%) SIEM
11 24 (8.00%) ISMS
12 22 (7.33%) OWASP
13 21 (7.00%) Cloud Security
13 21 (7.00%) Information Security Management
13 21 (7.00%) Risk Assessment
14 20 (6.67%) Business Continuity
14 20 (6.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (0.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 65 (21.67%) CISSP
2 51 (17.00%) Security Cleared
3 48 (16.00%) CISM
4 36 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.00%) Degree
6 18 (6.00%) CISA
7 14 (4.67%) GIAC
8 13 (4.33%) CRISC
9 10 (3.33%) HNC
9 10 (3.33%) HND
10 8 (2.67%) GPEN
11 7 (2.33%) DV Cleared
12 6 (2.00%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.67%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.67%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.67%) PMP
13 5 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (1.33%) MCP
14 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (36.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (18.00%) NIST
3 47 (15.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 40 (13.33%) NCSC
5 39 (13.00%) GDPR
6 23 (7.67%) GRC
7 16 (5.33%) PCI DSS
8 15 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (4.67%) NIST 800
10 13 (4.33%) SLA
11 7 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (1.67%) SOC 2
13 4 (1.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (1.00%) HIPAA
14 3 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.33%) FISMA
16 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
16 1 (0.33%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 19 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.67%) Nessus
2 8 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (2.00%) WSUS
4 2 (0.67%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.33%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.33%) QRadar
5 1 (0.33%) SCCM
5 1 (0.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.33%) Cisco
3 9 (3.00%) VMware
4 6 (2.00%) Qualys
5 4 (1.33%) Citrix
5 4 (1.33%) Dell
5 4 (1.33%) Sun
6 2 (0.67%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.67%) Darktrace
6 2 (0.67%) Tanium
7 1 (0.33%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.33%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.33%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.33%) SAP
7 1 (0.33%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.33%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.33%) Splunk
7 1 (0.33%) Tripwire
7 1 (0.33%) Zscaler