IT Security Manager
UK

The median IT Security Manager salary in the UK is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 802 900 1048
Rank change year-on-year +98 +148 -251
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 87 78 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.074% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.081% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67 56 134
10th Percentile £47,500 £59,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £56,875 £62,500 £61,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £93,125 £96,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £102,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.77% +1.79% +19.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 April 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
England +126 84 £67,500 -10.00% 15
UK excluding London +12 54 £65,000 -8.77% 11
Work from Home +81 48 £66,500 -14.19% 6
London +137 30 £97,500 +2.63% 3
South East +23 19 £55,000 -25.42% 4
North of England +54 15 £65,000 -5.80% 6
North West +14 11 £70,000 +1.45% 6
Midlands +17 9 £60,000 -25.00% 1
South West -17 8 £55,000 -18.52%
East Midlands - 7 £60,000 -
Yorkshire - 4 £65,000 -
East of England +32 3 £62,500 -
West Midlands +20 2 £65,000 -18.75% 1

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 47 (54.02%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (40.23%) Information Security
3 31 (35.63%) Finance
4 29 (33.33%) Azure
5 27 (31.03%) Microsoft
6 26 (29.89%) CISSP
7 25 (28.74%) Risk Management
8 22 (25.29%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (25.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (22.99%) Cyber Threat
10 19 (21.84%) Social Skills
10 19 (21.84%) Data Protection
11 18 (20.69%) Active Directory
11 18 (20.69%) GRC
12 17 (19.54%) Windows
12 17 (19.54%) Firewall
13 16 (18.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (18.39%) Incident Response
13 16 (18.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 15 (17.24%) Roadmaps
14 15 (17.24%) Security Posture
15 14 (16.09%) Security Operations
15 14 (16.09%) ITIL
16 13 (14.94%) CISM
17 11 (12.64%) VMware
17 11 (12.64%) Network Security
17 11 (12.64%) Due Diligence
17 11 (12.64%) Entra ID
18 10 (11.49%) Mentoring
19 9 (10.34%) Line Management

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 29 (33.33%) Azure
2 22 (25.29%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.64%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.05%) AWS
5 4 (4.60%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (4.60%) GCP
5 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (3.45%) SaaS
7 1 (1.15%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.15%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.54%) Firewall
2 11 (12.64%) Network Security
3 8 (9.20%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.75%) LAN
4 5 (5.75%) SD-WAN
4 5 (5.75%) VPN
4 5 (5.75%) WAN
5 2 (2.30%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.15%) Intranet
6 1 (1.15%) SSL
General
1 31 (35.63%) Finance
2 19 (21.84%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.20%) Legal
3 8 (9.20%) Retail
4 7 (8.05%) Law
5 5 (5.75%) Banking
6 4 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.15%) Marketing
8 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) REST
2 1 (1.15%) .NET
2 1 (1.15%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.99%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (17.24%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.75%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.60%) PKI
6 3 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (3.45%) NHS
6 3 (3.45%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.15%) Anti-Spyware
8 1 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.15%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.15%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.54%) Windows
2 8 (9.20%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.90%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.15%) AIX
4 1 (1.15%) Android
4 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (54.02%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (40.23%) Information Security
3 25 (28.74%) Risk Management
4 19 (21.84%) Data Protection
5 16 (18.39%) Incident Response
5 16 (18.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (17.24%) Roadmaps
7 14 (16.09%) ITIL
7 14 (16.09%) Security Operations
8 11 (12.64%) Due Diligence
9 10 (11.49%) Mentoring
10 9 (10.34%) Line Management
11 7 (8.05%) Cyber Intelligence
11 7 (8.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 7 (8.05%) Internal Audit
11 7 (8.05%) IT Audit
11 7 (8.05%) Remediation Plan
11 7 (8.05%) Risk Register
11 7 (8.05%) Task Automation
11 7 (8.05%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.05%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.15%) C
2 1 (1.15%) C++
Qualifications
1 26 (29.89%) CISSP
2 13 (14.94%) CISM
3 8 (9.20%) Degree
4 6 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.60%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.60%) CISA
6 3 (3.45%) CCSK
6 3 (3.45%) CCSP
7 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.15%) GIAC
7 1 (1.15%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.15%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (25.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (20.69%) GRC
3 16 (18.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (8.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (8.05%) NIST
5 6 (6.90%) GDPR
5 6 (6.90%) SOC 2
6 3 (3.45%) NCSC
7 2 (2.30%) NIST 800
7 2 (2.30%) QA
8 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (20.69%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.75%) WSUS
3 3 (3.45%) CASB
4 2 (2.30%) Nessus
Vendors
1 27 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.64%) VMware
3 8 (9.20%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (8.05%) Qualys
5 5 (5.75%) Cisco
6 3 (3.45%) Netskope
6 3 (3.45%) Sun
6 3 (3.45%) Symantec
6 3 (3.45%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.15%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.15%) Google
7 1 (1.15%) Tripwire