Security Assurance Manager Jobs

Security Assurance Manager
UK

The median Security Assurance Manager salary in the UK is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 862 933 1220
Rank change year-on-year +71 +287 -329
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Assurance Manager 52 31 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.030% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.033% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 45 21 15
10th Percentile £57,750 £58,802 £38,386
25th Percentile £66,750 £66,250 £53,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +15.38% -8.45%
75th Percentile £70,250 £88,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £96,750 £74,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.48% -6.90% +11.97%

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Security Assurance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Assurance Manager in the UK

Security Assurance Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Assurance Manager in the UK

Security Assurance Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Assurance Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Assurance Manager in the UK

Security Assurance Manager
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Assurance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +125 52 £68,500 -8.67% 3
UK excluding London +26 47 £68,500 +1.48% 1
South West +2 30 £68,500 -19.41%
South East +40 17 £62,000 -
London +114 5 £78,500 +4.67% 1
Work from Home +69 5 £64,500 -25.22% 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Security Assurance 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 Security Assurance Manager in the job title.

1 49 (94.23%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (80.77%) Risk Management
3 40 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (75.00%) Security Management
5 38 (73.08%) Security Cleared
6 36 (69.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 35 (67.31%) Information Assurance
8 34 (65.38%) SC Cleared
9 31 (59.62%) Cyberattack
9 31 (59.62%) NCSC
10 14 (26.92%) CISSP
10 14 (26.92%) CISM
10 14 (26.92%) Information Security
11 11 (21.15%) Degree
11 11 (21.15%) NIST
11 11 (21.15%) GDPR
12 10 (19.23%) Red Team
12 10 (19.23%) Purple Team
12 10 (19.23%) Penetration Testing
12 10 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
13 9 (17.31%) Computer Science
13 9 (17.31%) GIAC
13 9 (17.31%) Finance
13 9 (17.31%) GRC
14 8 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (15.38%) GPEN
14 8 (15.38%) DevSecOps
14 8 (15.38%) Security Posture
14 8 (15.38%) Application Security
14 8 (15.38%) Telecoms

Security Assurance 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.38%) Network Security
General
1 9 (17.31%) Finance
2 8 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.69%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (1.92%) Marketing
5 1 (1.92%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 31 (59.62%) Cyberattack
2 8 (15.38%) Security Posture
2 8 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.85%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.92%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (94.23%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (80.77%) Risk Management
3 40 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (75.00%) Security Management
5 35 (67.31%) Information Assurance
6 14 (26.92%) Information Security
7 10 (19.23%) Penetration Testing
7 10 (19.23%) Purple Team
7 10 (19.23%) Red Team
7 10 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (17.31%) Computer Science
9 8 (15.38%) Application Security
9 8 (15.38%) Content Development
9 8 (15.38%) DevSecOps
9 8 (15.38%) OWASP
9 8 (15.38%) Software Engineering
10 7 (13.46%) Cyber Assurance
10 7 (13.46%) Security Operations
11 2 (3.85%) Cyber Resilience
11 2 (3.85%) Due Diligence
Qualifications
1 38 (73.08%) Security Cleared
2 34 (65.38%) SC Cleared
3 14 (26.92%) CISM
3 14 (26.92%) CISSP
4 11 (21.15%) Degree
5 9 (17.31%) GIAC
6 8 (15.38%) GPEN
7 2 (3.85%) CISA
7 2 (3.85%) CRISC
7 2 (3.85%) GSEC
7 2 (3.85%) ISACA
8 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.92%) CASP
8 1 (1.92%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (69.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (59.62%) NCSC
3 11 (21.15%) GDPR
3 11 (21.15%) NIST
4 9 (17.31%) GRC
5 6 (11.54%) NIST 800
6 2 (3.85%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.85%) QA
7 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (11.54%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (11.54%) Qualys