Security Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 303 603
Rank change year-on-year -217 +300 -55
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 415 1,212 789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 1.16% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 1.21% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 350 375 464
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £41,825
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,875 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,438 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £93,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 -191 386 £65,000 - 96
UK excluding London -229 257 £60,000 -4.00% 70
London -74 139 £73,000 +2.10% 31
Work from Home -91 119 £66,250 -5.36% 51
South East +16 80 £65,000 +8.33% 23
North of England -136 60 £50,000 -28.57% 13
South West -1 51 £68,500 +15.22% 10
Midlands -103 34 £65,000 +4.00% 9
West Midlands -63 31 £65,000 +10.64% 6
North West -134 28 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Yorkshire +38 23 £56,500 -19.29% 1
East of England -55 18 £67,500 +8.00% 8
North East +1 9 £40,000 -24.88% 3
Wales +16 7 £46,604 -6.79% 1
Scotland -115 7 £37,250 -46.79% 6
East Midlands -41 3 £60,000 -14.29% 3

Security Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.96%) SAS
3 1 (0.24%) Apache
3 1 (0.24%) IIS
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.48%) Revit
Business Applications
1 11 (2.65%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) HFM
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 89 (21.45%) Azure
2 80 (19.28%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (6.51%) SaaS
4 24 (5.78%) PaaS
5 23 (5.54%) IaaS
6 22 (5.30%) AWS
6 22 (5.30%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (4.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
9 14 (3.37%) Entra ID
10 12 (2.89%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.93%) GCP
11 8 (1.93%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.45%) Azure Service Fabric
12 6 (1.45%) GitHub
13 5 (1.20%) Mimecast
13 5 (1.20%) Power Automate
14 4 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (0.96%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 55 (13.25%) Firewall
2 52 (12.53%) Network Security
3 23 (5.54%) LAN
4 19 (4.58%) TCP/IP
4 19 (4.58%) WAN
5 17 (4.10%) Wireshark
6 15 (3.61%) DNS
7 14 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (1.93%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.69%) DHCP
9 7 (1.69%) SAN
10 5 (1.20%) MPLS
10 5 (1.20%) NAS
10 5 (1.20%) SNMP
10 5 (1.20%) VLAN
11 4 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.96%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.72%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.72%) PBX
13 2 (0.48%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.30%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.17%) Power BI
4 7 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.96%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.96%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.96%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.96%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 4 (0.96%) Tableau
7 3 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.72%) Big Data
7 3 (0.72%) Metadata
7 3 (0.72%) MS Access
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.20%) Git
1 5 (1.20%) JIRA
2 4 (0.96%) ESLint
2 4 (0.96%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 109 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 99 (23.86%) Finance
3 57 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (9.16%) Legal
5 23 (5.54%) Law
6 22 (5.30%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.89%) Marketing
8 11 (2.65%) Retail
9 10 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.45%) Advertising
12 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.96%) Banking
13 4 (0.96%) Local Government
13 4 (0.96%) Police
13 4 (0.96%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 106 (25.54%) Security Manager
2 77 (18.55%) Analyst
3 69 (16.63%) Information Manager
4 68 (16.39%) Information Security Manager
5 52 (12.53%) Senior
6 51 (12.29%) Security Analyst
7 46 (11.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 39 (9.40%) Security Assurance Manager
9 31 (7.47%) Architect
10 30 (7.23%) Information Assurance Manager
10 30 (7.23%) Senior Analyst
11 28 (6.75%) Security Architect
12 24 (5.78%) IT Analyst
12 24 (5.78%) Lead
13 23 (5.54%) IT Security Analyst
14 21 (5.06%) Security Engineer
15 20 (4.82%) Senior Security Analyst
16 19 (4.58%) Consultant
17 17 (4.10%) Administrator
17 17 (4.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.58%) REST
2 12 (2.89%) Web Services
3 9 (2.17%) React
4 6 (1.45%) Middleware
4 6 (1.45%) SOAP
5 5 (1.20%) HTML
5 5 (1.20%) NETCONF
5 5 (1.20%) YAML
6 4 (0.96%) .NET
6 4 (0.96%) Jest
6 4 (0.96%) Redux
7 3 (0.72%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.72%) COM
7 3 (0.72%) CSS
7 3 (0.72%) HTML5
7 3 (0.72%) WinForms
8 2 (0.48%) OAuth
8 2 (0.48%) OpenID
8 2 (0.48%) SAML
8 2 (0.48%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 130 (31.33%) Management Information System
2 65 (15.66%) Security Posture
3 45 (10.84%) Cyberattack
4 29 (6.99%) Security Operations Centre
5 25 (6.02%) Cyber Threat
6 22 (5.30%) Data Centre
7 14 (3.37%) Replication
8 13 (3.13%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.17%) PMI
11 7 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
11 7 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.69%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.45%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
12 6 (1.45%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.96%) Insider Threat
13 4 (0.96%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.96%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 64 (15.42%) Windows
2 25 (6.02%) Linux
2 25 (6.02%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.37%) Android
3 14 (3.37%) Apple iOS
4 9 (2.17%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (57.59%) Information Security
2 218 (52.53%) Cybersecurity
3 183 (44.10%) Information Security Management
4 119 (28.67%) Risk Management
5 90 (21.69%) ISMS
6 66 (15.90%) Incident Response
7 63 (15.18%) Roadmaps
8 60 (14.46%) SIEM
9 56 (13.49%) Project Management
9 56 (13.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 52 (12.53%) Cloud Security
11 51 (12.29%) Security Architecture
12 50 (12.05%) Security Operations
13 49 (11.81%) Information Assurance
14 48 (11.57%) Vulnerability Management
15 46 (11.08%) Application Security
16 45 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
17 44 (10.60%) Regulatory Compliance
18 41 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
19 39 (9.40%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.95%) SQL
2 32 (7.71%) PowerShell
3 25 (6.02%) Python
4 16 (3.86%) C#
5 7 (1.69%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.45%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.96%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.72%) VB
9 2 (0.48%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 130 (31.33%) CISSP
2 82 (19.76%) Degree
3 64 (15.42%) CISM
4 48 (11.57%) Security Cleared
5 40 (9.64%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (9.40%) SC Cleared
7 36 (8.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 36 (8.67%) CISA
8 34 (8.19%) CCSP
9 27 (6.51%) SANS
10 24 (5.78%) Master's Degree
11 22 (5.30%) GIAC
12 18 (4.34%) CRISC
13 16 (3.86%) CCSK
13 16 (3.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 15 (3.61%) CEH
15 14 (3.37%) SSCP
16 13 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
17 12 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
18 10 (2.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (49.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (30.12%) NIST
3 59 (14.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 59 (14.22%) GDPR
4 45 (10.84%) NCSC
5 44 (10.60%) GRC
6 38 (9.16%) PCI DSS
7 23 (5.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 17 (4.10%) COBIT
8 17 (4.10%) NIST 800
9 14 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 11 (2.65%) SLA
11 10 (2.41%) ISO 9001
12 9 (2.17%) QA
13 8 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 6 (1.45%) HIPAA
14 6 (1.45%) ISO 22301
14 6 (1.45%) RMADS
14 6 (1.45%) Web Application Security Consortium
15 5 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 32 (7.71%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.17%) Firmware
5 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.72%) vSphere
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 26 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.86%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (3.37%) Nmap
3 14 (3.37%) QRadar
4 13 (3.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 8 (1.93%) Nessus
6 4 (0.96%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.48%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.48%) Terraform
8 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.24%) Ansible
8 1 (0.24%) BMC PATROL
8 1 (0.24%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.24%) SCCM
8 1 (0.24%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.24%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 102 (24.58%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.23%) Splunk
3 21 (5.06%) Qualys
4 14 (3.37%) Cisco
4 14 (3.37%) Rapid7
4 14 (3.37%) Thycotic
5 13 (3.13%) VMware
6 10 (2.41%) IBM
7 9 (2.17%) Fortinet
8 8 (1.93%) Veeam
9 7 (1.69%) CA
10 6 (1.45%) Google
11 5 (1.20%) Acronis
11 5 (1.20%) BT
11 5 (1.20%) Citrix
11 5 (1.20%) Dell
11 5 (1.20%) Meraki
11 5 (1.20%) Mitel
11 5 (1.20%) Sophos
11 5 (1.20%) Synology