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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 326 591
Rank change year-on-year -176 +265 -32
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 421 1,071 806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 1.03% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.08% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 356 369 469
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £41,650
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £95,000
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 84,683 99,249 149,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,831 58,284 83,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,182 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 2 May 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 2 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 -164 391 £65,000 - 94
UK excluding London -212 259 £60,000 -4.00% 67
London -57 143 £72,500 +1.40% 34
Work from Home -84 125 £65,000 -7.14% 54
South East +8 80 £65,000 +8.33% 21
North of England -109 59 £50,000 -28.57% 10
South West -20 51 £68,500 +15.22% 12
Midlands -88 35 £65,000 +4.00% 9
West Midlands -47 32 £65,000 +10.64% 5
North West -114 28 £50,000 -16.67% 6
Yorkshire +44 22 £56,500 -19.29% 1
East of England -38 19 £66,250 +6.00% 7
North East -4 9 £40,000 -24.88% 3
Wales +18 8 £46,604 -6.79% 1
Scotland -100 7 £37,250 -46.79% 8
East Midlands -41 3 £60,000 -7.69% 4

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 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.95%) 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 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.19%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.71%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.71%) Revit
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.61%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.19%) 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 92 (21.85%) Azure
2 81 (19.24%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (6.41%) SaaS
5 24 (5.70%) PaaS
6 23 (5.46%) AWS
6 23 (5.46%) IaaS
7 22 (5.23%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (4.04%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
9 14 (3.33%) Entra ID
10 11 (2.61%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.90%) GCP
11 8 (1.90%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.43%) Azure Service Fabric
12 6 (1.43%) GitHub
13 5 (1.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (1.19%) Azure Storage
13 5 (1.19%) Mimecast
13 5 (1.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 58 (13.78%) Firewall
2 54 (12.83%) Network Security
3 24 (5.70%) LAN
4 20 (4.75%) TCP/IP
5 19 (4.51%) WAN
6 18 (4.28%) DNS
7 17 (4.04%) Wireshark
8 14 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.90%) DHCP
9 8 (1.90%) Unified Communications
10 7 (1.66%) SAN
11 5 (1.19%) MPLS
11 5 (1.19%) NAS
11 5 (1.19%) SNMP
11 5 (1.19%) VLAN
12 4 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.95%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.71%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.71%) HTTP
13 3 (0.71%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.46%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (1.90%) Power BI
4 7 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.19%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.95%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.95%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.95%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.95%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 4 (0.95%) Tableau
7 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.71%) Big Data
7 3 (0.71%) Metadata
7 3 (0.71%) MS Access
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Git
2 5 (1.19%) JIRA
3 4 (0.95%) ESLint
3 4 (0.95%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 110 (26.13%) Social Skills
2 99 (23.52%) Finance
3 58 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.26%) Legal
5 23 (5.46%) Law
6 22 (5.23%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.61%) Marketing
7 11 (2.61%) Retail
8 10 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.43%) Advertising
11 5 (1.19%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.95%) Banking
12 4 (0.95%) Local Government
12 4 (0.95%) Police
12 4 (0.95%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 107 (25.42%) Security Manager
2 78 (18.53%) Analyst
3 69 (16.39%) Information Manager
4 68 (16.15%) Information Security Manager
5 54 (12.83%) Senior
6 51 (12.11%) Security Analyst
7 45 (10.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 39 (9.26%) Security Assurance Manager
9 31 (7.36%) Architect
9 31 (7.36%) Senior Analyst
10 30 (7.13%) Information Assurance Manager
11 28 (6.65%) Security Architect
12 27 (6.41%) Lead
13 24 (5.70%) IT Analyst
14 23 (5.46%) IT Security Analyst
15 22 (5.23%) Security Engineer
16 20 (4.75%) Senior Security Analyst
17 19 (4.51%) IT Manager
18 18 (4.28%) Consultant
19 16 (3.80%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.51%) REST
2 12 (2.85%) Web Services
3 10 (2.38%) React
4 6 (1.43%) HTML
4 6 (1.43%) Middleware
4 6 (1.43%) SOAP
4 6 (1.43%) YAML
5 5 (1.19%) NETCONF
6 4 (0.95%) .NET
6 4 (0.95%) CSS
6 4 (0.95%) Jest
6 4 (0.95%) Redux
7 3 (0.71%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.71%) COM
7 3 (0.71%) HTML5
7 3 (0.71%) WinForms
8 2 (0.48%) OAuth
8 2 (0.48%) OpenID
8 2 (0.48%) SAML
8 2 (0.48%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 129 (30.64%) Management Information System
2 66 (15.68%) Security Posture
3 44 (10.45%) Cyberattack
4 30 (7.13%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (6.18%) Cyber Threat
6 23 (5.46%) Data Centre
7 14 (3.33%) Cloud Native
7 14 (3.33%) Replication
8 12 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.14%) PMI
10 7 (1.66%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.66%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.43%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.43%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.43%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.95%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.95%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 65 (15.44%) Windows
2 26 (6.18%) Linux
2 26 (6.18%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.33%) Android
3 14 (3.33%) Apple iOS
4 9 (2.14%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (56.77%) Information Security
2 218 (51.78%) Cybersecurity
3 183 (43.47%) Information Security Management
4 119 (28.27%) Risk Management
5 89 (21.14%) ISMS
6 69 (16.39%) Incident Response
7 63 (14.96%) Roadmaps
8 61 (14.49%) SIEM
9 57 (13.54%) Project Management
9 57 (13.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 54 (12.83%) Cloud Security
11 53 (12.59%) Security Operations
12 51 (12.11%) Security Architecture
13 50 (11.88%) Vulnerability Management
14 49 (11.64%) Information Assurance
15 46 (10.93%) Application Security
15 46 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
16 44 (10.45%) Regulatory Compliance
17 42 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
18 40 (9.50%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.84%) PowerShell
2 32 (7.60%) SQL
3 26 (6.18%) Python
4 16 (3.80%) C#
5 7 (1.66%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.43%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.95%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.71%) 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 (30.88%) CISSP
2 81 (19.24%) Degree
3 64 (15.20%) CISM
4 49 (11.64%) Security Cleared
5 40 (9.50%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (9.50%) SC Cleared
6 36 (8.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 35 (8.31%) CISA
8 34 (8.08%) CCSP
9 27 (6.41%) SANS
10 23 (5.46%) Master's Degree
11 22 (5.23%) GIAC
12 18 (4.28%) CRISC
13 16 (3.80%) CCSK
13 16 (3.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 15 (3.56%) CEH
15 14 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (3.33%) SSCP
16 13 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (2.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (48.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (29.69%) NIST
3 59 (14.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 58 (13.78%) GDPR
5 43 (10.21%) GRC
5 43 (10.21%) NCSC
6 37 (8.79%) PCI DSS
7 22 (5.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 17 (4.04%) COBIT
8 17 (4.04%) NIST 800
9 14 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 11 (2.61%) ISO 9001
10 11 (2.61%) SLA
11 9 (2.14%) QA
12 8 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 6 (1.43%) HIPAA
13 6 (1.43%) ISO 22301
13 6 (1.43%) RMADS
13 6 (1.43%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (1.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 34 (8.08%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.14%) Firmware
5 5 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.71%) vSphere
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 27 (6.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.80%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (3.56%) QRadar
4 14 (3.33%) Nmap
5 13 (3.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 8 (1.90%) Nessus
7 4 (0.95%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.48%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.48%) Terraform
9 1 (0.24%) Ansible
9 1 (0.24%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.24%) DatAdvantage
9 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.24%) Puppet
9 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.24%) SCCM
9 1 (0.24%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 104 (24.70%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.36%) Splunk
3 21 (4.99%) Qualys
4 14 (3.33%) Cisco
4 14 (3.33%) Rapid7
4 14 (3.33%) Thycotic
5 13 (3.09%) VMware
6 11 (2.61%) IBM
7 10 (2.38%) Fortinet
8 8 (1.90%) Veeam
9 7 (1.66%) CA
10 6 (1.43%) Google
11 5 (1.19%) Acronis
11 5 (1.19%) BT
11 5 (1.19%) Citrix
11 5 (1.19%) Dell
11 5 (1.19%) Meraki
11 5 (1.19%) Mitel
11 5 (1.19%) Sophos
11 5 (1.19%) Synology