Security Project Manager Jobs

Security Project Manager
UK

The median Security Project Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 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 891 950 1174
Rank change year-on-year +59 +224 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Project Manager 23 14 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.014% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.015% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 46
10th Percentile £46,875 £57,500 £56,875
25th Percentile £50,000 £68,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +21.43% +9.80%
75th Percentile £62,500 £104,297 £80,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £115,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £66,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.77% +15.22% +4.55%

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 Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Project Manager in the UK

Security Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Project Manager in the UK

Security Project Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Security Project Manager in the UK

Security Project Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Project 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 +112 21 £55,000 -38.89% 12
UK excluding London +2 16 £50,500 -23.77% 7
Work from Home - 9 £60,000 - 5
South East +31 7 £55,000 -16.98% 2
North of England +50 6 £52,500 - 3
London +126 5 £60,000 -41.19% 6
Yorkshire +87 3 £50,000 - 2
North West - 3 £55,000 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £43,250 -
Midlands - 2 £43,250 -
South West - 1 £50,500 -

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

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

1 8 (34.78%) Customer Service
2 7 (30.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (26.09%) Project Management
4 5 (21.74%) Finance
4 5 (21.74%) Information Security
4 5 (21.74%) Security Operations
4 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (21.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (17.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (17.39%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 4 (17.39%) Project Governance
5 4 (17.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (17.39%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
5 4 (17.39%) Cisco
6 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
6 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (13.04%) PMP
6 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
6 3 (13.04%) PRINCE
6 3 (13.04%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (13.04%) CCTV
6 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (13.04%) Virtual Team
6 3 (13.04%) Data Protection
6 3 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (13.04%) Network Security
6 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
6 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
6 3 (13.04%) Social Skills

Security Project 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
1 5 (21.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (13.04%) CCTV
2 3 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (13.04%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (13.04%) Virtual Team
3 2 (8.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Android
1 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Customer Service
2 6 (26.09%) Project Management
3 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (21.74%) Information Security
3 5 (21.74%) Security Operations
4 4 (17.39%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (17.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
4 4 (17.39%) Project Governance
4 4 (17.39%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 3 (13.04%) Data Protection
5 3 (13.04%) PRINCE
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) Cost Management
6 2 (8.70%) Scrum
7 1 (4.35%) Agile
7 1 (4.35%) Offensive Security
7 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
7 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (4.35%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
1 3 (13.04%) PMP
1 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.35%) GRC
2 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Meraki