Information Security Manager Job Trends in Birmingham

Information Security Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Information Security Manager salary in Birmingham is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 135 100
Rank change year-on-year +38 -35 +67
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.068% 0.046% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.049% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £58,700
25th Percentile £81,250 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 - £75,000
90th Percentile - - £76,500
West Midlands median annual salary £76,250 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year +17.31% +4.84% -17.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,380 2,050 1,116
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 94.95% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 995 1,085 929
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £44,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,125 £85,000 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -1.86%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Information Security Manager job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Information Security Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Manager job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Manager job vacancies in Birmingham

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, Information Security Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google