Security Manager Jobs in Birmingham

Security Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Manager salary in Birmingham is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 130 111
Rank change year-on-year +34 -19 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 8 16 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.57% 0.58% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.61% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 16
10th Percentile £46,750 £42,738 £66,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,750 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -27.74% +10.71%
75th Percentile £64,688 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £67,500 - £87,375
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £66,853 £77,500
% change year-on-year -10.25% -13.74% +14.81%

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 1,326 2,602 1,799
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 94.38% 93.21%
Number of salaries quoted 773 2,116 1,376
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,997 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,500 £84,964 £82,125
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in Birmingham

Security Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in Birmingham

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Security 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 across the Birmingham region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) NIST
3 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
3 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Information Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (25.00%) OWASP
4 2 (25.00%) Veeam
4 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) AWS
4 2 (25.00%) SLA
4 2 (25.00%) IBM
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (25.00%) Data Security
4 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Tech Ops
4 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (25.00%) Escalation Management
4 2 (25.00%) People Management

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) IBM Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Operations
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Data Security
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) Escalation Management
3 2 (25.00%) Information Governance
3 2 (25.00%) OWASP
3 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) People Management
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (25.00%) Tech Ops
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (37.50%) NIST
4 2 (25.00%) SLA
5 1 (12.50%) COBIT
5 1 (12.50%) GDPR
5 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) IBM
1 2 (25.00%) LogicMonitor
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds
1 2 (25.00%) Veeam