Cybersecurity Manager Job Trends in Bristol

Cybersecurity Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in Bristol is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 99 130
Rank change year-on-year +7 +31 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 1 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.050% 0.35% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.36% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £85,250 £56,450
25th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £57,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £95,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +50.79% +9.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £66,125
90th Percentile - £99,500 £66,350
South West median annual salary £33,000 £90,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -63.33% +42.86% +18.87%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,858 1,372 1,589
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.88% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,336 817 1,313
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £36,130
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -3.45% +8.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,150 £88,600
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,422 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.76% -2.05% +5.00%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Cybersecurity Manager job vacancy trend in Bristol

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in Bristol

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Cybersecurity 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 Bristol region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable