Security Manager Jobs in Bristol

Security Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Security Manager salary in Bristol is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2025.

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

 6 months to
12 Jun 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 128 153
Rank change year-on-year +35 +25 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 6 40 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.52% 1.14% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.17% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2 39 10
10th Percentile £62,250 £61,250 £55,847
25th Percentile £69,375 £66,750 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £68,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% +1.48% +3.85%
75th Percentile £94,375 £70,250 £75,938
90th Percentile £100,750 - £77,875
South West median annual salary £64,627 £68,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -5.65% -5.52% +16.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,079 3,419 2,288
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 97.16% 92.52%
Number of salaries quoted 755 2,512 1,455
10th Percentile £30,300 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,089 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year - -4.86% +8.06%
75th Percentile £71,125 £70,250 £72,647
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £86,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in Bristol

Security Manager
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in Bristol

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 Bristol region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) CISSP
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
5 1 (16.67%) GRC
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Application Security
5 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (16.67%) Security Patching
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) Retail
5 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Service Management
5 1 (16.67%) CISM
5 1 (16.67%) Security Management
5 1 (16.67%) GDPR
5 1 (16.67%) Due Diligence
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Line Management
5 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS

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

General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Application Security
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Due Diligence
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) OWASP
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) Security Patching
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CISSP
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) GRC
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
17 Security Manager jobs in the South West