Information Security Manager Job Trends in the City of London

Information Security Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Information Security Manager salary in the City of London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 157 159
Rank change year-on-year +29 +2 +98
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 3 7 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.14% 0.26% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £61,800 £78,625 £49,750
25th Percentile £64,500 £80,313 £75,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £108,750 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.63% +17.57% +21.31%
75th Percentile £74,875 £143,125 £98,750
90th Percentile £77,200 £144,250 £104,750
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £108,750 £92,500
% change year-on-year -35.63% +17.57% +19.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,027 2,472 2,704
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 92.17% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,532 1,625 2,424
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,150 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £97,813 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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 the City of London.

Information Security Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Information Security Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Information Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security Manager in the City of London

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, 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 City of London region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Encryption
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DKIM
3 1 (33.33%) DMARC
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) GRC
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Mimecast

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Mimecast
2 1 (33.33%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DKIM
1 1 (33.33%) DMARC
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Encryption
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft