IT Security Manager Job Trends in the City of London

IT Security Manager
Central London > City of London

The median IT Security Manager salary in the City of London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 152 167
Rank change year-on-year +18 +15 +81
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 2 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.089% 0.38% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.41% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 2
10th Percentile £68,750 £70,875 £76,250
25th Percentile £70,625 £75,000 £81,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £78,125 £110,000 £101,875
90th Percentile £79,250 £115,000 £106,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -2.70% -2.63%

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 2,121 2,447 2,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 92.20% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,587 1,593 2,432
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,500 £74,500 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% - -0.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

IT Security Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, IT 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 IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations

IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft