IT Security Manager Jobs 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 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 174 220
Rank change year-on-year +42 +46 +54
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 6 8 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.29% 0.24% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.25% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 10
10th Percentile £69,375 £99,750 £98,500
25th Percentile £72,188 £103,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £112,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +12.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £118,125 £111,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £119,250 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £105,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,898 3,211 4,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 96.05% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,450 2,540 3,708
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,875 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in the City of London

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager in the City of London.

Salary trend for IT Security Manager in the City of London

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Security Manager in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, IT 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 City of London region featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (66.67%) SIEM
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Data Management
3 3 (50.00%) Security Management
3 3 (50.00%) Service Management
3 3 (50.00%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Business Impact Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) CISA
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) CISSP
4 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Sophos
5 1 (16.67%) IPsec
5 1 (16.67%) SharePoint

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) 4G
1 1 (16.67%) 5G
1 1 (16.67%) IPsec
1 1 (16.67%) VLAN
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Data Management
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) SIEM
3 3 (50.00%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) Security Management
3 3 (50.00%) Service Management
3 3 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) Business Impact Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISA
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (16.67%) ISO 22301
3 1 (16.67%) NCSC
3 1 (16.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) HP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Sophos