Security Manager Jobs in the City of London

Security Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Security Manager salary in the City of London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 148 205
Rank change year-on-year +23 +57 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 14 29 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.73% 0.87% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.90% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10 23 25
10th Percentile £57,670 - £52,500
25th Percentile £60,128 £72,500 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £111,500 £114,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £85,000 £85,500
% change year-on-year -14.71% -0.58% +6.88%

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 1,781 3,214 4,384
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 96.14% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 2,532 3,665
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,444
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £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 £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 City of London region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (64.29%) Information Security
2 9 (64.29%) Risk Management
3 8 (57.14%) CISSP
3 8 (57.14%) Security Management
3 8 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (50.00%) Management Information System
5 6 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (35.71%) Information Security Management
6 5 (35.71%) SIEM
7 4 (28.57%) Data Management
7 4 (28.57%) ITSM
7 4 (28.57%) CISM
7 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
7 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
7 4 (28.57%) Incident Response
8 3 (21.43%) NIST
8 3 (21.43%) Leaflet
8 3 (21.43%) Cyber Resilience
8 3 (21.43%) Thought Leadership
8 3 (21.43%) Service Management
8 3 (21.43%) CISMP
8 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
8 3 (21.43%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
9 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (14.29%) Degree
9 2 (14.29%) COBIT
9 2 (14.29%) CRISC

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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) 4G
1 1 (7.14%) 5G
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (7.14%) IPsec
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
1 1 (7.14%) VoIP
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (64.29%) Information Security
2 9 (64.29%) Risk Management
3 8 (57.14%) Security Management
4 5 (35.71%) Information Security Management
4 5 (35.71%) SIEM
5 4 (28.57%) Data Management
5 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 4 (28.57%) Incident Response
5 4 (28.57%) ITSM
6 3 (21.43%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Service Management
6 3 (21.43%) Thought Leadership
7 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
7 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (14.29%) Information Assurance
7 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) CISSP
2 4 (28.57%) CISM
3 3 (21.43%) CESG Certified Professional
3 3 (21.43%) CISMP
4 2 (14.29%) CISA
4 2 (14.29%) CRISC
4 2 (14.29%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
5 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (21.43%) NIST
4 2 (14.29%) COBIT
5 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
5 1 (7.14%) GRC
5 1 (7.14%) ISO 22301
5 1 (7.14%) NCSC
5 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
5 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) FortiGate
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) HP
2 1 (7.14%) Sophos