Security Manager Job Trends in the East Midlands

Security Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Security Manager salary in the East Midlands is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 126 108
Rank change year-on-year -10 -18 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 5 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.20% 0.13% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.14% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 13
10th Percentile £51,500 - £45,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £72,000
90th Percentile - - £75,750
England median annual salary £66,434 £70,000 £73,993
% change year-on-year -5.09% -5.40% -1.34%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,336 2,208 1,569
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 96.17% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,551 988 1,233
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Security Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Security Manager
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Security Manager
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lincolnshire -19 2 £52,500 -8.70% 2
Northamptonshire - 2 £60,000 - 2
Leicestershire - 1 - - 2
Security Manager
England

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (40.00%) Data Security
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Replication
2 1 (20.00%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Security
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) VMware