Security Manager Job Trends in East Sussex

Security Manager
South East > East Sussex

The median Security Manager salary in East Sussex is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 52 62
Rank change year-on-year +9 +10 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 1 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.25% 0.90% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.94% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86,250 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - £62,500
75th Percentile £88,750 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year -13.33% +13.21% -11.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 385 425 492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.01% 95.72% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 278 282 381
10th Percentile £28,175 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Security Manager job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Security Manager
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in East Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in East Sussex

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 24 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 Sussex region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft