Cybersecurity Manager Jobs in England

Cybersecurity Manager
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in England is £63,564 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 633 684 858
Rank change year-on-year +51 +174 +181
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 60 139 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.16% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.17% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 50 129 61
10th Percentile £53,250 £50,000 £51,500
25th Percentile £54,793 £58,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,564 £68,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +5.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £74,688 £77,500 £91,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,250 £93,250
UK median annual salary £64,627 £68,500 £66,000
% change year-on-year -5.65% +3.79% -7.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
North of England +56 25 £54,793 -0.38% 3
North West +14 22 £54,793 -0.38%
London +100 16 £70,000 -11.95% 21
South West +76 6 £64,627 -5.65% 3
South East +62 4 £68,835 +9.70% 10
Midlands +50 4 £68,750 -3.17%
East of England +40 4 £90,000 +12.50% 1
Yorkshire +62 2 £75,000 +66.67% 1
West Midlands +39 2 £62,500 -10.71%
East Midlands +18 2 £75,000 +4.17%
North East +36 1 - - 2
Cybersecurity Manager
UK

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 England region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 60 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (53.33%) CISSP
3 30 (50.00%) Information Security
4 25 (41.67%) CISM
5 23 (38.33%) Management Information System
6 20 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (31.67%) Risk Management
8 16 (26.67%) Degree
9 13 (21.67%) Roadmaps
10 11 (18.33%) NIST
11 10 (16.67%) Service Catalogue
11 10 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (15.00%) Security Cleared
12 9 (15.00%) Security Management
12 9 (15.00%) Microsoft
12 9 (15.00%) Social Skills
12 9 (15.00%) Incident Response
12 9 (15.00%) Security Operations
13 8 (13.33%) Cloud Security
13 8 (13.33%) Data Management
13 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
14 7 (11.67%) Information Assurance
14 7 (11.67%) Decision-Making
15 6 (10.00%) Project Management
15 6 (10.00%) Data Protection
15 6 (10.00%) Azure
15 6 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
16 5 (8.33%) Leaflet
16 5 (8.33%) Service Delivery
16 5 (8.33%) Information Security Management

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.00%) Azure
2 3 (5.00%) AWS
2 3 (5.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.33%) SaaS
4 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.33%) Firewall
1 2 (3.33%) HTTP
1 2 (3.33%) Network Security
1 2 (3.33%) VoIP
2 1 (1.67%) 4G
2 1 (1.67%) 5G
2 1 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.67%) IPsec
2 1 (1.67%) VLAN
2 1 (1.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 9 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.33%) Finance
4 4 (6.67%) Retail
5 3 (5.00%) Marketing
6 2 (3.33%) Military
6 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.33%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.67%) Electronics
7 1 (1.67%) Local Government
7 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.33%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 23 (38.33%) Management Information System
2 10 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.33%) CSOC
6 1 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.67%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.67%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.67%) NHS
6 1 (1.67%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (50.00%) Information Security
3 19 (31.67%) Risk Management
4 13 (21.67%) Roadmaps
5 10 (16.67%) Service Catalogue
6 9 (15.00%) Incident Response
6 9 (15.00%) Security Management
6 9 (15.00%) Security Operations
7 8 (13.33%) Cloud Security
7 8 (13.33%) Data Management
8 7 (11.67%) Decision-Making
8 7 (11.67%) Information Assurance
9 6 (10.00%) Data Protection
9 6 (10.00%) Project Management
9 6 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (8.33%) Information Security Management
10 5 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (8.33%) Service Delivery
11 4 (6.67%) B2B
11 4 (6.67%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 32 (53.33%) CISSP
2 25 (41.67%) CISM
3 16 (26.67%) Degree
4 9 (15.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.67%) CISA
5 4 (6.67%) CISMP
5 4 (6.67%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.00%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.33%) HNC
7 2 (3.33%) HND
7 2 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (3.33%) SANS
8 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.67%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.67%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (18.33%) NIST
3 5 (8.33%) GDPR
4 4 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (5.00%) COBIT
6 2 (3.33%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.33%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.67%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.67%) Google
2 1 (1.67%) HP
2 1 (1.67%) Monzo
2 1 (1.67%) Samsung
2 1 (1.67%) SAP
2 1 (1.67%) Sophos
2 1 (1.67%) Splunk