IT Security Manager Jobs in England

IT Security Manager
UK > England

The median IT Security Manager salary in England is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 666 750 851
Rank change year-on-year +84 +101 +163
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 25 90 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.051% 0.10% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.11% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 22 68 54
10th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £67,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.34% -10.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £87,188 £87,188 £100,000
90th Percentile £99,500 £101,250 £104,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -10.00% +7.14%

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 44,258 81,164 82,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.49% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24,638 60,585 52,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,650 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in England

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Security Manager in England

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Security Manager in England

IT Security 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 IT Security Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +95 12 £80,000 -17.95% 9
Midlands +64 4 £57,500 -4.17% 1
West Midlands +61 4 £57,500 +26.44%
South West +101 3 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South East +80 3 £85,000 +54.55% 3
North of England +47 3 £61,000 -6.15%
North West -9 3 £61,000 -12.86%
IT Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 England region featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 16 (64.00%) Information Security
2 15 (60.00%) CISSP
3 13 (52.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (44.00%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
5 10 (40.00%) Incident Response
5 10 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (40.00%) CISM
6 9 (36.00%) Roadmaps
7 8 (32.00%) ITIL
7 8 (32.00%) Risk Management
8 7 (28.00%) Finance
8 7 (28.00%) Security Management
8 7 (28.00%) Azure
8 7 (28.00%) Degree
8 7 (28.00%) NIST
9 6 (24.00%) Service Management
10 5 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (20.00%) Data Protection
10 5 (20.00%) SIEM
10 5 (20.00%) GDPR
10 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security
10 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
10 5 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
11 4 (16.00%) Threat Modelling
11 4 (16.00%) Data Loss Prevention
11 4 (16.00%) Security Posture
11 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement

IT Security 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 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) AWS
2 3 (12.00%) GCP
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) 4G
1 1 (4.00%) 5G
1 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (4.00%) IPsec
1 1 (4.00%) VLAN
1 1 (4.00%) VoIP
1 1 (4.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Law
3 3 (12.00%) Legal
3 3 (12.00%) Marketing
3 3 (12.00%) Retail
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (12.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (12.00%) PKI
2 3 (12.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Information Security
2 11 (44.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 9 (36.00%) Roadmaps
5 8 (32.00%) ITIL
5 8 (32.00%) Risk Management
6 7 (28.00%) Security Management
7 6 (24.00%) Service Management
8 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 5 (20.00%) Data Protection
8 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
8 5 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
8 5 (20.00%) SIEM
8 5 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (16.00%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (16.00%) Data Management
9 4 (16.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) CISSP
2 10 (40.00%) CISM
3 7 (28.00%) Degree
4 4 (16.00%) CISA
5 3 (12.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (12.00%) CCSK
5 3 (12.00%) CCSP
5 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (8.00%) OSCE
6 2 (8.00%) OSCP
7 1 (4.00%) CEH
7 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (52.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (28.00%) NIST
4 5 (20.00%) GDPR
5 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.00%) COBIT
6 1 (4.00%) ISO 22301
6 1 (4.00%) NCSC
6 1 (4.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.00%) CASB
3 1 (4.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Symantec
1 3 (12.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (4.00%) HP
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Sophos