Security Management Job Trends in England

Security Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Security Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 474 402
Rank change year-on-year -48 -72 +74
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 122 294 352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.43% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.52% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 114 208 279
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,666 £37,250
25th Percentile £50,480 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -2.99% +11.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,563 £84,375
90th Percentile £86,000 £82,000 £99,800
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +8.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,355 56,463 51,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 88.77% 81.70% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 22,070 32,099 38,363
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in England

Security Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Security Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Security Management

Security Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management in England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Management in England

Security Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 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 +6 45 £70,000 +3.70% 20
South West +43 20 £67,500 -1.46% 10
South East +6 20 £62,500 - 17
East of England -6 16 £32,500 -42.39% 8
North of England +12 11 £69,384 +26.15% 7
Midlands +26 9 £53,250 -7.39% 2
North West -1 7 £40,500 -26.36% 6
West Midlands +31 6 £52,500 -9.48% 1
North East +20 3 £69,384 - 1
East Midlands +18 3 £54,000 -3.57% 1
Yorkshire +2 1 £77,500 +40.91%
Security Management
UK

Security Management
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 16 (13.11%) IIS
2 11 (9.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (7.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) SAP GRC
1 1 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 35 (28.69%) Azure
2 18 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (13.11%) Entra ID
4 12 (9.84%) SaaS
5 10 (8.20%) OneDrive
6 9 (7.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (6.56%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (6.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (5.74%) IaaS
9 4 (3.28%) PaaS
10 3 (2.46%) AWS
11 2 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.64%) Azure Pipelines
11 2 (1.64%) GCP
11 2 (1.64%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.82%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.82%) Heroku
12 1 (0.82%) IBM Cloud
12 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.82%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 26 (21.31%) Firewall
2 12 (9.84%) Network Security
3 10 (8.20%) Wireless
4 7 (5.74%) VLAN
4 7 (5.74%) VPN
5 6 (4.92%) TCP/IP
6 4 (3.28%) DNS
7 3 (2.46%) DHCP
7 3 (2.46%) SSL
8 2 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.64%) Power BI
2 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.82%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.82%) Metadata
2 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.64%) GitLab
2 1 (0.82%) Git
General
1 42 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 25 (20.49%) Finance
3 16 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (7.38%) Banking
6 9 (7.38%) Legal
7 8 (6.56%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Marketing
9 3 (2.46%) Military
10 2 (1.64%) Back Office
10 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (22.95%) Analyst
2 25 (20.49%) Consultant
2 25 (20.49%) Security Consultant
3 20 (16.39%) Senior
4 17 (13.93%) Senior Consultant
4 17 (13.93%) Senior Security Consultant
5 16 (13.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 16 (13.11%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
6 15 (12.30%) Security Analyst
7 11 (9.02%) Administrator
7 11 (9.02%) Architect
7 11 (9.02%) Security Architect
8 10 (8.20%) IT Administrator
8 10 (8.20%) IT Support
9 9 (7.38%) Security Manager
10 8 (6.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (6.56%) Lead
11 6 (4.92%) 3rd Line Support
12 5 (4.10%) Information Manager
12 5 (4.10%) Principal Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.64%) LDAP
1 2 (1.64%) SAML
2 1 (0.82%) CSS
2 1 (0.82%) HTML
2 1 (0.82%) RESTful
2 1 (0.82%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (0.82%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.82%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 57 (46.72%) Management Information System
2 18 (14.75%) CESG
3 10 (8.20%) Security Posture
4 8 (6.56%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (4.92%) Cloud Native
6 5 (4.10%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (3.28%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.46%) PKI
9 2 (1.64%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.82%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.82%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.82%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 29 (23.77%) Windows
2 27 (22.13%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.02%) Windows 10
3 11 (9.02%) Windows Server 2016
3 11 (9.02%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (8.20%) Android
4 10 (8.20%) Apple iOS
4 10 (8.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (62.30%) Information Security
2 68 (55.74%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (55.74%) Information Security Management
3 56 (45.90%) ISMS
4 52 (42.62%) Risk Management
5 36 (29.51%) Information Assurance
6 29 (23.77%) ITIL
7 27 (22.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (20.49%) Incident Response
9 20 (16.39%) SIEM
10 19 (15.57%) Cloud Security
10 19 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (14.75%) Computer Science
12 17 (13.93%) Data Protection
12 17 (13.93%) Risk Assessment
13 16 (13.11%) Active Listening
13 16 (13.11%) Creative Thinking
13 16 (13.11%) DevOps
13 16 (13.11%) Innovative Thinking
13 16 (13.11%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.64%) SQL
2 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.82%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 54 (44.26%) CISSP
2 51 (41.80%) CISM
3 32 (26.23%) Degree
4 21 (17.21%) Security Cleared
5 20 (16.39%) CISMP
6 18 (14.75%) CESG Certified Professional
7 17 (13.93%) SC Cleared
8 16 (13.11%) IISP
9 15 (12.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (10.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (9.02%) Master's Degree
12 10 (8.20%) Azure Certification
12 10 (8.20%) CISA
13 7 (5.74%) DV Cleared
13 7 (5.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 6 (4.92%) CCNA
14 6 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (4.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 4 (3.28%) CRISC
15 4 (3.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (42.62%) NIST
2 46 (37.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (23.77%) GDPR
3 29 (23.77%) NCSC
4 24 (19.67%) JSP 440
5 21 (17.21%) NIST 800
6 16 (13.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 16 (13.11%) RMADS
7 14 (11.48%) PCI DSS
8 13 (10.66%) QA
9 11 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (8.20%) GRC
11 9 (7.38%) SOC 2
12 4 (3.28%) COBIT
13 2 (1.64%) ISAE 3402
13 2 (1.64%) ISO 9001
13 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.82%) HIPAA
System Software
1 16 (13.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.46%) Firmware
4 2 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.82%) Docker
5 1 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (10.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.56%) Grafana
2 8 (6.56%) Prometheus
3 5 (4.10%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.46%) Autotask
5 2 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.82%) Nessus
6 1 (0.82%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (31.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.20%) Apple
2 10 (8.20%) Samsung
3 8 (6.56%) SolarWinds
4 5 (4.10%) VMware
5 4 (3.28%) Carbon Black
5 4 (3.28%) Darktrace
5 4 (3.28%) Qualys
6 3 (2.46%) Google
7 2 (1.64%) Cisco
7 2 (1.64%) Oracle
7 2 (1.64%) Proofpoint
7 2 (1.64%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.64%) SAP
7 2 (1.64%) Trend Micro
7 2 (1.64%) Xero
7 2 (1.64%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.82%) Databricks
8 1 (0.82%) IBM
8 1 (0.82%) Salesforce