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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 520 490
Rank change year-on-year -80 -30 -73
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 167 114 253
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.26% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.30% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 106 107 154
10th Percentile £31,900 £31,250 £42,571
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,600 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% -3.70%
75th Percentile £75,938 £71,250 £71,000
90th Percentile £83,125 £86,311 £79,550
UK median annual salary £56,250 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.00% -

All Process & 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 76,345 38,619 53,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.62% 89.01% 82.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,555 21,921 28,813
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,681 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Security Management job vacancy trend 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 9 October 2026.

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 9 October 2026. 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 -48 58 £66,000 -5.71% 90
South East -19 47 £45,000 -25.00% 32
Midlands -32 23 £55,000 - 11
East of England -33 20 £34,100 +4.92% 9
West Midlands -32 16 £52,500 -13.85% 4
South West -83 13 £52,500 -22.22% 17
East Midlands -30 7 £58,589 +6.53% 7
North of England -80 6 £72,500 +51.04% 27
Yorkshire -33 3 £30,000 -61.29% 9
North East -66 2 £75,000 +8.09% 1
North West -31 1 - - 17
Security Management
UK

Security Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (7.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.20%) Confluence
3 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.60%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.60%) Revit
3 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.80%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.20%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.60%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.75%) Azure
2 38 (22.75%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (11.38%) AWS
4 17 (10.18%) Entra ID
4 17 (10.18%) SaaS
5 8 (4.79%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.40%) GCP
6 4 (2.40%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.20%) Serverless
8 1 (0.60%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.60%) Canva
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.98%) Network Security
2 13 (7.78%) Internet
3 12 (7.19%) Firewall
4 8 (4.79%) VPN
5 5 (2.99%) DNS
6 4 (2.40%) DHCP
6 4 (2.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.80%) SAN
8 2 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.20%) Wireless
9 1 (0.60%) Broadband
9 1 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.60%) DSL
9 1 (0.60%) HTTP
9 1 (0.60%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.60%) NGFW
9 1 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.60%) Metadata
2 1 (0.60%) Power BI
2 1 (0.60%) Power Query
2 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 63 (37.72%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.16%) Legal
3 29 (17.37%) Finance
4 23 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (10.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (9.58%) Aerospace
7 14 (8.38%) Retail
8 7 (4.19%) Back Office
8 7 (4.19%) Banking
9 6 (3.59%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.99%) Advertising
10 5 (2.99%) Aviation
10 5 (2.99%) Military
11 4 (2.40%) Cantonese Language
11 4 (2.40%) Italian Language
11 4 (2.40%) Japanese Language
11 4 (2.40%) Law
11 4 (2.40%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (13.17%) Security Specialist
2 17 (10.18%) IT Support
3 16 (9.58%) Information Officer
3 16 (9.58%) Information Security Officer
3 16 (9.58%) IT Engineer
3 16 (9.58%) Security Officer
3 16 (9.58%) Senior
4 15 (8.98%) Analyst
5 13 (7.78%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (7.78%) Security Analyst
5 13 (7.78%) Security Manager
5 13 (7.78%) Support Engineer
6 11 (6.59%) Coordinator
7 9 (5.39%) Information Security Specialist
7 9 (5.39%) Information Specialist
8 8 (4.79%) IT Manager
9 7 (4.19%) Head of Compliance
9 7 (4.19%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.59%) Lead
10 6 (3.59%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.40%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.60%) NumPy
2 1 (0.60%) Pandas
2 1 (0.60%) REST
2 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 84 (50.30%) Management Information System
2 33 (19.76%) Security Posture
3 26 (15.57%) Onboarding
3 26 (15.57%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (7.19%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (6.59%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (5.99%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (5.39%) Cloud Native
8 8 (4.79%) BYOD
8 8 (4.79%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (4.19%) Freedom of Information
9 7 (4.19%) Freedom of Information Act
10 6 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (2.99%) Driving Licence
11 5 (2.99%) Robotics
11 5 (2.99%) Virtual Team
12 4 (2.40%) Culture of Ownership
12 4 (2.40%) Operational Technology
13 3 (1.80%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (1.80%) Cyber Warfare
Operating Systems
1 25 (14.97%) Windows
2 18 (10.78%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.40%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.40%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.80%) Android
5 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (72.46%) Information Security
2 101 (60.48%) Information Security Management
3 97 (58.08%) ISMS
4 79 (47.31%) Risk Management
5 78 (46.71%) Cybersecurity
6 65 (38.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (28.14%) Incident Response
8 45 (26.95%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (23.35%) Data Protection
10 38 (22.75%) Business Continuity
10 38 (22.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (22.16%) Security Operations
12 33 (19.76%) Disaster Recovery
12 33 (19.76%) Risk Register
13 30 (17.96%) Vulnerability Management
14 27 (16.17%) ITIL
15 23 (13.77%) Incident Management
15 23 (13.77%) Risk Assessment
15 23 (13.77%) SIEM
16 22 (13.17%) Information Security Governance
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.39%) SQL
2 5 (2.99%) C
2 5 (2.99%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.80%) Python
4 1 (0.60%) Bicep
4 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.60%) R
4 1 (0.60%) Ruby
4 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (32.34%) CISSP
2 42 (25.15%) CISM
3 40 (23.95%) Degree
4 32 (19.16%) Security Cleared
5 21 (12.57%) CRISC
6 17 (10.18%) CISA
7 15 (8.98%) SC Cleared
8 11 (6.59%) DV Cleared
9 10 (5.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (5.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 8 (4.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (4.79%) CCSP
11 8 (4.79%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (4.79%) DBS Check
11 8 (4.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 7 (4.19%) ISACA
13 6 (3.59%) A+ Certification
14 4 (2.40%) AWS Certification
14 4 (2.40%) CCSK
14 4 (2.40%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (64.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (28.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 38 (22.75%) GDPR
4 37 (22.16%) GRC
5 33 (19.76%) NIST
6 29 (17.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 21 (12.57%) PCI DSS
8 18 (10.78%) ISO 9001
9 10 (5.99%) COBIT
9 10 (5.99%) SOC 2
10 9 (5.39%) QA
11 7 (4.19%) SOC 1
12 6 (3.59%) ISO 22301
12 6 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (3.59%) NCSC
12 6 (3.59%) NIST 800
13 4 (2.40%) Accessibility
13 4 (2.40%) Def Stans
13 4 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (2.40%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (11.38%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.39%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (8.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.60%) CASB
3 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.60%) Nessus
3 1 (0.60%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (25.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.59%) Google
3 3 (1.80%) Adobe
3 3 (1.80%) Apple
3 3 (1.80%) Cisco
3 3 (1.80%) VMware
4 2 (1.20%) Qualys
4 2 (1.20%) Rapid7
4 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.20%) Tenable
4 2 (1.20%) Workday
5 1 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.60%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.60%) Infor
5 1 (0.60%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.60%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.60%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.60%) Splunk
5 1 (0.60%) Zoho
5 1 (0.60%) Zscaler