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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 438 443
Rank change year-on-year -95 +5 -172
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 98 244 332
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.53% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.58% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 82 157 281
10th Percentile £36,500 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,188 £117,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%

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 45,818 42,048 58,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.92% 92.01% 88.24%
Number of salaries quoted 27,795 20,551 46,192
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,967 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% +12.67% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -20 42 £75,000 +4.17% 16
Midlands -4 17 £55,000 +4.82% 4
North of England -20 16 £42,750 -12.31% 10
North West +27 13 £40,500 -10.00% 4
South East -35 11 £60,000 +4.04% 19
South West -1 10 £55,000 -8.33% 5
West Midlands +13 9 £81,250 +58.53% 3
East Midlands -12 8 £49,279 -10.40% 1
Yorkshire -33 3 £77,500 +58.97% 3
East of England +16 2 £51,500 -30.87% 5
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 (13.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (8.16%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.02%) CMS
3 1 (1.02%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.04%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.02%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 30 (30.61%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (17.35%) Entra ID
3 12 (12.24%) Azure
4 9 (9.18%) AWS
5 8 (8.16%) SaaS
6 5 (5.10%) IaaS
7 3 (3.06%) IBM Cloud
8 2 (2.04%) GCP
8 2 (2.04%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.04%) Tessian
9 1 (1.02%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.02%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.02%) Cohesity
9 1 (1.02%) GitHub
9 1 (1.02%) Heroku
9 1 (1.02%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.02%) Snowflake
9 1 (1.02%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 19 (19.39%) Firewall
2 10 (10.20%) VPN
3 8 (8.16%) VLAN
4 7 (7.14%) Network Security
5 5 (5.10%) SSL
5 5 (5.10%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.04%) DKIM
6 2 (2.04%) DMARC
7 1 (1.02%) DNS
7 1 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.02%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.02%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.02%) SAP HANA
1 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Git
General
1 36 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.33%) Finance
3 15 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (11.22%) Legal
4 11 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.08%) Back Office
6 4 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.08%) Retail
7 3 (3.06%) Banking
8 2 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.02%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.02%) French Language
9 1 (1.02%) Military
9 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (27.55%) Security Manager
2 19 (19.39%) IT Manager
3 17 (17.35%) IT Security Manager
4 11 (11.22%) Information Security Manager
5 10 (10.20%) Senior
6 9 (9.18%) Consultant
6 9 (9.18%) Information Manager
6 9 (9.18%) Security Specialist
7 8 (8.16%) Security Consultant
7 8 (8.16%) Security Operations Specialist
8 7 (7.14%) Analyst
8 7 (7.14%) Head of Security
8 7 (7.14%) Security Analyst
9 6 (6.12%) Head of Information
9 6 (6.12%) Head of Information Security
9 6 (6.12%) Information Analyst
9 6 (6.12%) Information Security Analyst
9 6 (6.12%) Support Technician
10 5 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support
10 5 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.04%) RESTful
3 1 (1.02%) .NET
3 1 (1.02%) CSS
3 1 (1.02%) HTML
3 1 (1.02%) Middleware
3 1 (1.02%) Node.js
3 1 (1.02%) OAuth
3 1 (1.02%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.02%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (1.02%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 44 (44.90%) Management Information System
2 11 (11.22%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (11.22%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.12%) PKI
4 5 (5.10%) Driving Licence
5 4 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.06%) CMDB
6 3 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.06%) Smartphone
7 2 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.04%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.02%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.02%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.02%) Replication
8 1 (1.02%) Tandem
8 1 (1.02%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.35%) Windows
2 15 (15.31%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.06%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.04%) Linux
4 2 (2.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (73.47%) Information Security
2 57 (58.16%) Information Security Management
3 45 (45.92%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (37.76%) ISMS
5 31 (31.63%) Incident Response
5 31 (31.63%) Risk Management
6 26 (26.53%) SIEM
7 23 (23.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (19.39%) Business Continuity
8 19 (19.39%) Data Protection
8 19 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (17.35%) Risk Assessment
10 14 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (12.24%) Identity Management
11 12 (12.24%) ITIL
12 11 (11.22%) Security Operations
13 10 (10.20%) Computer Science
13 10 (10.20%) Risk Analysis
13 10 (10.20%) Vulnerability Management
14 9 (9.18%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.04%) SQL
2 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.02%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.02%) Python
2 1 (1.02%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 42 (42.86%) CISSP
2 37 (37.76%) CISM
3 24 (24.49%) Degree
4 15 (15.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 14 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 13 (13.27%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (12.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 12 (12.24%) SC Cleared
8 9 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (8.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (7.14%) CRISC
10 7 (7.14%) DBS Check
11 6 (6.12%) AWS Certification
11 6 (6.12%) CCNA
12 5 (5.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (5.10%) CISA
12 5 (5.10%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (4.08%) CISMP
13 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (4.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (30.61%) NIST
3 28 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (16.33%) GRC
5 14 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (14.29%) GDPR
6 8 (8.16%) ISAE 3402
7 7 (7.14%) COBIT
7 7 (7.14%) NIST 800
8 5 (5.10%) SOC 2
9 4 (4.08%) JSP 440
9 4 (4.08%) PCI DSS
10 3 (3.06%) SLA
11 2 (2.04%) Def Stans
11 2 (2.04%) ISO 22301
11 2 (2.04%) ISO 9001
11 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (1.02%) HIPAA
12 1 (1.02%) NCSC
12 1 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.10%) Autotask
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.06%) Nessus
2 3 (3.06%) Proxmox
3 2 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.02%) Ansible
4 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (29.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.16%) VMware
3 4 (4.08%) SAP
3 4 (4.08%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.08%) Xero
4 3 (3.06%) IBM
5 2 (2.04%) Carbon Black
5 2 (2.04%) Darktrace
5 2 (2.04%) Qualys
6 1 (1.02%) Databricks
6 1 (1.02%) Google
6 1 (1.02%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.02%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.02%) SendGrid