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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 517 490
Rank change year-on-year -81 -27 -77
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 170 116 265
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.27% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.30% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 108 109 167
10th Percentile £31,900 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £76,563 £71,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,155 £79,100
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% +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 76,505 38,659 54,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.54% 89.11% 82.42%
Number of salaries quoted 53,771 21,904 29,620
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,816 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% -1.67%

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 4 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 4 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 -52 58 £68,000 -2.86% 87
South East -15 49 £45,000 -26.53% 37
Midlands -29 23 £55,000 +4.76% 13
East of England -29 20 £34,100 +4.92% 12
West Midlands -29 16 £52,500 - 8
South West -77 13 £52,500 -22.22% 20
East Midlands -40 7 £58,589 +9.00% 5
North of England -68 7 £72,500 +51.04% 30
Yorkshire -40 4 £30,000 -61.29% 12
North East -61 2 £75,000 +8.09% 2
North West -28 1 - - 16
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 (7.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (7.65%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.18%) Confluence
3 1 (0.59%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.35%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.59%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.59%) Revit
3 1 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.76%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.18%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.59%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.29%) Azure
2 38 (22.35%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (11.18%) AWS
4 17 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 17 (10.00%) SaaS
5 8 (4.71%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.35%) GCP
6 4 (2.35%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.18%) Serverless
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.59%) Canva
8 1 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.59%) IaaS
8 1 (0.59%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.59%) PaaS
8 1 (0.59%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.82%) Network Security
2 13 (7.65%) Firewall
2 13 (7.65%) Internet
3 8 (4.71%) VPN
4 5 (2.94%) DNS
4 5 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (2.35%) DHCP
5 4 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.76%) SAN
7 2 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.18%) Wireless
8 1 (0.59%) Broadband
8 1 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.59%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.59%) DSL
8 1 (0.59%) HTTP
8 1 (0.59%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.59%) NGFW
8 1 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.59%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.59%) Metadata
2 1 (0.59%) Power BI
2 1 (0.59%) Power Query
2 1 (0.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 65 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 32 (18.82%) Legal
3 31 (18.24%) Finance
4 24 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (10.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (10.00%) Aerospace
7 14 (8.24%) Retail
8 7 (4.12%) Back Office
8 7 (4.12%) Banking
9 6 (3.53%) Aviation
9 6 (3.53%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.94%) Advertising
10 5 (2.94%) Italian Language
10 5 (2.94%) Japanese Language
10 5 (2.94%) Military
11 4 (2.35%) Cantonese Language
11 4 (2.35%) Law
11 4 (2.35%) Mandarin Language
11 4 (2.35%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (13.53%) Security Specialist
2 17 (10.00%) IT Support
3 16 (9.41%) Information Officer
3 16 (9.41%) Information Security Officer
3 16 (9.41%) IT Engineer
3 16 (9.41%) Security Officer
4 15 (8.82%) Analyst
4 15 (8.82%) Senior
5 13 (7.65%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (7.65%) Security Analyst
5 13 (7.65%) Security Manager
5 13 (7.65%) Support Engineer
6 11 (6.47%) Coordinator
7 10 (5.88%) Information Security Specialist
7 10 (5.88%) Information Specialist
8 8 (4.71%) Security Engineer
9 7 (4.12%) Head of Compliance
9 7 (4.12%) Information Manager
9 7 (4.12%) Information Security Manager
9 7 (4.12%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.35%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.59%) NumPy
2 1 (0.59%) Pandas
2 1 (0.59%) REST
2 1 (0.59%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 86 (50.59%) Management Information System
2 34 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 27 (15.88%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (15.29%) Onboarding
5 13 (7.65%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (6.47%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (5.29%) Cloud Native
9 8 (4.71%) BYOD
9 8 (4.71%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (4.12%) Freedom of Information
10 7 (4.12%) Freedom of Information Act
11 6 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (3.53%) Robotics
12 5 (2.94%) Driving Licence
12 5 (2.94%) Virtual Team
13 4 (2.35%) Culture of Ownership
13 4 (2.35%) Operational Technology
14 3 (1.76%) Cyber Security Posture
14 3 (1.76%) Cyber Warfare
Operating Systems
1 25 (14.71%) Windows
2 18 (10.59%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.35%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.35%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.76%) Android
5 2 (1.18%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (72.35%) Information Security
2 102 (60.00%) Information Security Management
3 98 (57.65%) ISMS
4 80 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
5 79 (46.47%) Risk Management
6 65 (38.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (28.82%) Incident Response
8 46 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (22.94%) Security Operations
10 38 (22.35%) Business Continuity
10 38 (22.35%) Data Protection
10 38 (22.35%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 34 (20.00%) Risk Register
12 32 (18.82%) Vulnerability Management
13 27 (15.88%) ITIL
14 25 (14.71%) Risk Assessment
15 24 (14.12%) AI
15 24 (14.12%) Incident Management
15 24 (14.12%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.29%) SQL
2 5 (2.94%) C
2 5 (2.94%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.76%) Python
4 1 (0.59%) Bicep
4 1 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.59%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.59%) R
4 1 (0.59%) Ruby
4 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (32.94%) CISSP
2 42 (24.71%) CISM
3 41 (24.12%) Degree
4 33 (19.41%) Security Cleared
5 21 (12.35%) CRISC
6 17 (10.00%) CISA
7 16 (9.41%) SC Cleared
8 11 (6.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (6.47%) DV Cleared
9 9 (5.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 8 (4.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (4.71%) CCSP
10 8 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (4.71%) DBS Check
10 8 (4.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 7 (4.12%) ISACA
12 6 (3.53%) A+ Certification
13 4 (2.35%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (64.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (29.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 38 (22.35%) GDPR
3 38 (22.35%) GRC
4 35 (20.59%) NIST
5 31 (18.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 21 (12.35%) PCI DSS
7 17 (10.00%) ISO 9001
8 11 (6.47%) COBIT
9 10 (5.88%) SOC 2
10 9 (5.29%) QA
11 7 (4.12%) NCSC
11 7 (4.12%) NIST 800
11 7 (4.12%) SOC 1
12 6 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (2.94%) ISO 22301
14 4 (2.35%) Accessibility
14 4 (2.35%) Def Stans
14 4 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (2.35%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (11.18%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.29%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.71%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.59%) CASB
3 1 (0.59%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.59%) Nessus
3 1 (0.59%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (25.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.47%) Google
3 3 (1.76%) Adobe
3 3 (1.76%) Apple
3 3 (1.76%) Cisco
3 3 (1.76%) VMware
4 2 (1.18%) Qualys
4 2 (1.18%) Rapid7
4 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.18%) Tenable
4 2 (1.18%) Workday
5 1 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.59%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.59%) Infor
5 1 (0.59%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.59%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.59%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.59%) Splunk
5 1 (0.59%) Zoho
5 1 (0.59%) Zscaler