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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 520 474
Rank change year-on-year -61 -46 -64
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 172 120 279
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.28% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.31% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 109 112 182
10th Percentile £31,900 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,925 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.20% +5.88% -1.92%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,000 £78,400
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £63,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% +6.30% -2.16%

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 76,043 38,474 55,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.78% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 53,667 22,007 30,452
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,664
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.82% -4.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -43 60 £70,000 - 69
South East -16 50 £50,000 -20.00% 30
Midlands -37 23 £55,000 +4.76% 13
East of England -26 20 £34,100 +4.92% 9
West Midlands -31 16 £52,500 - 8
South West -91 12 £52,500 -22.22% 18
East Midlands -32 7 £58,589 +9.00% 5
North of England -59 7 £72,500 +23.53% 30
Yorkshire -30 4 £57,500 -25.81% 10
North East -64 2 £75,000 +8.09% 5
North West -34 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 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (7.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.58%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.58%) Revit
3 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.74%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.16%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.58%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 44 (25.58%) Azure
2 38 (22.09%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (12.21%) AWS
4 18 (10.47%) Entra ID
5 17 (9.88%) SaaS
6 7 (4.07%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.33%) GCP
7 4 (2.33%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.16%) Serverless
9 1 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.58%) Canva
9 1 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.58%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.58%) IaaS
9 1 (0.58%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.58%) PaaS
9 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.72%) Network Security
2 13 (7.56%) Firewall
2 13 (7.56%) Internet
3 8 (4.65%) VPN
4 5 (2.91%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (2.33%) DNS
6 3 (1.74%) DHCP
6 3 (1.74%) SAN
6 3 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.58%) HTTP
7 1 (0.58%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.58%) LAN
7 1 (0.58%) SMTP
7 1 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.58%) WAN
7 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.58%) Metadata
2 1 (0.58%) Power BI
2 1 (0.58%) Power Query
2 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) JIRA
General
1 65 (37.79%) Social Skills
2 34 (19.77%) Legal
3 33 (19.19%) Finance
4 24 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (10.47%) Aerospace
7 14 (8.14%) Retail
8 8 (4.65%) Aviation
9 7 (4.07%) Back Office
9 7 (4.07%) Banking
10 6 (3.49%) Italian Language
10 6 (3.49%) Japanese Language
10 6 (3.49%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.91%) Advertising
11 5 (2.91%) Military
12 4 (2.33%) Law
12 4 (2.33%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.74%) Cantonese Language
13 3 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.74%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 23 (13.37%) Security Specialist
2 17 (9.88%) Analyst
3 16 (9.30%) Information Officer
3 16 (9.30%) Information Security Officer
3 16 (9.30%) IT Engineer
3 16 (9.30%) IT Support
3 16 (9.30%) Security Officer
4 15 (8.72%) Senior
5 13 (7.56%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (7.56%) Security Manager
5 13 (7.56%) Support Engineer
6 12 (6.98%) Security Analyst
7 11 (6.40%) Coordinator
8 10 (5.81%) Information Security Specialist
8 10 (5.81%) Information Specialist
9 9 (5.23%) Security Engineer
10 8 (4.65%) IT Manager
11 7 (4.07%) Information Manager
11 7 (4.07%) Information Security Manager
11 7 (4.07%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.33%) ModSecurity
2 2 (1.16%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.58%) NumPy
3 1 (0.58%) Pandas
3 1 (0.58%) REST
3 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 88 (51.16%) Management Information System
2 38 (22.09%) Security Posture
3 27 (15.70%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (15.12%) Onboarding
5 13 (7.56%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (6.40%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (5.23%) Cloud Native
7 9 (5.23%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (4.65%) BYOD
8 8 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (4.07%) Freedom of Information
9 7 (4.07%) Freedom of Information Act
9 7 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (3.49%) Robotics
11 5 (2.91%) Driving Licence
11 5 (2.91%) Virtual Team
12 4 (2.33%) Culture of Ownership
12 4 (2.33%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (2.33%) Operational Technology
13 3 (1.74%) Cyber Warfare
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.95%) Windows
2 18 (10.47%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.74%) Android
3 3 (1.74%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.74%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (70.93%) Information Security
2 102 (59.30%) Information Security Management
3 99 (57.56%) ISMS
4 80 (46.51%) Cybersecurity
5 79 (45.93%) Risk Management
6 64 (37.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (29.07%) Incident Response
8 45 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (22.67%) Business Continuity
9 39 (22.67%) Security Operations
10 38 (22.09%) Data Protection
10 38 (22.09%) Stakeholder Management
11 35 (20.35%) Disaster Recovery
12 34 (19.77%) Risk Register
13 31 (18.02%) Vulnerability Management
14 27 (15.70%) ITIL
14 27 (15.70%) Risk Assessment
15 24 (13.95%) Incident Management
16 23 (13.37%) AI
16 23 (13.37%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.23%) SQL
2 6 (3.49%) C
3 5 (2.91%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.74%) Python
5 1 (0.58%) Bicep
5 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.58%) Ruby
5 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (33.14%) CISSP
2 43 (25.00%) CISM
2 43 (25.00%) Degree
3 33 (19.19%) Security Cleared
4 22 (12.79%) CRISC
5 17 (9.88%) CISA
6 16 (9.30%) SC Cleared
7 12 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (6.40%) DV Cleared
9 10 (5.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 9 (5.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 8 (4.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (4.65%) CCSP
11 8 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (4.07%) DBS Check
12 7 (4.07%) ISACA
13 6 (3.49%) A+ Certification
14 5 (2.91%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (2.33%) CCSK
15 4 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (62.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (29.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 38 (22.09%) GDPR
3 38 (22.09%) GRC
4 37 (21.51%) NIST
5 32 (18.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 24 (13.95%) PCI DSS
7 15 (8.72%) ISO 9001
8 12 (6.98%) COBIT
9 11 (6.40%) SOC 2
10 9 (5.23%) QA
11 7 (4.07%) NCSC
11 7 (4.07%) NIST 800
11 7 (4.07%) SOC 1
12 6 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (2.91%) ISO 22301
14 4 (2.33%) Accessibility
14 4 (2.33%) Def Stans
14 4 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (11.05%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.23%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.16%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.58%) CASB
3 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.58%) Nessus
3 1 (0.58%) QRadar
3 1 (0.58%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 43 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.81%) Google
3 4 (2.33%) VMware
4 3 (1.74%) Adobe
4 3 (1.74%) Apple
4 3 (1.74%) Cisco
5 2 (1.16%) Qualys
5 2 (1.16%) Rapid7
5 2 (1.16%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.16%) Tenable
5 2 (1.16%) Workday
6 1 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.58%) Infor
6 1 (0.58%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.58%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.58%) Splunk
6 1 (0.58%) Zscaler