Security Management Jobs in England

Security Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 488 315
Rank change year-on-year -33 -173 +293
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 160 394 922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.44% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.52% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 140 330 322
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,541
25th Percentile £55,610 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

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 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Management in England.

Salary trend for Security Management in England

Security Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management in England over the 6 months to 31 May 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 31 May 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 +37 74 £72,000 -0.69% 79
South East +41 41 £57,670 -7.73% 44
Midlands +43 17 £55,000 -8.33% 12
East of England +46 16 £32,500 -50.94% 13
West Midlands +34 12 £57,500 -8.00% 7
North of England -11 9 £69,384 +38.77% 45
North West -19 6 £65,942 +31.88% 24
East Midlands +43 5 £55,000 -8.33% 5
South West +61 2 £60,000 -12.41% 15
North East +43 2 £75,574 +88.93% 13
Yorkshire +35 1 £71,991 +27.42% 8
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 12 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.63%) IIS
3 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (16.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 65 (40.63%) Azure
2 27 (16.88%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (13.13%) SaaS
4 17 (10.63%) GCP
5 16 (10.00%) AWS
6 13 (8.13%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (3.13%) IaaS
7 5 (3.13%) PaaS
8 4 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.50%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.50%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.88%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.88%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.88%) Slack
10 2 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.25%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 38 (23.75%) Firewall
2 33 (20.63%) Network Security
3 9 (5.63%) DNS
4 6 (3.75%) DHCP
4 6 (3.75%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.75%) VLAN
4 6 (3.75%) Wireshark
5 5 (3.13%) Internet
5 5 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.50%) LAN
6 4 (2.50%) SSL
6 4 (2.50%) VPN
6 4 (2.50%) Wireless
7 3 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.25%) GitLab
General
1 75 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.63%) Finance
3 23 (14.38%) Legal
4 20 (12.50%) Retail
5 14 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (8.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.75%) Publishing
10 3 (1.88%) Banking
10 3 (1.88%) Marketing
10 3 (1.88%) Military
10 3 (1.88%) Police
10 3 (1.88%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.25%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.63%) Automotive
12 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 30 (18.75%) Analyst
3 20 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 16 (10.00%) Architect
4 16 (10.00%) Lead
4 16 (10.00%) Security Architect
5 12 (7.50%) Information Manager
5 12 (7.50%) Information Security Manager
6 11 (6.88%) Information Analyst
6 11 (6.88%) Information Security Analyst
7 10 (6.25%) Head of Security
8 9 (5.63%) Senior
9 8 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 8 (5.00%) IT Support
10 7 (4.38%) IT Manager
10 7 (4.38%) Service Desk Manager
10 7 (4.38%) Service Manager
11 6 (3.75%) Information Governance Manager
11 6 (3.75%) IT Security Manager
11 6 (3.75%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.63%) .NET
1 9 (5.63%) Leaflet
2 3 (1.88%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.88%) LDAP
2 3 (1.88%) SAML
3 1 (0.63%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.63%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 64 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 28 (17.50%) Security Posture
3 13 (8.13%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (6.25%) Private Cloud
5 9 (5.63%) Client/Server
5 9 (5.63%) Data Centre
5 9 (5.63%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.75%) Freedom of Information
6 6 (3.75%) Freedom of Information Act
6 6 (3.75%) PKI
7 5 (3.13%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.88%) CESG
8 3 (1.88%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.88%) iPad
8 3 (1.88%) iPhone
8 3 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.25%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.75%) Windows
2 16 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 11 (6.88%) Linux
4 7 (4.38%) Mac OS
5 6 (3.75%) CentOS
5 6 (3.75%) Ubuntu
6 5 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 5 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.50%) Android
7 4 (2.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (62.50%) Information Security
2 88 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
3 78 (48.75%) Information Security Management
4 53 (33.13%) Risk Management
5 43 (26.88%) ISMS
6 34 (21.25%) Incident Response
7 32 (20.00%) Data Protection
8 29 (18.13%) SIEM
9 28 (17.50%) Data Security
10 27 (16.88%) ITIL
11 25 (15.63%) Incident Management
12 24 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (13.75%) Security Operations
14 21 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (13.13%) Vulnerability Management
15 19 (11.88%) Penetration Testing
15 19 (11.88%) Service Management
15 19 (11.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 18 (11.25%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.25%) Python
2 2 (1.25%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.63%) Bash
3 1 (0.63%) SAPscript
3 1 (0.63%) SQL
3 1 (0.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (30.63%) CISSP
2 36 (22.50%) CISM
3 26 (16.25%) Security Cleared
4 19 (11.88%) Degree
5 12 (7.50%) CESG Certified Professional
5 12 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 10 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (6.25%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.63%) Azure Certification
7 9 (5.63%) CISA
7 9 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (5.63%) CISMP
7 9 (5.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 8 (5.00%) CCNA
8 8 (5.00%) Master's Degree
9 7 (4.38%) MCSA
10 6 (3.75%) CCNP
10 6 (3.75%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (40.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (33.13%) NIST
3 36 (22.50%) GDPR
4 27 (16.88%) PCI DSS
5 19 (11.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (8.75%) NCSC
7 12 (7.50%) SLA
8 10 (6.25%) QA
9 6 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (3.75%) HIPAA
10 5 (3.13%) GRC
11 4 (2.50%) COBIT
12 3 (1.88%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (8.75%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.75%) Firmware
2 6 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (4.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.75%) Terraform
3 5 (3.13%) Grafana
3 5 (3.13%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.63%) Nessus
Vendors
1 57 (35.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.63%) Cisco
2 9 (5.63%) Oracle
3 7 (4.38%) Apple
3 7 (4.38%) Citrix
4 6 (3.75%) Palo Alto
4 6 (3.75%) Red Hat
4 6 (3.75%) VMware
5 5 (3.13%) SolarWinds
5 5 (3.13%) Zscaler
6 4 (2.50%) Samsung
6 4 (2.50%) SAP
7 3 (1.88%) Concur
7 3 (1.88%) Google
7 3 (1.88%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.88%) Meraki
7 3 (1.88%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.25%) Proofpoint
8 2 (1.25%) Trend Micro
9 1 (0.63%) Barracuda Networks