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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 479 288
Rank change year-on-year -89 -191 +202
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 132 412 933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.44% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.53% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 119 334 314
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,625 £74,938 £83,563
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,875 £97,391
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +11.59%

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 46,845 77,718 75,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 91.63% 82.55% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 24,324 55,094 47,411
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,228
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
% change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +16 65 £70,000 -2.10% 210
South East +29 25 £57,670 -7.73% 71
East of England +29 16 £32,500 -50.94% 26
Midlands +32 14 £57,500 -4.17% 29
North of England +13 10 £69,384 +38.77% 43
West Midlands +32 9 £62,500 +4.17% 18
North West +6 6 £65,942 +31.88% 27
East Midlands +41 5 £55,000 -8.33% 10
North East +40 3 £69,384 +73.46% 5
South West +59 1 £60,000 -12.41% 35
Yorkshire +42 1 £71,991 +15.19% 11
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 13 (9.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 53 (40.15%) Azure
2 18 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (10.61%) Entra ID
4 12 (9.09%) GCP
4 12 (9.09%) SaaS
5 9 (6.82%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (6.06%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (6.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 7 (5.30%) AWS
8 5 (3.79%) IaaS
8 5 (3.79%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.79%) PaaS
9 4 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (3.03%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.27%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.27%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.27%) Slack
11 2 (1.52%) Azure Pipelines
11 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 30 (22.73%) Firewall
2 24 (18.18%) Network Security
3 9 (6.82%) DNS
4 6 (4.55%) DHCP
4 6 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 6 (4.55%) VLAN
5 5 (3.79%) Wireless
6 4 (3.03%) LAN
6 4 (3.03%) SSL
6 4 (3.03%) VPN
7 3 (2.27%) Internet
7 3 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.27%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.76%) Metadata
2 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.52%) GitLab
General
1 57 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 26 (19.70%) Finance
3 16 (12.12%) Legal
4 13 (9.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.09%) Retail
6 8 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (5.30%) Banking
8 4 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.27%) Marketing
9 3 (2.27%) Military
9 3 (2.27%) Publishing
10 1 (0.76%) Automotive
10 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.76%) Police
10 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (21.97%) Analyst
2 25 (18.94%) Security Manager
3 16 (12.12%) Architect
3 16 (12.12%) Security Analyst
3 16 (12.12%) Security Architect
4 15 (11.36%) Lead
5 9 (6.82%) Information Manager
5 9 (6.82%) Information Security Manager
5 9 (6.82%) IT Support
6 8 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 8 (6.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 7 (5.30%) Information Analyst
7 7 (5.30%) Information Security Analyst
8 6 (4.55%) Administrator
8 6 (4.55%) Head of Security
8 6 (4.55%) Lead Architect
8 6 (4.55%) Lead Security Architect
9 5 (3.79%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (3.79%) Information Security Officer
9 5 (3.79%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.82%) Leaflet
2 3 (2.27%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.27%) LDAP
2 3 (2.27%) SAML
3 1 (0.76%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.76%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 48 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 23 (17.42%) Security Posture
3 12 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (6.06%) Distributed Architecture
5 6 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.79%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.03%) Cloud Native
7 4 (3.03%) PKI
8 3 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.27%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (2.27%) Freedom of Information Act
8 3 (2.27%) iPad
8 3 (2.27%) iPhone
9 2 (1.52%) CESG
9 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.76%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.76%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.70%) Windows
2 20 (15.15%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.06%) Mac OS
4 7 (5.30%) Linux
5 6 (4.55%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.79%) Android
6 5 (3.79%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.52%) CentOS
7 2 (1.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (56.82%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (53.79%) Information Security
3 59 (44.70%) Information Security Management
4 43 (32.58%) Risk Management
5 34 (25.76%) ISMS
6 29 (21.97%) Incident Response
7 23 (17.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (17.42%) SIEM
8 22 (16.67%) Data Protection
8 22 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (15.91%) Data Security
9 21 (15.91%) ITIL
10 19 (14.39%) DevOps
11 18 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (13.64%) Incident Management
11 18 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
12 17 (12.88%) Customer Service
12 17 (12.88%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (12.12%) Computer Science
14 15 (11.36%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.52%) Python
2 2 (1.52%) Shell Script
2 2 (1.52%) SQL
3 1 (0.76%) Bash
3 1 (0.76%) SAPscript
3 1 (0.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 46 (34.85%) CISSP
2 33 (25.00%) CISM
3 27 (20.45%) Security Cleared
4 25 (18.94%) Degree
5 13 (9.85%) Azure Certification
5 13 (9.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 12 (9.09%) SC Cleared
7 11 (8.33%) CESG Certified Professional
7 11 (8.33%) Master's Degree
8 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (6.82%) CISMP
10 7 (5.30%) CISA
11 5 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (3.03%) CCNA
12 4 (3.03%) SSCP
13 3 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (2.27%) DBS Check
13 3 (2.27%) ISACA
13 3 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (40.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (32.58%) NIST
3 30 (22.73%) GDPR
4 21 (15.91%) PCI DSS
5 15 (11.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (9.85%) NCSC
6 13 (9.85%) QA
7 7 (5.30%) SOC 2
8 5 (3.79%) COBIT
9 4 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (2.27%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.52%) GRC
11 2 (1.52%) JSP 440
11 2 (1.52%) SLA
12 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (11.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.55%) Firmware
3 3 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (6.06%) Grafana
1 8 (6.06%) Prometheus
2 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.55%) Terraform
4 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (35.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.06%) Apple
2 8 (6.06%) SolarWinds
3 5 (3.79%) Cisco
3 5 (3.79%) Citrix
3 5 (3.79%) Samsung
3 5 (3.79%) SAP
3 5 (3.79%) Zscaler
4 3 (2.27%) Concur
4 3 (2.27%) Google
4 3 (2.27%) HubSpot
4 3 (2.27%) Meraki
4 3 (2.27%) Rapid7
5 2 (1.52%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.52%) Proofpoint
5 2 (1.52%) Qualys
5 2 (1.52%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.52%) Trend Micro
5 2 (1.52%) VMware
6 1 (0.76%) Carbon Black