Security Manager Jobs in England

Security Manager
UK > England

The median Security Manager salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 453 544
Rank change year-on-year -17 +91 +77
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 215 447 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.44% 0.50% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.53% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 129 366 295
10th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -8.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,250 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £68,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -5.11% -5.52% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
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 Manager 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
North of England +27 61 £55,000 - 23
London +12 58 £75,000 -11.76% 78
South East +46 46 £75,750 +26.78% 26
North West -7 44 £55,000 -4.35% 14
South West +81 21 £64,627 -5.65% 11
Yorkshire +52 13 £65,000 +30.00% 5
Midlands +17 13 £65,000 -2.26% 19
East of England +34 12 £90,000 +24.14% 2
East Midlands +24 9 £75,000 +12.78% 4
North East +52 4 £70,000 +27.27% 5
West Midlands +27 4 £65,000 -2.77% 15
Security Manager
UK

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Security Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 141 (65.58%) Information Security
2 123 (57.21%) CISSP
3 99 (46.05%) Cybersecurity
4 94 (43.72%) Degree
5 84 (39.07%) Management Information System
6 68 (31.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 65 (30.23%) Finance
8 62 (28.84%) Project Management
9 61 (28.37%) CISM
10 59 (27.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 57 (26.51%) Mentoring
12 51 (23.72%) Social Skills
13 45 (20.93%) Risk Management
14 44 (20.47%) NIST
15 32 (14.88%) Cyber Essentials
15 32 (14.88%) Security Management
16 31 (14.42%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (13.02%) Cloud Security
18 24 (11.16%) Incident Response
19 23 (10.70%) GDPR
20 22 (10.23%) Security Operations
21 21 (9.77%) Azure
21 21 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
21 21 (9.77%) Data Protection
21 21 (9.77%) CISA
21 21 (9.77%) Microsoft
21 21 (9.77%) Roadmaps
22 20 (9.30%) Security Posture
22 20 (9.30%) Vulnerability Management
23 19 (8.84%) Information Security Management

Security Manager Skill Set
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 3 (1.40%) Confluence
2 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.77%) Azure
2 11 (5.12%) AWS
3 6 (2.79%) GCP
4 3 (1.40%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (1.40%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.93%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.47%) SaaS
6 1 (0.47%) Serverless
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.12%) Network Security
2 8 (3.72%) Firewall
3 2 (0.93%) HTTP
3 2 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.93%) VoIP
3 2 (0.93%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) 4G
4 1 (0.47%) 5G
4 1 (0.47%) Broadband
4 1 (0.47%) IPsec
4 1 (0.47%) Mobile Broadband
4 1 (0.47%) SSL
4 1 (0.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.40%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.40%) JIRA
General
1 65 (30.23%) Finance
2 51 (23.72%) Social Skills
3 18 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.51%) Legal
5 8 (3.72%) Retail
6 7 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.79%) Publishing
8 5 (2.33%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Law
10 3 (1.40%) Marketing
10 3 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Banking
11 2 (0.93%) Military
12 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.47%) Local Government
12 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.47%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.33%) Leaflet
2 3 (1.40%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 84 (39.07%) Management Information System
2 20 (9.30%) Security Posture
3 16 (7.44%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (5.58%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.79%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (2.79%) Freedom of Information Act
6 5 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.86%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.86%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.40%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.40%) PKI
8 3 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.40%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.93%) CSOC
9 2 (0.93%) PMI
9 2 (0.93%) SCADA
9 2 (0.93%) Smart Energy
10 1 (0.47%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.86%) Windows
2 3 (1.40%) Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (65.58%) Information Security
2 99 (46.05%) Cybersecurity
3 62 (28.84%) Project Management
4 57 (26.51%) Mentoring
5 45 (20.93%) Risk Management
6 32 (14.88%) Security Management
7 31 (14.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (13.02%) Cloud Security
9 24 (11.16%) Incident Response
10 22 (10.23%) Security Operations
11 21 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (9.77%) Data Protection
11 21 (9.77%) Roadmaps
12 20 (9.30%) Vulnerability Management
13 19 (8.84%) Information Security Management
14 17 (7.91%) Agile
15 15 (6.98%) Computer Science
15 15 (6.98%) Incident Management
15 15 (6.98%) ISMS
15 15 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.40%) Python
1 3 (1.40%) R
2 2 (0.93%) C++
2 2 (0.93%) Java
2 2 (0.93%) Kotlin
2 2 (0.93%) Rust
3 1 (0.47%) Bash
Qualifications
1 123 (57.21%) CISSP
2 94 (43.72%) Degree
3 61 (28.37%) CISM
4 59 (27.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (9.77%) CISA
6 18 (8.37%) Security Cleared
7 11 (5.12%) CRISC
7 11 (5.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 9 (4.19%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (2.79%) CCSP
10 6 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.79%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.33%) CISMP
12 4 (1.86%) CEH
12 4 (1.86%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.86%) OSCP
12 4 (1.86%) PMP
13 3 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (31.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (20.47%) NIST
3 32 (14.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (10.70%) GDPR
5 17 (7.91%) GRC
6 16 (7.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 15 (6.98%) PCI DSS
8 10 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (3.26%) COBIT
9 7 (3.26%) HIPAA
10 5 (2.33%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.93%) PMO
11 2 (0.93%) SLA
12 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.47%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.47%) NCSC
12 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.40%) CASB
3 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 21 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.40%) Symantec
2 3 (1.40%) Zscaler
3 2 (0.93%) Alibaba
3 2 (0.93%) Google
3 2 (0.93%) Splunk
4 1 (0.47%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (0.47%) Cisco
4 1 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.47%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.47%) Darktrace
4 1 (0.47%) Dell
4 1 (0.47%) HP
4 1 (0.47%) Monzo
4 1 (0.47%) OneTrust
4 1 (0.47%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.47%) Planview
4 1 (0.47%) Qualys
4 1 (0.47%) Samsung
4 1 (0.47%) Sophos