Security Manager Job Trends in Guildford

Security Manager
Surrey > Guildford

The median Security Manager salary in Guildford is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 1.01% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £56,500 - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile £76,250 - -
Surrey median annual salary £70,000 - £62,750

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 473 132 277
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.17% 90.41% 98.58%
Number of salaries quoted 354 102 197
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,530 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £95,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,375 £70,000
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Security Manager job vacancy trend in Guildford

Security Manager
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Guildford.

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Guildford

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in Guildford over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in Guildford

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 14 August 2026, Security Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Guildford region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
1 5 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) CISA
2 3 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) CEH
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) CRISC
3 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) RBAC

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) RBAC
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CISA
2 3 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (60.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (40.00%) CEH
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk