Security Manager Jobs in London

Security Manager
England > London

The median Security Manager salary in London is £73,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 364 430
Rank change year-on-year +6 +66 +172
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 58 156 175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.45% 0.63% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.67% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 40 132 118
10th Percentile £57,670 £57,500 £58,411
25th Percentile £65,000 £66,625 £71,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,250 £112,500 £114,016
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% -8.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,677 23,341 29,810
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.70% 94.45% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6,955 17,175 22,418
10th Percentile £40,200 £37,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,331
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.98% +0.55%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in London

Security Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in London

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in London

Security Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Central London +7 10 £71,250 -16.18% 10
West London +21 3 - - 2
East London -16 2 £115,000 +64.29% 2
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 London region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 39 (67.24%) Information Security
2 31 (53.45%) CISSP
3 28 (48.28%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
5 24 (41.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (39.66%) Risk Management
7 21 (36.21%) NIST
8 17 (29.31%) CISM
9 15 (25.86%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (22.41%) Finance
10 13 (22.41%) Management Information System
11 12 (20.69%) Legal
11 12 (20.69%) Information Security Management
11 12 (20.69%) Security Management
11 12 (20.69%) GDPR
11 12 (20.69%) Security Operations
12 11 (18.97%) Cloud Security
12 11 (18.97%) Degree
13 10 (17.24%) Data Security
13 10 (17.24%) Security Posture
13 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (17.24%) Incident Response
14 9 (15.52%) GRC
14 9 (15.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (15.52%) Cyber Defence
14 9 (15.52%) Azure
14 9 (15.52%) AWS
14 9 (15.52%) PCI DSS
15 8 (13.79%) Vulnerability Management
15 8 (13.79%) Data Protection

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (5.17%) Confluence
2 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) AWS
1 9 (15.52%) Azure
2 5 (8.62%) GCP
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (1.72%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.72%) Mimecast
4 1 (1.72%) Serverless
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.90%) Firewall
1 4 (6.90%) Network Security
2 3 (5.17%) VPN
3 1 (1.72%) 4G
3 1 (1.72%) 5G
3 1 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.72%) IPsec
3 1 (1.72%) SSL
3 1 (1.72%) VLAN
3 1 (1.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) JIRA
General
1 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Finance
3 12 (20.69%) Legal
4 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (12.07%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.17%) Law
7 3 (5.17%) Marketing
7 3 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.45%) Banking
8 2 (3.45%) Retail
9 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) EDI
2 3 (5.17%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Management Information System
2 10 (17.24%) Security Posture
3 9 (15.52%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (12.07%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.17%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.17%) PKI
5 3 (5.17%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (5.17%) Virtual Team
6 2 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.72%) PMI
7 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Linux
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (67.24%) Information Security
2 28 (48.28%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (39.66%) Risk Management
4 12 (20.69%) Information Security Management
4 12 (20.69%) Security Management
4 12 (20.69%) Security Operations
5 11 (18.97%) Cloud Security
6 10 (17.24%) Data Security
6 10 (17.24%) Incident Response
6 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (13.79%) Agile
7 8 (13.79%) Data Protection
7 8 (13.79%) Roadmaps
7 8 (13.79%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (12.07%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (12.07%) Data Privacy
8 7 (12.07%) Project Management
8 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (10.34%) Computer Science
9 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) Python
1 3 (5.17%) R
2 2 (3.45%) C++
2 2 (3.45%) Java
2 2 (3.45%) Kotlin
2 2 (3.45%) Rust
3 1 (1.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (53.45%) CISSP
2 17 (29.31%) CISM
3 11 (18.97%) Degree
4 8 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (10.34%) CCSP
5 6 (10.34%) CISA
5 6 (10.34%) CRISC
6 5 (8.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 4 (6.90%) CISMP
7 4 (6.90%) Master's Degree
7 4 (6.90%) OSCP
8 3 (5.17%) CCSK
8 3 (5.17%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (5.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (5.17%) OSCE
9 2 (3.45%) CCNA
9 2 (3.45%) CEH
9 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (41.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (36.21%) NIST
3 15 (25.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (20.69%) GDPR
5 9 (15.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (15.52%) GRC
5 9 (15.52%) PCI DSS
6 3 (5.17%) COBIT
6 3 (5.17%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.72%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.17%) CASB
3 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Symantec
2 3 (5.17%) Zscaler
3 2 (3.45%) Alibaba
4 1 (1.72%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (1.72%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.72%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.72%) HP
4 1 (1.72%) OneTrust
4 1 (1.72%) Planview
4 1 (1.72%) Qualys
4 1 (1.72%) Sophos
4 1 (1.72%) Tenable