Information Security Manager Jobs in Manchester

Information Security Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Information Security Manager salary in Manchester is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 205 238
Rank change year-on-year +46 +33 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 4 15 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.18% 0.29% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.31% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 1
10th Percentile £65,375 £53,250 -
25th Percentile £65,938 £56,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £57,500 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.91% +47.44% -29.09%
75th Percentile £77,813 £67,500 -
90th Percentile £78,375 - -
North West median annual salary £71,250 £57,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +23.91% -14.81% +22.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,064 4,911 4,506
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.37% 91.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 3,789 2,654
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,000 £31,954
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,960 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,150 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in Manchester

Information Security Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Information Security Manager in Manchester

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Information 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 Manchester region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) SANS
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) GRC
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) CRISC
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) COBIT
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) CRISC
1 2 (50.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) COBIT
2 2 (50.00%) GRC
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft