Security Manager Jobs in Manchester

Security Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Security Manager salary in Manchester is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 190 229
Rank change year-on-year +39 +39 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 12 35 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.53% 0.67% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.71% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8 27 9
10th Percentile £60,350 £55,000 £52,775
25th Percentile £60,500 £56,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,875 £73,750 £80,200
North West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £66,750
% change year-on-year -4.35% -13.86% +2.69%

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 2,053 4,904 4,482
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.40% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 3,784 2,640
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £31,250
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 £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,250 £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%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in Manchester

Security Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in Manchester

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Manchester region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (50.00%) Azure
4 5 (41.67%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
5 4 (33.33%) NIST
5 4 (33.33%) Business Case
5 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 4 (33.33%) Finance
5 4 (33.33%) CISSP
5 4 (33.33%) CISM
5 4 (33.33%) Information Security
5 4 (33.33%) Data Protection
6 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 2 (16.67%) GDPR
7 2 (16.67%) SANS
7 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
7 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (16.67%) GRC
7 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 2 (16.67%) CISA
7 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management

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 6 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) VoIP
General
1 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
1 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Business Case
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 4 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 4 (33.33%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 2 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 2 (16.67%) OWASP
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CISM
1 4 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) CISA
2 2 (16.67%) CRISC
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (33.33%) NIST
3 2 (16.67%) COBIT
3 2 (16.67%) GDPR
3 2 (16.67%) GRC
3 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Google
2 1 (8.33%) Monzo
2 1 (8.33%) Samsung