Cybersecurity Manager Job Trends in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Manager
England > Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in the Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 229 217
Rank change year-on-year +16 -12 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 11 17 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.14% 0.27% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.28% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 12
10th Percentile - £54,500 £52,198
25th Percentile - £56,250 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -13.19% -5.26%
75th Percentile £54,750 £65,625 £78,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £86,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,654 £72,500
% change year-on-year -5.32% -5.31% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,094 6,010 5,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 94.19% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,323 2,791 4,449
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.53% -5.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,614 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Cybersecurity Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
West Midlands +21 11 £40,000 -36.00% 4
Cybersecurity Manager
England

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Cybersecurity 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 Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) Business Development
2 8 (72.73%) CREST Certified
3 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Security
4 2 (18.18%) CSIRT
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 1 (9.09%) Information Security
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
5 1 (9.09%) SIEM
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Trend Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) CSOC
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) Business Development
3 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Security
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Information Security
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
5 1 (9.09%) SIEM
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Trend Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft