Information Security Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Information Security Manager
England > Midlands

The median Information Security Manager salary in the Midlands is £63,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 296 290
Rank change year-on-year +45 -6 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 4 20 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.056% 0.17% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.18% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 20
10th Percentile - £51,750 £63,625
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% -9.68% +24.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £81,250
90th Percentile - £74,500 £85,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £68,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.19% -8.67% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,607 11,337 8,175
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 94.39% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,820 8,397 4,580
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,738
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in the Midlands

Information Security Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Information Security Manager in the Midlands

Information Security 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 Information Security Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
West Midlands +51 3 £65,000 +19.27%
East Midlands +9 1 £62,500 -10.71% 1
Information Security Manager
England

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 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 Midlands region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) People Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (50.00%) OWASP
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) CISM
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (25.00%) Security Management
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS
4 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) ISMS
4 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) SOC 2
4 1 (25.00%) GRC
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) OWASP
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) People Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (25.00%) ISMS
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Security Management
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) GRC
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (25.00%) SOC 2