Security Management Job Trends in the Midlands

Security Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Security Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 211 211
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +21
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 18 32 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.23% 0.49% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.54% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16 26 12
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 £26,600
25th Percentile £47,686 £51,251 £55,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £53,079 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -33.65% +39.13%
75th Percentile £75,469 £57,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £84,375 £63,750 £96,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,368 5,908 4,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.55% 89.75% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 2,599 3,742
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,695
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Security Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Security Management
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Security Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Security Management

Security Management
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Management in the Midlands

Security Management
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 Security Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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 +19 9 £81,250 +58.53% 2
East Midlands -11 9 £51,058 -7.17%
Security Management
England

Security Management
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 8 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 4 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) IT Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Head of Information
2 4 (22.22%) Head of Information Security
2 4 (22.22%) Head of Security
2 4 (22.22%) Information Security Manager
2 4 (22.22%) IT Security Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Security Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) IT Support
3 3 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Information Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Security Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Support
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Management Information System
1 7 (38.89%) Security Posture
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (22.22%) Driving Licence
4 3 (16.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
1 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Information Security
1 14 (77.78%) Information Security Management
2 10 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
4 7 (38.89%) Decision-Making
5 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 5 (27.78%) Document Management
6 5 (27.78%) ITIL
7 4 (22.22%) Information Governance
7 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (16.67%) ITSM
8 3 (16.67%) Network Management
8 3 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
8 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
8 3 (16.67%) Service Management
8 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 2 (11.11%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) CISM
1 8 (44.44%) CISSP
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (16.67%) AWS Certification
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (66.67%) NIST
3 9 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (27.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (22.22%) COBIT
6 3 (16.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 3 (16.67%) VMware