Security Manager Job Trends in Reading

Security Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Manager salary in Reading is £65,368 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 70 93
Rank change year-on-year +23 +23 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 1 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.17% 0.88% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.96% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,532 - £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,368 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.67%
75th Percentile £69,203 - £82,500
90th Percentile - - £83,250
Berkshire median annual salary £49,000 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.66%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 537 732 942
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 91.73% 93.18%
Number of salaries quoted 355 340 619
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £49,982 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% -6.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,250 £97,750 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £49,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -24.62% +18.18% -4.35%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Security Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Security Manager
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Reading

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Security 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 Reading region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DTS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DTS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Humanities
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC