IT Security Manager Jobs in the South East

IT Security Manager
England > South East

The median IT Security Manager salary in the South East is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 379 461
Rank change year-on-year +7 +82 -92
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 20 14 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.12% 0.096% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 20 7 31
10th Percentile - £57,900 £61,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £66,875 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,125 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,250 -
England median annual salary £67,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.67% +7.14% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,797 13,155 19,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 90.38% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,357 8,270 12,438
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in the South East

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Security Manager in the South East

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Manager in the South East

IT Security Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Berkshire +32 11 £50,000 -35.48%
Thames Valley +20 11 £50,000 -33.33%
West Sussex +33 4 £67,500 - 1
Hampshire - 3 £95,000 -
Surrey - 1 £80,000 - 1
Sussex - 1 £67,500 -
IT Security Manager
England

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 17 (85.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (70.00%) Azure
4 12 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (55.00%) Active Directory
6 9 (45.00%) Windows
6 9 (45.00%) VMware
7 8 (40.00%) Firewall
7 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (40.00%) Windows Server
8 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
8 6 (30.00%) Windows 10
8 6 (30.00%) Information Security
8 6 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (25.00%) Entra ID
9 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
9 5 (25.00%) GDPR
9 5 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (25.00%) Azure Certification
10 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
10 4 (20.00%) NCSC
10 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (20.00%) Finance
11 3 (15.00%) ITIL
11 3 (15.00%) Degree
11 3 (15.00%) Banking
11 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
12 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (70.00%) Azure
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.00%) AWS
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (5.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (5.00%) Network Security
4 1 (5.00%) SSL
General
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
2 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (5.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (30.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (30.00%) Information Security
2 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (15.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (10.00%) ITSM
5 2 (10.00%) Service Management
6 1 (5.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.00%) Digital Forensics
6 1 (5.00%) Identity Management
6 1 (5.00%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (5.00%) Malware Analysis
6 1 (5.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 1 (5.00%) People Management
6 1 (5.00%) Project Management
6 1 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (5.00%) SIEM
6 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (15.00%) Degree
3 2 (10.00%) CISSP
4 1 (5.00%) CISM
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (25.00%) GDPR
3 4 (20.00%) NCSC
4 1 (5.00%) NIST
4 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (55.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Darktrace
3 1 (5.00%) Tripwire