Operational Security Manager Jobs in the South East

Operational Security Manager
England > South East

The median Operational Security Manager salary in the South East is £69,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 386 386
Rank change year-on-year +94 0 +103
Permanent jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 2 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.021% 0.042% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.044% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £65,900 - £54,882
25th Percentile £67,250 £51,250 £55,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £52,500 £65,044
Median % change year-on-year +32.38% -19.29% -18.70%
75th Percentile £71,750 £54,688 £76,563
90th Percentile £73,100 £61,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year -7.14% -1.75% +4.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 8,064 15,797 13,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.48% 93.98% 90.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,562 11,357 8,268
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Operational Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Security Manager in the South East

Operational Security Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Operational Security Manager in the South East

Operational 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 Operational Security Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Hampshire - 2 £69,500 - 1
Operational Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Operational 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 Operational Security Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Encryption
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISM

Operational 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Security
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Encryption
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISMP
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GCIH
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft