Cybersecurity Manager Job Trends in the South West

Cybersecurity Manager
England > South West

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in the South West is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 183 206
Rank change year-on-year +16 +23 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 15 8 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.30% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.20% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 8
10th Percentile £27,000 £55,263 £50,850
25th Percentile £31,500 £60,686 £54,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £88,750 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% +40.87% +18.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £69,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,250 £79,675
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £73,993
% change year-on-year -7.14% -5.40% -1.34%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 4,694 3,983 4,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 93.65% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,232 2,181 3,370
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £51,716
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.55% +3.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.04%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cybersecurity Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in the South West

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in the South West

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Devon +10 8 £52,750 +21.29% 1
Gloucestershire - 4 - -
Wiltshire +10 1 £90,000 +39.26% 1
Bristol +8 1 £90,000 -5.26% 2
Somerset - 1 £42,500 -
Cybersecurity Manager
England

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Cybersecurity 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 South West region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 4 (26.67%) NIST
4 3 (20.00%) CISSP
4 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (13.33%) AWS
5 2 (13.33%) Azure
5 2 (13.33%) CEH
5 2 (13.33%) CISM
5 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security
5 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (13.33%) Line Management
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) SIEM
5 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (6.67%) AI
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (6.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (6.67%) CASB
6 1 (6.67%) Change Advisory Board
6 1 (6.67%) COBIT
6 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (6.67%) Degree
6 1 (6.67%) Firewall

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (13.33%) Marketing
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (13.33%) Line Management
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) SIEM
4 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (6.67%) AI
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (6.67%) Identity Management
5 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (6.67%) Information Security
5 1 (6.67%) ITSM
5 1 (6.67%) OWASP
5 1 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) CISSP
2 2 (13.33%) CEH
2 2 (13.33%) CISM
3 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) GCIH
3 1 (6.67%) GIAC
3 1 (6.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) NIST
2 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (6.67%) COBIT
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (6.67%) GDPR
3 1 (6.67%) NCSC
3 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.67%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Tenable