Security Manager Jobs in the South West

Security Manager
England > South West

The median Security Manager salary in the South West is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 217 248
Rank change year-on-year -21 +31 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 54 49 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.59% 0.71% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.79% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 48 43 35
10th Percentile £48,442 £51,500 £51,594
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,111 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile - £83,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 8,876 6,184 7,746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 89.27% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,472 3,844 5,158
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,925 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the South West

Security Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in the South West

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in the South West

Security 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 Security Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bristol +36 33 £68,500 +1.48%
Devon - 11 £55,000 - 2
Somerset - 4 £50,224 - 1
Gloucestershire -28 3 £55,000 -24.14% 1
Wiltshire -17 2 £60,000 -11.11%
Dorset -32 1 £42,500 -19.81%
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 West region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 47 (87.04%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (68.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (61.11%) Risk Management
4 32 (59.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (59.26%) SC Cleared
4 32 (59.26%) Security Cleared
5 30 (55.56%) Information Assurance
5 30 (55.56%) Security Management
5 30 (55.56%) NCSC
5 30 (55.56%) Cyberattack
6 10 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (18.52%) LAN
6 10 (18.52%) WAN
7 8 (14.81%) Firewall
8 7 (12.96%) Network Security
9 6 (11.11%) WSUS
9 6 (11.11%) Service Delivery
9 6 (11.11%) VPN
9 6 (11.11%) Security Operations
9 6 (11.11%) Security Patching
9 6 (11.11%) Data Centre
9 6 (11.11%) Office Automation
9 6 (11.11%) SD-WAN
10 5 (9.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (9.26%) NIST
10 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
10 5 (9.26%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (9.26%) Cisco
10 5 (9.26%) BCP
11 4 (7.41%) Information Security

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) LAN
1 10 (18.52%) WAN
1 10 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (14.81%) Firewall
3 7 (12.96%) Network Security
4 6 (11.11%) SD-WAN
4 6 (11.11%) VPN
5 1 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
General
1 1 (1.85%) Banking
1 1 (1.85%) Finance
1 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (1.85%) Legal
1 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
1 1 (1.85%) Retail
1 1 (1.85%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) CSS
1 1 (1.85%) HTML
1 1 (1.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (55.56%) Cyberattack
2 6 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.85%) Life Science
5 1 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (87.04%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (61.11%) Risk Management
3 32 (59.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (55.56%) Information Assurance
4 30 (55.56%) Security Management
5 6 (11.11%) Office Automation
5 6 (11.11%) Security Operations
5 6 (11.11%) Security Patching
5 6 (11.11%) Service Delivery
6 5 (9.26%) BCP
6 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
6 5 (9.26%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (7.41%) Information Security
8 3 (5.56%) Incident Response
8 3 (5.56%) Mentoring
8 3 (5.56%) OWASP
8 3 (5.56%) Project Management
8 3 (5.56%) SIEM
9 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 2 (3.70%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (59.26%) SC Cleared
1 32 (59.26%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.70%) CISSP
3 1 (1.85%) CCNA
3 1 (1.85%) CEH
3 1 (1.85%) CISA
3 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (68.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (55.56%) NCSC
3 5 (9.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (9.26%) NIST
4 2 (3.70%) GDPR
4 2 (3.70%) NIST 800
4 2 (3.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.85%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.85%) SLA
5 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) WSUS
2 1 (1.85%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.85%) Nessus
2 1 (1.85%) SCCM
2 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (9.26%) Cisco
2 2 (3.70%) Tanium
3 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow