Security Manager Jobs in the South West

Security Manager
England > South West

The median Security Manager salary in the South West is £64,627 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 227 230
Rank change year-on-year +71 +3 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 24 56 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.67% 0.60% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.62% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 13 50 38
10th Percentile £57,500 £47,716 £51,500
25th Percentile £57,670 £55,938 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £68,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% -0.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,568 £70,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 - £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -5.11% -5.52% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,370 9,024 5,983
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 96.21% 89.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,002 6,621 3,713
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £79,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

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 20 May 2025.

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 20 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
Bristol +32 9 £61,250 -10.58% 7
Wiltshire +46 7 £64,627 +7.71% 2
Dorset +47 3 - -
Somerset +11 3 - - 2
Gloucestershire +64 2 £85,000 +41.67%
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, 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 23 (95.83%) Information Security
2 14 (58.33%) CISSP
3 12 (50.00%) Degree
4 11 (45.83%) Management Information System
5 10 (41.67%) Finance
6 9 (37.50%) Project Management
6 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
6 9 (37.50%) Mentoring
6 9 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (29.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
8 6 (25.00%) CISM
8 6 (25.00%) Retail
8 6 (25.00%) Data Management
9 5 (20.83%) Service Management
9 5 (20.83%) NIST
10 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
10 4 (16.67%) Information Assurance
11 3 (12.50%) Line Management
11 3 (12.50%) Security Patching
11 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 3 (12.50%) Security Operations
11 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
11 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (12.50%) PCI DSS
11 3 (12.50%) Security Management
11 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
11 3 (12.50%) ITIL
11 3 (12.50%) GDPR

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Network Security
2 1 (4.17%) Firewall
General
1 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Retail
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) CSOC
2 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (95.83%) Information Security
2 9 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 9 (37.50%) Project Management
3 7 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (25.00%) Data Management
5 5 (20.83%) Service Management
6 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 4 (16.67%) Information Assurance
7 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (12.50%) Due Diligence
7 3 (12.50%) ITIL
7 3 (12.50%) Line Management
7 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 3 (12.50%) Security Management
7 3 (12.50%) Security Operations
7 3 (12.50%) Security Patching
7 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 2 (8.33%) Information Security Governance
8 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 14 (58.33%) CISSP
2 12 (50.00%) Degree
3 9 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 6 (25.00%) CISM
4 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 2 (8.33%) HNC
6 2 (8.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (20.83%) NIST
3 3 (12.50%) GDPR
3 3 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 2 (8.33%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Cisco
1 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (4.17%) Dell
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft