Security Manager Job Trends in Surrey

Security Manager
South East > Surrey

The median Security Manager salary in Surrey is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 89 89
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 3 13 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.18% 1.08% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 1.21% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile - £55,500 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £70,375 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +18.52% -15.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £91,875 £68,750
90th Percentile - £95,000 -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% +28.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,454 1,072 1,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.77% 88.96% 92.51%
Number of salaries quoted 912 542 713
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,000 £28,821
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Security Manager job vacancy trend in Surrey

Security Manager
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Surrey

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Security 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 Surrey region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) BCP
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 3 (100.00%) ISMS
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 3 (100.00%) Security Management
1 3 (100.00%) SOC 2

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) BCP
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 3 (100.00%) ISMS
1 3 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 3 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) SOC 2