Cybersecurity Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £64,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 647 714
Rank change year-on-year +119 +67 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 49 124 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.17% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.18% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 41 111 39
10th Percentile £53,250 £50,000 £50,300
25th Percentile £54,793 £55,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £68,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% +9.60% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,250 £76,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £91,450
UK median annual salary £64,314 £68,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.11% -2.14% -1.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
North of England +63 26 £54,793 +2.42% 39
North West +23 22 £54,793 -0.38% 17
South East +64 8 £73,750 +17.53% 48
South West +71 6 £64,627 -5.65% 18
East of England +48 4 £90,000 +12.50% 25
Midlands +68 3 £75,000 +7.14% 35
Yorkshire +56 2 £75,000 +66.67% 16
North East +48 2 £70,000 -12.50% 6
East Midlands +40 2 £75,000 +4.17% 13
Scotland +112 1 - - 7
West Midlands +46 1 £62,500 -10.71% 20
Wales +42 1 £64,000 -1.54% 4
Cybersecurity Manager
UK

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 49 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (51.02%) Information Security
3 21 (42.86%) CISSP
4 20 (40.82%) CISM
5 17 (34.69%) Degree
6 15 (30.61%) Management Information System
7 12 (24.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (24.49%) Roadmaps
8 10 (20.41%) Service Catalogue
9 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
10 8 (16.33%) Data Management
10 8 (16.33%) Risk Management
11 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (14.29%) NIST
12 6 (12.24%) Social Skills
13 5 (10.20%) Project Delivery
13 5 (10.20%) Business Case
13 5 (10.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (10.20%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (8.16%) Information Assurance
14 4 (8.16%) Security Operations
14 4 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
14 4 (8.16%) Project Management
14 4 (8.16%) PRINCE2
14 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
14 4 (8.16%) Security Management
14 4 (8.16%) Retail
14 4 (8.16%) Data Protection
14 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
14 4 (8.16%) Cloud Security

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.04%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.08%) Azure
2 1 (2.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) HTTP
1 2 (4.08%) Network Security
2 1 (2.04%) Firewall
2 1 (2.04%) VoIP
General
1 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.16%) Retail
4 3 (6.12%) Finance
5 2 (4.08%) Military
5 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Local Government
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
6 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.61%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.12%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (4.08%) CSOC
3 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.04%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) NHS
4 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (51.02%) Information Security
3 12 (24.49%) Roadmaps
4 10 (20.41%) Service Catalogue
5 8 (16.33%) Data Management
5 8 (16.33%) Risk Management
6 5 (10.20%) Business Case
6 5 (10.20%) Project Delivery
7 4 (8.16%) Cloud Security
7 4 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (8.16%) Data Protection
7 4 (8.16%) Incident Response
7 4 (8.16%) Information Assurance
7 4 (8.16%) PRINCE2
7 4 (8.16%) Project Management
7 4 (8.16%) Security Management
7 4 (8.16%) Security Operations
8 3 (6.12%) Agile
8 3 (6.12%) B2B
8 3 (6.12%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 21 (42.86%) CISSP
2 20 (40.82%) CISM
3 17 (34.69%) Degree
4 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.12%) CISA
6 3 (6.12%) PMP
7 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
7 2 (4.08%) HNC
7 2 (4.08%) HND
7 2 (4.08%) PMI Certification
7 2 (4.08%) SANS
8 1 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (14.29%) NIST
3 5 (10.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (10.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (6.12%) GDPR
5 2 (4.08%) COBIT
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (4.08%) PMO
6 1 (2.04%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) Google
2 1 (2.04%) Monzo
2 1 (2.04%) Samsung
2 1 (2.04%) Splunk