Information Security Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 672 656
Rank change year-on-year +130 -16 +76
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 37 91 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.095% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 18 78 81
10th Percentile £61,250 £51,750 £51,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £68,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.28% -2.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £76,875 £70,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.19% -8.67% +15.38%

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 35,324 67,152 53,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 94.79% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 18,511 47,504 30,595
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security 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 Information Security Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +48 12 £68,750 +19.57% 7
South East +102 10 £71,250 +5.56% 1
North West -3 6 £71,250 +23.91% 1
Scotland - 5 £77,500 - 2
South West +79 4 £62,500 -8.76% 2
Midlands +44 4 £63,750 -6.59% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £65,000 - 1
West Midlands +48 3 £65,000 +8.79%
East of England +37 3 £75,000 -
North East +45 2 £75,000 +150.00% 6
East Midlands +22 1 £62,500 -10.71% 3
Information Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Information 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 35 (94.59%) Information Security
2 29 (78.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (54.05%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (48.65%) CISSP
5 16 (43.24%) CISM
5 16 (43.24%) Risk Management
6 14 (37.84%) NIST
7 13 (35.14%) GRC
7 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
8 12 (32.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (32.43%) Management Information System
9 11 (29.73%) Information Security Governance
9 11 (29.73%) Security Posture
10 10 (27.03%) ISMS
11 9 (24.32%) Data Protection
12 8 (21.62%) Information Security Management
12 8 (21.62%) CISA
12 8 (21.62%) Security Management
13 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
13 7 (18.92%) Incident Management
13 7 (18.92%) Azure
13 7 (18.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (18.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (16.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (16.22%) PCI DSS
14 6 (16.22%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (16.22%) Freedom of Information Act
14 6 (16.22%) HIPAA
14 6 (16.22%) Psychology
14 6 (16.22%) Freedom of Information

Information Security 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 2 (5.41%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.92%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.70%) SaaS
2 1 (2.70%) WhatsApp
General
1 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Publishing
3 5 (13.51%) Finance
4 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Management Information System
2 11 (29.73%) Security Posture
3 6 (16.22%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (16.22%) Freedom of Information
3 6 (16.22%) Freedom of Information Act
4 5 (13.51%) Operational Technology
5 3 (8.11%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (8.11%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (5.41%) Smart Energy
7 1 (2.70%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (2.70%) Cybercrime
7 1 (2.70%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (94.59%) Information Security
2 20 (54.05%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (43.24%) Risk Management
4 11 (29.73%) Information Security Governance
5 10 (27.03%) ISMS
6 9 (24.32%) Data Protection
7 8 (21.62%) Information Security Management
7 8 (21.62%) Security Management
8 7 (18.92%) Incident Management
9 6 (16.22%) Psychology
10 5 (13.51%) Cloud Security
10 5 (13.51%) Penetration Testing
11 4 (10.81%) Agile
11 4 (10.81%) Business Continuity
11 4 (10.81%) OWASP
11 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (8.11%) Incident Response
12 3 (8.11%) Scrum
12 3 (8.11%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 18 (48.65%) CISSP
2 16 (43.24%) CISM
3 8 (21.62%) CISA
4 6 (16.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 4 (10.81%) CRISC
6 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
7 2 (5.41%) SANS
8 1 (2.70%) CEH
8 1 (2.70%) CISMP
8 1 (2.70%) Degree
8 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (78.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (37.84%) NIST
3 13 (35.14%) GRC
4 12 (32.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (18.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (18.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (16.22%) HIPAA
6 6 (16.22%) PCI DSS
7 5 (13.51%) GDPR
8 2 (5.41%) COBIT
8 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (2.70%) ISO 22301
9 1 (2.70%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Cisco
2 1 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.70%) Dell