IT Security Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Security Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £60,500 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 579 701 715
Rank change year-on-year +122 +14 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 12 56 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.030% 0.078% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.082% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 12 44 31
10th Percentile £53,000 £47,500 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £65,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% -5.80% -1.43%
75th Percentile £71,063 £71,250 £83,125
90th Percentile £87,375 £75,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +7.41% -12.90% +10.71%

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 36,162 67,952 52,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.86% 89.22%
Number of salaries quoted 18,671 47,990 30,170
10th Percentile £26,968 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%
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% -

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Security Manager within the UK excluding London 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
South East +72 3 £85,000 +54.55% 2
West Midlands +59 3 £55,000 +20.95%
Midlands +53 3 £55,000 -6.38%
North of England +34 3 £61,000 -6.15%
North West -19 3 £61,000 -12.86%
South West +98 2 £60,000 +23.08% 1
Wales - 1 £64,000 -
IT Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, IT 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 IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (50.00%) CISM
2 6 (50.00%) CISSP
2 6 (50.00%) Information Security
2 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) NIST
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Incident Response
3 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) GDPR
5 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (25.00%) Security Management
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 2 (16.67%) Retail
6 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
6 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
6 2 (16.67%) Azure
6 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) Service Management
6 2 (16.67%) CISA

IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (50.00%) Information Security
2 5 (41.67%) Incident Response
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Security Management
4 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 2 (16.67%) Line Management
5 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 2 (16.67%) Security Patching
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) CISM
1 6 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) CISA
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (50.00%) NIST
3 5 (41.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (33.33%) GDPR
5 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
6 1 (8.33%) COBIT