Operational Security Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Operational Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Operational Security Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 737 728 816
Rank change year-on-year -9 +88 -127
Permanent jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 18 22 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.025% 0.038% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.042% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 17 21 31
10th Percentile £45,684 £54,000 £45,150
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,471 £56,170
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £72,956 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% -3.45% +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 69,645 52,139 69,731
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.14% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 49,228 29,915 42,540
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Operational Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Operational Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Operational Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Operational Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operational Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Operational 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 Operational Security Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 May 2024. 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 +3 7 £52,500 -16.00% 2
Scotland -56 4 £67,500 +12.50%
North of England +40 3 £72,500 +9.85%
West Midlands +10 2 £45,475 -35.04% 1
North West +8 2 £72,500 +6.62%
Midlands -13 2 £45,475 -35.04% 1
Yorkshire +73 1 £66,959 +3.01%
South West - 1 £49,898 -
East of England - 1 £65,000 -
Operational Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 May 2024, Operational 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 Operational Security Manager in the job title.

1 15 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 12 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (44.44%) Incident Response
4 7 (38.89%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (38.89%) SIEM
5 6 (33.33%) Service Delivery
6 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
6 5 (27.78%) Retail
6 5 (27.78%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
7 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
7 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (22.22%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (22.22%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (22.22%) DBS Check
7 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (22.22%) Network Security
7 4 (22.22%) Visualisation
7 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (22.22%) Information Security
7 4 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (22.22%) Law
8 3 (16.67%) Security Management
8 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 3 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management

Operational 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 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Network Security
2 2 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 5 (27.78%) Retail
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (22.22%) Law
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Games
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
3 4 (22.22%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (11.11%) Cyberattack
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
5 1 (5.56%) SCADA
5 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 12 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (44.44%) Incident Response
4 7 (38.89%) SIEM
5 6 (33.33%) Service Delivery
6 5 (27.78%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
7 4 (22.22%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (22.22%) Information Security
7 4 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (22.22%) Visualisation
7 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (16.67%) Security Management
8 3 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 2 (11.11%) Agile
9 2 (11.11%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.56%) CASP
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) GCIA
2 1 (5.56%) GCIH
2 1 (5.56%) GIAC
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.11%) SOC 2
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) GRC
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (5.56%) NCSC
2 1 (5.56%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Darktrace
2 1 (5.56%) Splunk
2 1 (5.56%) Tanium