Security Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 373 411
Rank change year-on-year -4 +38 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 125 197 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.54% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.58% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 102 101 125
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £51,563 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,308 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% +6.63% -3.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% -3.45% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 37,803 34,118 30,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 92.97% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,898 16,838 23,053
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Security Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Security Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. 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 +29 46 £65,000 -18.75% 19
South West +8 22 £55,000 -21.22% 7
Midlands +11 19 £60,000 +5.26% 6
North of England -12 17 £65,000 -3.21% 17
North West +16 16 £65,000 +18.63% 13
West Midlands +19 14 £52,500 -6.25% 5
Scotland -24 10 £70,000 -4.64% 1
East of England +18 8 £70,000 +13.82% 5
East Midlands +2 5 £60,000 +4.35% 1
Northern Ireland -8 2 £40,327 -41.81%
Wales +4 1 - - 2
Yorkshire -17 1 £57,028 -21.34% 4
Security Manager
UK

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 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 UK excluding London region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 86 (68.80%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (43.20%) Information Security
3 53 (42.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (30.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 38 (30.40%) NIST
5 28 (22.40%) GRC
6 25 (20.00%) CISM
6 25 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (19.20%) Security Operations
8 23 (18.40%) CISSP
9 22 (17.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 22 (17.60%) Microsoft
10 20 (16.00%) GDPR
10 20 (16.00%) PCI DSS
11 19 (15.20%) CREST Certified
12 18 (14.40%) NCSC
12 18 (14.40%) SOC 2
13 15 (12.00%) Incident Response
14 14 (11.20%) Azure
14 14 (11.20%) Firewall
14 14 (11.20%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (11.20%) Risk Management
14 14 (11.20%) Security Management
15 13 (10.40%) Information Security Management
16 12 (9.60%) SOC 3
17 11 (8.80%) Active Directory
17 11 (8.80%) ISMS
17 11 (8.80%) Mentoring
18 10 (8.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 10 (8.00%) Security Cleared

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.40%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.20%) Azure
1 14 (11.20%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (4.00%) AWS
3 3 (2.40%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.60%) SaaS
5 1 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.80%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.80%) GCP
5 1 (0.80%) IaaS
5 1 (0.80%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.20%) Firewall
2 3 (2.40%) DNS
2 3 (2.40%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.80%) Network Security
3 1 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
General
1 18 (14.40%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.80%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.80%) Finance
5 10 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.20%) Local Government
8 3 (2.40%) Marketing
9 2 (1.60%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.60%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.00%) Security Posture
2 14 (11.20%) Management Information System
3 11 (8.80%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (6.40%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.40%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.40%) Replication
6 1 (0.80%) CCTV
6 1 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.80%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.60%) Windows
1 7 (5.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (68.80%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (43.20%) Information Security
3 25 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (19.20%) Security Operations
5 15 (12.00%) Incident Response
6 14 (11.20%) Risk Management
6 14 (11.20%) Security Management
7 13 (10.40%) Information Security Management
8 11 (8.80%) ISMS
8 11 (8.80%) Mentoring
9 9 (7.20%) Regulatory Change
10 8 (6.40%) Risk Assessment
10 8 (6.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (5.60%) Business Development
11 7 (5.60%) Cyber Resilience
11 7 (5.60%) Data Protection
11 7 (5.60%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (5.60%) Risk Register
12 6 (4.80%) Decision-Making
12 6 (4.80%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.20%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (20.00%) CISM
2 23 (18.40%) CISSP
3 19 (15.20%) CREST Certified
4 10 (8.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 10 (8.00%) Security Cleared
5 8 (6.40%) CISA
5 8 (6.40%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (4.00%) CEH
7 5 (4.00%) Degree
8 4 (3.20%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.20%) CRISC
8 4 (3.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.60%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.60%) CGEIT
9 2 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.80%) CISMP
10 1 (0.80%) GCIH
10 1 (0.80%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (42.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (30.40%) Cyber Essentials
2 38 (30.40%) NIST
3 28 (22.40%) GRC
4 22 (17.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 20 (16.00%) GDPR
5 20 (16.00%) PCI DSS
6 18 (14.40%) NCSC
6 18 (14.40%) SOC 2
7 12 (9.60%) SOC 3
8 3 (2.40%) NIST 800
9 2 (1.60%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.80%) COBIT
10 1 (0.80%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (8.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.80%) CASB
2 1 (0.80%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 22 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.00%) VMware
3 1 (0.80%) Google
3 1 (0.80%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.80%) Tenable