Security Manager Jobs 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 to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 498 522 467
Rank change year-on-year +24 -55 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 291 247 432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.40% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.45% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 232 194 291
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,150 £46,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,004 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,500 £77,500 £78,575
90th Percentile £77,500 £84,625 £83,750
UK median annual salary £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +7.69%

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 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Manager 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 5 May 2024.

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 5 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 +50 76 £59,500 -15.00% 17
North of England +49 59 £57,500 -4.17% 14
Midlands +27 58 £65,750 -15.16% 9
South West -21 54 £68,500 +1.48% 6
North West +33 43 £57,500 -14.81% 10
West Midlands +8 31 £66,853 -13.74% 5
East of England +32 30 £72,500 +16.00% 15
East Midlands +11 27 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Yorkshire +69 14 £50,000 -11.89% 4
Scotland -68 11 £66,250 +1.92% 7
Wales +10 3 £30,000 -34.78% 1
North East -7 2 £55,000 -26.67%
Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 197 (67.70%) Cybersecurity
2 115 (39.52%) Information Security
3 104 (35.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 83 (28.52%) Risk Management
5 70 (24.05%) Security Management
6 65 (22.34%) CISSP
7 53 (18.21%) NIST
8 51 (17.53%) Security Cleared
9 48 (16.49%) CISM
10 44 (15.12%) Stakeholder Management
11 42 (14.43%) Cyber Essentials
12 40 (13.75%) Cyberattack
13 39 (13.40%) NCSC
14 38 (13.06%) Security Operations
14 38 (13.06%) GDPR
14 38 (13.06%) Management Information System
14 38 (13.06%) Finance
15 37 (12.71%) Microsoft
16 36 (12.37%) SC Cleared
16 36 (12.37%) Cyber Threat
17 35 (12.03%) Data Protection
18 34 (11.68%) Network Security
18 34 (11.68%) Vulnerability Management
19 33 (11.34%) Information Assurance
19 33 (11.34%) Social Skills
20 32 (11.00%) Incident Response
20 32 (11.00%) Firewall
21 28 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
22 26 (8.93%) Project Management
23 24 (8.25%) SIEM

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 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.34%) Apache
2 1 (0.34%) Confluence
2 1 (0.34%) IIS
2 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 23 (7.90%) Azure
1 23 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (3.09%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (2.41%) AWS
3 7 (2.41%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.37%) Twilio
5 3 (1.03%) SaaS
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.34%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.34%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 34 (11.68%) Network Security
2 32 (11.00%) Firewall
3 13 (4.47%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (3.78%) VPN
5 10 (3.44%) Internet
5 10 (3.44%) LAN
5 10 (3.44%) WAN
6 6 (2.06%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (2.06%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.72%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.37%) DHCP
8 4 (1.37%) DNS
8 4 (1.37%) Wireless
9 2 (0.69%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.34%) SAN
10 1 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Git
1 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 38 (13.06%) Finance
2 33 (11.34%) Social Skills
3 21 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.19%) Law
4 18 (6.19%) Legal
4 18 (6.19%) Retail
5 17 (5.84%) Automotive
6 14 (4.81%) Aerospace
7 13 (4.47%) Public Sector
8 12 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.12%) Marketing
9 10 (3.44%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Banking
12 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.34%) Games
14 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.69%) EDI
1 2 (0.69%) LDAP
1 2 (0.69%) SAML
2 1 (0.34%) CSS
2 1 (0.34%) HTML
2 1 (0.34%) RESTful
2 1 (0.34%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.34%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (13.75%) Cyberattack
2 38 (13.06%) Management Information System
3 36 (12.37%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (6.19%) Security Posture
5 14 (4.81%) Data Centre
6 13 (4.47%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (3.78%) Mobile App
8 10 (3.44%) IoT
8 10 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 8 (2.75%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.41%) CCTV
11 6 (2.06%) Cyber Security Posture
11 6 (2.06%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (1.37%) Industry 4.0
13 4 (1.37%) NHS
14 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (1.03%) Freedom of Information
14 3 (1.03%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.84%) Windows
2 14 (4.81%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (67.70%) Cybersecurity
2 115 (39.52%) Information Security
3 83 (28.52%) Risk Management
4 70 (24.05%) Security Management
5 44 (15.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (13.06%) Security Operations
7 35 (12.03%) Data Protection
8 34 (11.68%) Vulnerability Management
9 33 (11.34%) Information Assurance
10 32 (11.00%) Incident Response
11 28 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (8.93%) Project Management
13 24 (8.25%) SIEM
14 22 (7.56%) ISMS
14 22 (7.56%) OWASP
14 22 (7.56%) Roadmaps
15 21 (7.22%) Information Security Management
16 20 (6.87%) Cloud Security
16 20 (6.87%) Penetration Testing
17 19 (6.53%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
1 1 (0.34%) Python
Qualifications
1 65 (22.34%) CISSP
2 51 (17.53%) Security Cleared
3 48 (16.49%) CISM
4 36 (12.37%) SC Cleared
5 23 (7.90%) Degree
6 18 (6.19%) CISA
7 14 (4.81%) GIAC
8 13 (4.47%) CRISC
9 10 (3.44%) HNC
9 10 (3.44%) HND
10 8 (2.75%) GPEN
11 7 (2.41%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.72%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.72%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.37%) CISMP
13 4 (1.37%) ISSMP
13 4 (1.37%) MCP
13 4 (1.37%) MCSA
13 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (35.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (18.21%) NIST
3 42 (14.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (13.40%) NCSC
5 38 (13.06%) GDPR
6 24 (8.25%) GRC
7 16 (5.50%) PCI DSS
8 15 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (4.81%) NIST 800
10 13 (4.47%) SLA
11 7 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (1.72%) SOC 2
13 4 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (1.03%) HIPAA
14 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.34%) COBIT
16 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
16 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 19 (6.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.78%) Nessus
2 8 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (2.06%) WSUS
4 2 (0.69%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.34%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.34%) QRadar
5 1 (0.34%) SCCM
5 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.47%) Cisco
3 9 (3.09%) VMware
4 6 (2.06%) Qualys
5 4 (1.37%) Citrix
5 4 (1.37%) Dell
5 4 (1.37%) Sun
6 2 (0.69%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.69%) Darktrace
6 2 (0.69%) Tanium
7 1 (0.34%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.34%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.34%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.34%) SAP
7 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.34%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.34%) Splunk
7 1 (0.34%) Tripwire
7 1 (0.34%) Zscaler