Cybersecurity Manager
UK

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in the UK is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 734 913 1102
Rank change year-on-year +179 +189 -265
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 154 82 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.081% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.088% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 141 75 112
10th Percentile £51,000 £51,500 £48,875
25th Percentile £62,250 £54,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £66,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% -5.71% +20.88%
75th Percentile £76,250 £86,875 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,250 £104,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.60% - +8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK

Cybersecurity Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +143 136 £68,500 +5.38% 22
UK excluding London +62 116 £68,500 +9.60% 15
South West +3 38 £68,500 +29.25% 2
Work from Home +62 32 £72,500 +15.08% 18
South East +42 32 £62,750 +9.83% 4
London +127 30 £79,500 +22.31% 11
Midlands +15 18 £71,000 +0.71% 2
North of England +45 12 £52,000 -30.67% 3
West Midlands +17 11 £70,000 -9.68% 1
East Midlands -7 7 £72,000 +15.20% 1
Scotland -52 7 £65,000 -18.75% 2
Yorkshire +82 6 £45,000 -35.71%
Wales +10 6 £65,000 +41.30% 1
North West +9 5 £55,000 -29.94% 3
East of England +11 3 £80,000 +36.17% 1
North East -3 1 £80,000 +6.67%

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 154 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (40.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (38.31%) Risk Management
4 49 (31.82%) Information Security
5 45 (29.22%) Security Management
6 40 (25.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (24.68%) Security Cleared
8 35 (22.73%) Information Assurance
9 34 (22.08%) NCSC
10 33 (21.43%) SC Cleared
10 33 (21.43%) Cyberattack
11 31 (20.13%) Vulnerability Management
11 31 (20.13%) CISSP
12 29 (18.83%) Microsoft
13 25 (16.23%) Security Operations
14 23 (14.94%) Cyber Essentials
15 22 (14.29%) Social Skills
16 21 (13.64%) NIST
17 19 (12.34%) GDPR
17 19 (12.34%) CISM
18 18 (11.69%) Penetration Testing
18 18 (11.69%) SIEM
19 16 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
19 16 (10.39%) Finance
19 16 (10.39%) ITIL
19 16 (10.39%) Incident Response
20 15 (9.74%) Management Information System
20 15 (9.74%) Degree
21 14 (9.09%) Retail
21 14 (9.09%) Mentoring

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (7.14%) Azure
3 5 (3.25%) AWS
3 5 (3.25%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.30%) SaaS
5 1 (0.65%) GCP
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.65%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.49%) Network Security
2 4 (2.60%) Firewall
3 3 (1.95%) DNS
3 3 (1.95%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.30%) DHCP
4 2 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.30%) Kerberos
4 2 (1.30%) LAN
4 2 (1.30%) OSPF
4 2 (1.30%) Wireless
4 2 (1.30%) WLAN
5 1 (0.65%) Internet
5 1 (0.65%) Intranet
5 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.65%) SSL
5 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Git
1 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.39%) Finance
3 14 (9.09%) Retail
4 13 (8.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (4.55%) Legal
5 7 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.25%) Automotive
6 5 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.25%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.60%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.60%) Law
8 3 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.30%) Marketing
10 1 (0.65%) Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.65%) Games
10 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.30%) LDAP
1 2 (1.30%) SAML
2 1 (0.65%) CSS
2 1 (0.65%) HTML
2 1 (0.65%) RESTful
2 1 (0.65%) Web Services
2 1 (0.65%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (21.43%) Cyberattack
2 15 (9.74%) Management Information System
3 11 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 10 (6.49%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (6.49%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.25%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.60%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (2.60%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.95%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.95%) NHS
8 3 (1.95%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.30%) CESG
9 2 (1.30%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.30%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.30%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.65%) PKI
10 1 (0.65%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.55%) Windows
2 2 (1.30%) Linux
2 2 (1.30%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (38.31%) Risk Management
3 49 (31.82%) Information Security
4 45 (29.22%) Security Management
5 40 (25.97%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (22.73%) Information Assurance
7 31 (20.13%) Vulnerability Management
8 25 (16.23%) Security Operations
9 18 (11.69%) Penetration Testing
9 18 (11.69%) SIEM
10 16 (10.39%) Incident Response
10 16 (10.39%) ITIL
11 14 (9.09%) Data Protection
11 14 (9.09%) Mentoring
12 13 (8.44%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (8.44%) Service Delivery
13 12 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 10 (6.49%) Computer Science
15 9 (5.84%) Red Team
16 8 (5.19%) Purple Team
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (1.30%) Python
2 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (24.68%) Security Cleared
2 33 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 31 (20.13%) CISSP
4 19 (12.34%) CISM
5 15 (9.74%) Degree
6 13 (8.44%) DBS Check
7 10 (6.49%) CEH
7 10 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (5.84%) CCNA
8 9 (5.84%) GIAC
9 6 (3.90%) GPEN
10 5 (3.25%) CRISC
11 4 (2.60%) PMI Certification
11 4 (2.60%) PMP
11 4 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (1.30%) CASP
12 2 (1.30%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (1.30%) CISA
12 2 (1.30%) GSEC
12 2 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (40.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (22.08%) NCSC
3 23 (14.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (13.64%) NIST
5 19 (12.34%) GDPR
6 14 (9.09%) GRC
7 9 (5.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.90%) NIST 800
8 6 (3.90%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.30%) COBIT
10 2 (1.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (5.84%) SCCM
2 6 (3.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 6 (3.90%) Nessus
3 3 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (1.95%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.65%) Ansible
5 1 (0.65%) QRadar
5 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.84%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.90%) Qualys
4 2 (1.30%) Darktrace
5 1 (0.65%) Alibaba
5 1 (0.65%) Google
5 1 (0.65%) SonicWALL
5 1 (0.65%) Splunk
5 1 (0.65%) Tripwire
5 1 (0.65%) VMware