Information Security Management Job Trends

Information Security Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Information Security Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 532 635
Rank change year-on-year -94 +103 +36
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Management 55 129 197
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.31% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 49 88 177
10th Percentile £38,750 £48,047 £32,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,688 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - +12.15% -10.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 56,331 41,289 73,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.05% 93.69% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 33,961 22,320 55,807
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Security Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Information Security Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Information Security Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Information Security Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Information Security Management

Information Security Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 March 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
England -64 51 £65,000 +8.33% 19
UK excluding London -57 35 £60,000 - 18
Work from Home +6 23 £60,000 - 9
London -7 18 £75,000 +15.38% 4
Midlands -9 13 £62,500 +8.70%
West Midlands +7 9 £81,250 +47.73%
North of England -24 7 £60,000 -7.69% 5
North West -5 6 £50,250 -16.25% 1
South West -18 5 £55,000 - 4
South East -55 5 £60,000 +6.98% 7
East Midlands -22 4 £51,058 -19.91%
Scotland -20 3 £45,500 -54.50% 1
East of England -2 2 £28,000 -62.42% 2
Yorkshire -40 1 £77,500 +10.71% 2

Information Security Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.82%) CMS
2 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) SAP GRC
1 1 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.64%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (16.36%) Entra ID
3 5 (9.09%) Azure
4 4 (7.27%) AWS
5 3 (5.45%) IaaS
6 2 (3.64%) Mimecast
6 2 (3.64%) Tessian
7 1 (1.82%) GCP
7 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.36%) Firewall
2 8 (14.55%) Network Security
3 5 (9.09%) VPN
4 3 (5.45%) SSL
4 3 (5.45%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.45%) VLAN
5 2 (3.64%) DKIM
5 2 (3.64%) DMARC
6 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 26 (47.27%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (12.73%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.09%) Legal
6 4 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Retail
8 2 (3.64%) Banking
8 2 (3.64%) Finance
9 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Law
9 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.82%) Military
9 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (45.45%) Security Manager
2 17 (30.91%) IT Manager
3 16 (29.09%) IT Security Manager
4 12 (21.82%) Information Security Manager
5 10 (18.18%) Information Manager
6 8 (14.55%) Senior
7 7 (12.73%) Head of Security
8 6 (10.91%) Analyst
9 5 (9.09%) Head of Information
9 5 (9.09%) Head of Information Security
9 5 (9.09%) Information Analyst
9 5 (9.09%) Information Security Analyst
9 5 (9.09%) Security Analyst
10 4 (7.27%) Consultant
10 4 (7.27%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (7.27%) Senior Information Analyst
10 4 (7.27%) Senior Information Security Analyst
10 4 (7.27%) Senior Security Analyst
10 4 (7.27%) Support Technician
11 3 (5.45%) 3rd Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 35 (63.64%) Management Information System
2 11 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 9 (16.36%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (5.45%) PKI
5 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.82%) NHS
6 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.09%) Windows
2 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) Information Security
1 55 (100.00%) Security Management
2 30 (54.55%) ISMS
3 25 (45.45%) Risk Management
4 20 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (36.36%) Incident Response
5 17 (30.91%) Data Protection
6 15 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (27.27%) Risk Assessment
6 15 (27.27%) SIEM
7 14 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (18.18%) Business Continuity
8 10 (18.18%) Decision-Making
8 10 (18.18%) Identity Management
8 10 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (16.36%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (16.36%) Strategic Thinking
10 8 (14.55%) Computer Science
10 8 (14.55%) Risk Analysis
11 7 (12.73%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 30 (54.55%) CISM
2 29 (52.73%) CISSP
3 16 (29.09%) Degree
4 10 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 8 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
6 7 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
7 5 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (7.27%) CCNA
8 4 (7.27%) CRISC
8 4 (7.27%) DBS Check
9 3 (5.45%) AWS Certification
9 3 (5.45%) CISA
10 2 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.82%) MCITP
11 1 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (85.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (45.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (43.64%) NIST
4 14 (25.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (20.00%) GDPR
6 7 (12.73%) ISAE 3402
7 6 (10.91%) GRC
8 5 (9.09%) COBIT
9 4 (7.27%) PCI DSS
9 4 (7.27%) SOC 2
10 3 (5.45%) NIST 800
11 1 (1.82%) HIPAA
11 1 (1.82%) ISO 22301
11 1 (1.82%) NCSC
11 1 (1.82%) QA
11 1 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Autotask
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.82%) Carbon Black
2 1 (1.82%) Darktrace
2 1 (1.82%) HubSpot
2 1 (1.82%) Qualys
2 1 (1.82%) SAP
2 1 (1.82%) VMware
2 1 (1.82%) Xero