Information Security Manager
UK
The median Information Security Manager salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 616 | 725 | 815 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +109 | +90 | +163 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Manager | 76 | 171 | 174 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 46 | 152 | 150 |
| 10th Percentile | £59,625 | £53,825 | £52,049 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £63,938 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £68,500 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.84% | -8.67% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £81,563 | £90,000 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £117,500 | £97,500 | £86,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £68,750 | £68,500 | £71,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.36% | -3.86% | +14.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager.
Information Security Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Information Security Manager
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
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| England | +73 | 67 | £72,500 | +5.84% | 34 |
| UK excluding London | +161 | 42 | £68,750 | +0.36% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +202 | 39 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 14 |
| London | +63 | 30 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 20 |
| South East | +111 | 11 | £80,000 | +18.52% | 6 |
| North of England | +79 | 11 | £68,750 | +19.57% | 7 |
| North West | +25 | 7 | £71,250 | +23.91% | 3 |
| Midlands | +68 | 6 | £63,750 | -4.14% | 2 |
| South West | +79 | 5 | £62,500 | -8.76% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +46 | 5 | £65,000 | +8.79% | |
| Scotland | - | 5 | £77,500 | - | 3 |
| East of England | +51 | 4 | £75,000 | +1.69% | |
| Yorkshire | +77 | 3 | £65,000 | - | 1 |
| North East | +50 | 1 | £70,000 | +133.33% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +40 | 1 | £62,500 | -10.71% | 2 |
Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information 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 featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.
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Information Security 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: