Information Security Risk Manager Jobs

Information Security Risk Manager
UK

The median Information Security Risk Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 711 884 964
Rank change year-on-year +173 +80 +262
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Risk Manager 1 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.006% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.006% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 13
10th Percentile - - £63,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £41,250 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £42,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -46.88% +29.63%
75th Percentile £72,500 £43,750 £85,000
90th Percentile - - £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - £60,510
% change year-on-year - - +0.85%

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 50,683 94,601 90,752
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.69% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 27,196 67,610 57,343
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%

Information Security Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Risk Manager in the UK

Information Security Risk Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Risk Manager.

Salary trend for Information Security Risk Manager in the UK

Information Security Risk Manager
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Risk Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
UK excluding London +188 1 £70,000 - 1
England +142 1 £70,000 +64.71% 4
North of England - 1 £70,000 -
Work from Home - 1 £70,000 -
North East - 1 £70,000 -

Information Security Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Information Security Risk 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 Risk Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology

Information Security Risk 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)