IT Security Manager
UK
The median IT Security Manager salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 682 | 821 | 888 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +139 | +67 | +200 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager | 20 | 86 | 80 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.036% | 0.083% | 0.084% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.040% | 0.087% | 0.091% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 64 | 61 |
| 10th Percentile | £59,000 | £47,500 | £61,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,500 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £67,500 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -12.90% | +10.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £81,563 | £100,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,000 | £101,250 | £105,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £61,000 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.15% | -7.14% | - |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Security Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager.
IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
IT Security Manager
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 | +107 | 19 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 8 |
| London | +88 | 11 | £77,500 | -17.33% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +85 | 10 | £78,750 | +18.42% | |
| UK excluding London | +137 | 9 | £61,000 | -6.15% | 5 |
| South East | +60 | 3 | £85,000 | +54.55% | 4 |
| North of England | +23 | 3 | £61,000 | -6.15% | 1 |
| North West | -9 | 3 | £61,000 | -12.86% | 1 |
| South West | +108 | 2 | £60,000 | +41.18% | |
| Wales | - | 1 | £64,000 | - |
IT Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, IT 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 IT Security Manager in the job title.
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IT 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:
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