Operational Security Manager Jobs

Operational Security Manager
UK

The median Operational Security Manager salary in the UK is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 873 943 1136
Rank change year-on-year +70 +193 -255
Permanent jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 30 40 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.038% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.042% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 29 32 51
10th Percentile £49,545 £54,776 £45,150
25th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £66,123
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +5.86% +1.73%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £83,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

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 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Operational Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Security Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Security Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +84 26 £72,500 +3.57% 13
UK excluding London -1 18 £65,000 -7.14% 7
London +122 12 £82,500 +13.79% 7
South East +12 7 £52,500 -19.29% 3
Work from Home +67 6 £97,500 +50.00% 5
Scotland - 4 £67,500 - 1
North of England +38 3 £72,500 +6.62%
North West +6 2 £72,500 +3.57%
South West - 2 £49,923 - 1
Yorkshire +88 1 £66,959 +3.01%
West Midlands +20 1 £45,475 -35.04% 1
Midlands +2 1 £45,475 -35.04% 1
East of England - 1 £65,000 - 1

Operational Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Operational 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 Operational Security Manager in the job title.

1 27 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 22 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (53.33%) Incident Response
4 13 (43.33%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (43.33%) SIEM
5 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
6 8 (26.67%) Line Management
7 7 (23.33%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (23.33%) Finance
8 6 (20.00%) Law
8 6 (20.00%) Service Delivery
8 6 (20.00%) Windows
8 6 (20.00%) Azure
8 6 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 6 (20.00%) Operational Technology
8 6 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 6 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
9 5 (16.67%) Darktrace
9 5 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (16.67%) GRC
9 5 (16.67%) Red Team
9 5 (16.67%) SOAR
9 5 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (16.67%) QRadar
9 5 (16.67%) Data Acquisition
9 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (16.67%) SCADA
9 5 (16.67%) Retail
9 5 (16.67%) Strategic Management

Operational 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Entra ID
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
General
1 7 (23.33%) Finance
2 6 (20.00%) Law
3 5 (16.67%) Games
3 5 (16.67%) Retail
4 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (43.33%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (23.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (20.00%) Operational Technology
4 5 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 5 (16.67%) SCADA
5 4 (13.33%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (6.67%) Cyberattack
6 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
7 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 22 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (53.33%) Incident Response
4 13 (43.33%) SIEM
5 8 (26.67%) Line Management
6 6 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 6 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 6 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (16.67%) Data Acquisition
7 5 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (16.67%) Red Team
7 5 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 5 (16.67%) SOAR
7 5 (16.67%) Strategic Management
8 4 (13.33%) Network Monitoring
8 4 (13.33%) Risk Register
8 4 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) DBS Check
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) CASP
3 1 (3.33%) CISSP
3 1 (3.33%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) GCIA
3 1 (3.33%) GCIH
3 1 (3.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (16.67%) GRC
1 5 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (6.67%) NIST
2 2 (6.67%) SOC 2
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Darktrace
3 4 (13.33%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (13.33%) Qualys
4 2 (6.67%) Tanium
4 2 (6.67%) VMware
5 1 (3.33%) Splunk