Operational Security Manager Jobs

Operational Security Manager
UK

The median Operational Security Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 885 911
Rank change year-on-year +188 +26 +250
Permanent jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 11 29 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.028% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.030% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 10 28 36
10th Percentile £57,670 £50,875 £54,882
25th Percentile £63,125 £54,063 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £66,875 £77,188 £77,813
90th Percentile £74,000 £101,250 £96,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,979 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.48% -2.25% +3.85%

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 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £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% +6.63%

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 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Top 7 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 29 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
England +162 11 £65,000 -10.34% 12
UK excluding London +184 6 £65,000 -1.48% 5
London +93 5 £65,000 -21.21% 9
South East +95 3 £74,000 +40.95% 3
Yorkshire +59 2 £65,000 -2.92%
North of England +43 2 £65,000 -10.34% 2
South West - 2 £57,670 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, 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 11 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 8 (72.73%) Information Security
3 7 (63.64%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (45.45%) Logistics
5 5 (45.45%) CISM
5 5 (45.45%) Information Security Management
5 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (45.45%) CISSP
5 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
6 4 (36.36%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
7 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (27.27%) Degree
7 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
8 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (18.18%) Network Security
8 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
8 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
8 2 (18.18%) Azure
8 2 (18.18%) SIEM
8 2 (18.18%) Data Management
8 2 (18.18%) CEH
8 2 (18.18%) GIAC

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 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (36.36%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
4 2 (18.18%) CSOC
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 8 (72.73%) Information Security
3 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 5 (45.45%) Information Security Management
4 5 (45.45%) Logistics
4 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
5 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (18.18%) Data Management
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (18.18%) SIEM
6 2 (18.18%) SOAR
6 2 (18.18%) Threat Detection
6 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CISM
1 5 (45.45%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) CEH
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) GCIH
3 2 (18.18%) GIAC
3 2 (18.18%) HNC
3 2 (18.18%) HND
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) CISMP
4 1 (9.09%) GCIA
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft