Security Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Management over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 347 321 543
Rank change year-on-year -26 +222 -98
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 452 1,421 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 1.13% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.18% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 282 436 422
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,875 £88,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,911 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% +1.66% +1.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management over the 6 months to 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 2023. 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 -37 363 £62,500 +4.17% 132
UK excluding London -93 273 £57,500 +2.84% 82
Work from Home +188 228 £70,000 +16.67% 55
London +111 152 £70,000 +6.46% 63
North of England -103 67 £61,250 +28.95% 22
South East +114 66 £57,500 -8.00% 22
North West -65 41 £50,803 +1.61% 11
South West -20 33 £72,500 +26.09% 19
Scotland -54 27 £49,250 -31.12% 5
Midlands -9 26 £66,250 +12.77% 8
Wales +25 25 £43,190 +1.62% 2
Yorkshire -3 25 £62,500 +13.31% 8
Northern Ireland +50 16 £33,000 -61.18% 1
East of England +64 13 £82,500 +65.00% 3
West Midlands +11 13 £66,250 +10.42% 6
East Midlands -6 10 - - 2
North East +26 1 £63,000 +80.00% 3

Security Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.55%) MS Exchange
3 4 (0.88%) IIS
4 3 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.66%) Magento
3 2 (0.44%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) HFM
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 74 (16.37%) Azure
2 39 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (5.97%) AWS
4 19 (4.20%) SaaS
5 11 (2.43%) PaaS
6 10 (2.21%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.21%) GitHub
6 10 (2.21%) IaaS
7 8 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.33%) GCP
10 5 (1.11%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (0.88%) Azure Storage
11 4 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (0.88%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.44%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 78 (17.26%) Intrusion Detection
2 71 (15.71%) LAN
3 66 (14.60%) WAN
4 43 (9.51%) Firewall
4 43 (9.51%) Network Security
5 28 (6.19%) VPN
6 18 (3.98%) DNS
7 14 (3.10%) DHCP
7 14 (3.10%) Wireless
8 9 (1.99%) SAN
9 7 (1.55%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.33%) IPv4
10 6 (1.33%) VLAN
11 5 (1.11%) NAS
11 5 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.88%) VoIP
13 3 (0.66%) HTTP
13 3 (0.66%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (1.11%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.11%) Power BI
4 4 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (0.88%) GIS
5 3 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.66%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.44%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.44%) MySQL
7 1 (0.22%) Essbase
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (1.33%) JIRA
2 4 (0.88%) Git
General
1 139 (30.75%) Social Skills
2 95 (21.02%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (17.04%) Finance
4 61 (13.50%) Games
5 30 (6.64%) Legal
6 25 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.65%) Banking
8 17 (3.76%) Police
9 16 (3.54%) Public Sector
10 15 (3.32%) Local Government
10 15 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.88%) Marketing
12 11 (2.43%) Law
13 7 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.11%) Billing
14 5 (1.11%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.88%) Back Office
15 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 110 (24.34%) Security Manager
2 87 (19.25%) Senior
3 77 (17.04%) Analyst
4 65 (14.38%) Senior Manager
5 61 (13.50%) Site Controller
6 60 (13.27%) Business Manager
6 60 (13.27%) Senior Business Manager
7 57 (12.61%) Security Analyst
8 27 (5.97%) Information Manager
8 27 (5.97%) Information Security Manager
9 26 (5.75%) Lead
10 25 (5.53%) Security Officer
11 19 (4.20%) Information Analyst
11 19 (4.20%) Information Officer
11 19 (4.20%) Information Security Analyst
11 19 (4.20%) Information Security Officer
12 17 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (3.54%) Consultant
13 16 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 15 (3.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (13.50%) ModSecurity
2 10 (2.21%) Middleware
3 7 (1.55%) HTML
4 6 (1.33%) Web Services
5 4 (0.88%) ARM Templates
5 4 (0.88%) CSS
5 4 (0.88%) Node.js
5 4 (0.88%) React Native
5 4 (0.88%) YAML
6 3 (0.66%) HTML5
6 3 (0.66%) REST
6 3 (0.66%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 190 (42.04%) Management Information System
2 78 (17.26%) Security Operations Centre
3 65 (14.38%) Greenfield Project
4 33 (7.30%) Security Posture
5 24 (5.31%) Data Centre
5 24 (5.31%) Operational Technology
6 15 (3.32%) Cyber Threat
7 14 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.43%) Insider Threat
9 9 (1.99%) Cyberattack
10 7 (1.55%) NHS
10 7 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.33%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.11%) CCTV
12 5 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.11%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.88%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.88%) SCADA
14 3 (0.66%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 101 (22.35%) Windows
2 64 (14.16%) Unix
3 31 (6.86%) Linux
4 15 (3.32%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.33%) AIX
8 4 (0.88%) Android
8 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
10 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (59.07%) Information Security
2 240 (53.10%) Information Security Management
3 214 (47.35%) Cybersecurity
4 151 (33.41%) ISMS
5 148 (32.74%) Business Continuity
6 135 (29.87%) Risk Management
7 116 (25.66%) Security Operations
8 109 (24.12%) SIEM
8 109 (24.12%) Vulnerability Management
9 85 (18.81%) Incident Management
9 85 (18.81%) Service Management
10 78 (17.26%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 73 (16.15%) Impact Assessments
12 72 (15.93%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 71 (15.71%) Actionable Insight
14 67 (14.82%) IT Strategy
15 61 (13.50%) Analytical Thinking
15 61 (13.50%) Business Continuity Management
16 60 (13.27%) Impact Analysis
17 57 (12.61%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.65%) SQL
2 14 (3.10%) Python
3 13 (2.88%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.33%) Bash
4 6 (1.33%) Java
4 6 (1.33%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.11%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.88%) Kotlin
6 4 (0.88%) Ruby
6 4 (0.88%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.66%) C#
8 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.22%) C
9 1 (0.22%) C++
9 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 204 (45.13%) CISSP
2 186 (41.15%) CISM
3 148 (32.74%) Degree
4 103 (22.79%) CISA
4 103 (22.79%) Security Cleared
5 86 (19.03%) CRISC
6 60 (13.27%) SSCP
7 29 (6.42%) SC Cleared
8 19 (4.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 18 (3.98%) CompTIA Security+
10 17 (3.76%) ISACA
10 17 (3.76%) Master's Degree
11 15 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (3.10%) GIAC
13 10 (2.21%) CESG Certified Professional
14 8 (1.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (1.77%) CISMP
14 8 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 268 (59.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 141 (31.19%) NIST
3 103 (22.79%) GDPR
4 101 (22.35%) GRC
5 63 (13.94%) ISO 22301
6 34 (7.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 31 (6.86%) PCI DSS
8 27 (5.97%) NCSC
9 21 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (3.76%) COBIT
11 8 (1.77%) SOC 2
12 7 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (1.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 6 (1.33%) PMO
13 6 (1.33%) QA
13 6 (1.33%) SLA
14 4 (0.88%) IASME
14 4 (0.88%) ISA99
14 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 4 (0.88%) RMADS
System Software
1 33 (7.30%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.55%) vSphere
4 5 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.88%) Docker
5 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.66%) Firmware
6 3 (0.66%) XenApp
6 3 (0.66%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.44%) Ceph
7 2 (0.44%) NFS
7 2 (0.44%) pfSense
7 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (3.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.21%) CASB
2 10 (2.21%) Nessus
3 8 (1.77%) SCCM
4 4 (0.88%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.88%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.88%) Stealthwatch
4 4 (0.88%) Terraform
5 3 (0.66%) SCOM
6 2 (0.44%) Ansible
6 2 (0.44%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.44%) Hadoop YARN
6 2 (0.44%) Mesos
6 2 (0.44%) Packer
6 2 (0.44%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.44%) SmoothWall
6 2 (0.44%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 75 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 65 (14.38%) CA
3 35 (7.74%) VMware
4 30 (6.64%) Cisco
5 13 (2.88%) Citrix
6 10 (2.21%) Splunk
6 10 (2.21%) Veeam
7 7 (1.55%) Dell
7 7 (1.55%) Google
7 7 (1.55%) HP
8 6 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.11%) Oracle
10 4 (0.88%) Informatica
10 4 (0.88%) Tanium
10 4 (0.88%) Veritas
11 3 (0.66%) Adobe
11 3 (0.66%) Aruba
11 3 (0.66%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.66%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.66%) WatchGuard