Security Management Jobs

Security Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 527 332
Rank change year-on-year 0 -195 +256
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 187 423 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.42% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.50% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 152 355 355
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £35,778
25th Percentile £56,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £81,563 £77,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £95,000 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,745 85,153 95,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.88% 85.20% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,622 59,851 56,203
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,079 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

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 20 May 2025.

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 20 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 -45 163 £62,500 -3.85% 271
UK excluding London +16 105 £60,000 - 186
Work from Home +72 75 £62,500 - 239
London +50 73 £72,000 -0.69% 118
South East +52 43 £57,670 -11.28% 61
Midlands +37 18 £55,000 -8.33% 12
East of England +32 14 £34,250 -48.30% 18
West Midlands +38 13 £57,500 -11.54% 6
Scotland +129 10 £65,000 +74.50% 7
North of England 0 10 £65,942 +31.88% 52
North West -30 6 £61,750 +23.50% 32
East Midlands +24 5 £55,000 -8.33% 5
South West +54 4 £60,000 -12.41% 29
Northern Ireland - 4 £76,092 - 2
Yorkshire +51 2 £63,496 +12.38% 11
Wales +35 2 £75,574 +62.16% 6
North East +34 2 £75,574 +88.93% 9

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 12 (6.42%) IIS
1 12 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (15.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 65 (34.76%) Azure
2 29 (15.51%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (13.37%) SaaS
4 22 (11.76%) AWS
5 17 (9.09%) GCP
6 11 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.67%) IaaS
7 5 (2.67%) PaaS
8 4 (2.14%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.14%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.60%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.60%) Slack
10 2 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.07%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (20.32%) Network Security
2 37 (19.79%) Firewall
3 13 (6.95%) DNS
4 9 (4.81%) TCP/IP
5 8 (4.28%) DHCP
6 7 (3.74%) SSL
7 6 (3.21%) LAN
7 6 (3.21%) VLAN
7 6 (3.21%) Wireshark
8 5 (2.67%) Internet
8 5 (2.67%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (2.14%) VPN
9 4 (2.14%) Wireless
10 3 (1.60%) SSH
10 3 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.07%) Cisco IPT
12 1 (0.53%) IPv4
12 1 (0.53%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.42%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.60%) NonStop SQL
2 3 (1.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.07%) GitLab
General
1 92 (49.20%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.44%) Finance
2 27 (14.44%) Legal
3 20 (10.70%) Retail
4 19 (10.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (7.49%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.74%) Police
9 6 (3.21%) Law
9 6 (3.21%) Publishing
10 5 (2.67%) Military
11 4 (2.14%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (2.14%) Marketing
12 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.07%) Banking
13 2 (1.07%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.53%) Automotive
14 1 (0.53%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 42 (22.46%) Security Manager
2 31 (16.58%) Analyst
3 23 (12.30%) Architect
3 23 (12.30%) Security Architect
4 22 (11.76%) Lead
4 22 (11.76%) Security Analyst
5 16 (8.56%) Information Manager
5 16 (8.56%) Information Security Manager
6 14 (7.49%) Senior
7 12 (6.42%) Information Analyst
7 12 (6.42%) Information Security Analyst
8 10 (5.35%) Head of Security
9 9 (4.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 9 (4.81%) Lead Architect
9 9 (4.81%) Lead Security Architect
10 8 (4.28%) Service Desk Manager
10 8 (4.28%) Service Manager
10 8 (4.28%) Systems Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Principal Architect
11 7 (3.74%) Principal Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.42%) .NET
2 9 (4.81%) Leaflet
3 3 (1.60%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.60%) LDAP
3 3 (1.60%) SAML
4 1 (0.53%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.53%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 70 (37.43%) Management Information System
2 26 (13.90%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.49%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (6.95%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (6.95%) Private Cloud
5 12 (6.42%) Client/Server
6 10 (5.35%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.21%) Freedom of Information
7 6 (3.21%) Freedom of Information Act
7 6 (3.21%) PKI
7 6 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.67%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.60%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.60%) iPad
10 3 (1.60%) iPhone
10 3 (1.60%) Tandem
11 2 (1.07%) CCTV
11 2 (1.07%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.56%) Windows
2 11 (5.88%) Linux
2 11 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.21%) CentOS
3 6 (3.21%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.67%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.07%) Android
5 2 (1.07%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.07%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (64.71%) Information Security
2 98 (52.41%) Cybersecurity
3 97 (51.87%) Information Security Management
4 67 (35.83%) Risk Management
5 54 (28.88%) ISMS
6 35 (18.72%) Data Protection
7 33 (17.65%) Incident Response
8 31 (16.58%) SIEM
9 27 (14.44%) Data Security
9 27 (14.44%) Risk Assessment
10 25 (13.37%) Incident Management
11 24 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (12.83%) Penetration Testing
11 24 (12.83%) Security Operations
12 23 (12.30%) Data Privacy
12 23 (12.30%) Identity Access Management
12 23 (12.30%) ITIL
13 22 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
14 20 (10.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.28%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.14%) SQL
3 3 (1.60%) Java
4 2 (1.07%) Python
4 2 (1.07%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.53%) Bash
5 1 (0.53%) SAPscript
5 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (26.20%) CISSP
2 40 (21.39%) CISM
3 34 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 18 (9.63%) SC Cleared
5 17 (9.09%) Degree
6 12 (6.42%) DV Cleared
6 12 (6.42%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (5.88%) CISMP
8 10 (5.35%) CESG Certified Professional
8 10 (5.35%) CISA
8 10 (5.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 10 (5.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (4.28%) CCNA
11 7 (3.74%) Azure Certification
11 7 (3.74%) MCSA
12 6 (3.21%) CCNP
12 6 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (3.21%) Master's Degree
12 6 (3.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (44.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (33.16%) NIST
3 44 (23.53%) GDPR
4 29 (15.51%) PCI DSS
5 25 (13.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (10.70%) NCSC
7 14 (7.49%) SLA
8 10 (5.35%) GRC
8 10 (5.35%) QA
9 7 (3.74%) HIPAA
10 6 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.60%) COBIT
11 3 (1.60%) NIST 800
11 3 (1.60%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.53%) FISMA
12 1 (0.53%) GLBA
12 1 (0.53%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 13 (6.95%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.21%) Firmware
4 3 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.07%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (3.21%) Terraform
2 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.60%) Grafana
4 3 (1.60%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.53%) Nessus
Vendors
1 57 (30.48%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.42%) Oracle
3 10 (5.35%) Cisco
4 8 (4.28%) VMware
5 6 (3.21%) Citrix
5 6 (3.21%) Palo Alto
5 6 (3.21%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.67%) Apple
7 4 (2.14%) SAP
8 3 (1.60%) Concur
8 3 (1.60%) Google
8 3 (1.60%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.60%) Meraki
8 3 (1.60%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.60%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.07%) IBM
9 2 (1.07%) Samsung
10 1 (0.53%) Mitel
10 1 (0.53%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.53%) Sophos