Security Manager
UK

The median Security Manager salary in the UK is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 542 594
Rank change year-on-year +57 +52 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 463 501 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.48% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.52% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 386 356 546
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,802 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,375 £97,319 £98,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +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%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the UK

Security Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in the UK

Security Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in the UK

Security Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +102 438 £68,500 -5.52% 104
UK excluding London +39 287 £65,000 -3.70% 63
London +94 161 £85,000 +6.25% 47
Work from Home +5 120 £70,000 -3.11% 33
South East +54 76 £59,500 -16.49% 20
North of England +52 57 £57,500 -4.17% 11
South West +2 56 £68,500 +3.40% 7
Midlands +17 55 £66,500 -14.19% 11
North West +28 40 £57,500 -13.86% 9
East of England +26 29 £72,500 +16.00% 11
West Midlands +13 28 £70,000 -9.68% 8
East Midlands +8 27 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Yorkshire +78 15 £65,000 +14.54% 2
Scotland -70 11 £66,250 +1.92% 6
Wales +9 3 £30,000 -44.70%
North East -2 2 £55,000 -26.67%

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 282 (60.91%) Cybersecurity
2 236 (50.97%) Information Security
3 171 (36.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 143 (30.89%) Risk Management
5 138 (29.81%) CISSP
6 106 (22.89%) Security Management
7 90 (19.44%) Microsoft
8 88 (19.01%) CISM
9 78 (16.85%) Social Skills
10 76 (16.41%) Security Operations
11 74 (15.98%) NIST
12 73 (15.77%) Finance
13 71 (15.33%) Incident Response
14 70 (15.12%) Cyber Essentials
15 66 (14.25%) Roadmaps
16 65 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
17 64 (13.82%) Azure
17 64 (13.82%) Security Posture
18 59 (12.74%) GRC
19 58 (12.53%) Security Cleared
20 56 (12.10%) GDPR
21 54 (11.66%) Legal
21 54 (11.66%) Management Information System
22 51 (11.02%) Cyber Threat
23 49 (10.58%) Vulnerability Management
24 47 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
25 46 (9.94%) Data Protection
26 45 (9.72%) Degree
27 44 (9.50%) NCSC
28 43 (9.29%) SC Cleared

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.22%) Apache
2 1 (0.22%) Confluence
2 1 (0.22%) IIS
2 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.43%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 64 (13.82%) Azure
2 47 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.10%) AWS
4 16 (3.46%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.81%) SaaS
6 11 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (1.51%) IaaS
7 7 (1.51%) PaaS
8 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.86%) Twilio
10 3 (0.65%) GCP
10 3 (0.65%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.07%) Firewall
2 37 (7.99%) Network Security
3 13 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.59%) LAN
5 11 (2.38%) Internet
5 11 (2.38%) VPN
5 11 (2.38%) WAN
6 8 (1.73%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.51%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (1.51%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.30%) DHCP
8 6 (1.30%) DNS
8 6 (1.30%) Wireless
9 2 (0.43%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.43%) OSPF
9 2 (0.43%) WLAN
10 1 (0.22%) Intranet
10 1 (0.22%) SAN
10 1 (0.22%) SSL
10 1 (0.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.86%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.65%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.22%) Git
General
1 78 (16.85%) Social Skills
2 73 (15.77%) Finance
3 54 (11.66%) Legal
4 38 (8.21%) Law
5 36 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.32%) Retail
8 19 (4.10%) Marketing
8 19 (4.10%) Public Sector
9 17 (3.67%) Automotive
10 14 (3.02%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.30%) Banking
15 5 (1.08%) Games
15 5 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.08%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.43%) Advertising
16 2 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.30%) SAML
2 4 (0.86%) EDI
2 4 (0.86%) OAuth
2 4 (0.86%) SAP Business Workflow
3 3 (0.65%) REST
4 2 (0.43%) LDAP
5 1 (0.22%) CSS
5 1 (0.22%) HTML
5 1 (0.22%) RESTful
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.22%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 64 (13.82%) Security Posture
2 54 (11.66%) Management Information System
3 51 (11.02%) Cyber Threat
4 41 (8.86%) Cyberattack
5 17 (3.67%) Security Operations Centre
6 15 (3.24%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.59%) Operational Technology
9 11 (2.38%) Mobile App
10 10 (2.16%) IoT
11 9 (1.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.73%) CCTV
12 8 (1.73%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.51%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.51%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.30%) Cloud Native
14 6 (1.30%) NHS
14 6 (1.30%) Virtual Team
15 5 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.62%) Windows
2 14 (3.02%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.30%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.43%) Linux
5 1 (0.22%) AIX
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (60.91%) Cybersecurity
2 236 (50.97%) Information Security
3 143 (30.89%) Risk Management
4 106 (22.89%) Security Management
5 76 (16.41%) Security Operations
6 71 (15.33%) Incident Response
7 66 (14.25%) Roadmaps
8 65 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 49 (10.58%) Vulnerability Management
10 46 (9.94%) Data Protection
11 42 (9.07%) Information Security Management
12 38 (8.21%) OWASP
13 36 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (7.78%) ITIL
14 35 (7.56%) Information Assurance
14 35 (7.56%) SIEM
15 34 (7.34%) Cloud Security
15 34 (7.34%) Project Management
16 32 (6.91%) Penetration Testing
16 32 (6.91%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.73%) Python
2 7 (1.51%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.08%) C
4 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 138 (29.81%) CISSP
2 88 (19.01%) CISM
3 58 (12.53%) Security Cleared
4 45 (9.72%) Degree
5 43 (9.29%) SC Cleared
6 29 (6.26%) CISA
7 23 (4.97%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (4.10%) CRISC
9 15 (3.24%) GIAC
9 15 (3.24%) Master's Degree
10 13 (2.81%) CEH
10 13 (2.81%) DBS Check
11 12 (2.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (2.38%) CCNA
12 11 (2.38%) CCSP
13 10 (2.16%) HNC
13 10 (2.16%) HND
14 8 (1.73%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.73%) GPEN
14 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (36.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (15.98%) NIST
3 70 (15.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 59 (12.74%) GRC
5 56 (12.10%) GDPR
6 44 (9.50%) NCSC
7 32 (6.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 26 (5.62%) PCI DSS
9 18 (3.89%) NIST 800
10 13 (2.81%) SLA
11 11 (2.38%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 5 (1.08%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.86%) ITGC
15 4 (0.86%) QA
16 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 3 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 38 (8.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.38%) Nessus
2 9 (1.94%) SCCM
3 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (1.30%) WSUS
6 5 (1.08%) CSIRT
6 5 (1.08%) QRadar
7 3 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.65%) CASB
8 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.22%) Nmap
9 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.32%) Cisco
3 17 (3.67%) Qualys
4 11 (2.38%) VMware
5 9 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (1.94%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.30%) Darktrace
7 5 (1.08%) CA
7 5 (1.08%) SAP
8 4 (0.86%) Citrix
8 4 (0.86%) Dell
9 3 (0.65%) Netskope
9 3 (0.65%) Sun
9 3 (0.65%) Symantec
9 3 (0.65%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.43%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.43%) Meraki
10 2 (0.43%) Tanium
11 1 (0.22%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.22%) Tripwire