Security Project Manager Jobs

Security Project Manager
UK

The median Security Project Manager salary in the UK is £64,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 692 877 953
Rank change year-on-year +185 +76 +249
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Project Manager 10 30 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.029% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.031% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 7 24 14
10th Percentile £47,750 £45,000 £66,850
25th Percentile £54,375 £50,000 £69,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £52,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.90% -38.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £95,000 £57,500 £108,125
90th Percentile £115,000 £62,500 £114,578
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.03% +26.09%

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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £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% +6.49%

Security Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Project Manager in the UK

Security Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Project Manager in the UK

Security Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Project Manager over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Project Manager in the UK

Security Project Manager
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 +151 9 £67,500 +35.00% 11
Work from Home +114 6 £62,000 +12.73% 5
UK excluding London +166 5 £60,000 +20.00% 11
London +102 4 £115,000 +100.00% 3
South East +74 3 £56,250 +2.27% 3
Yorkshire +50 1 - -
North of England +26 1 - -
Wales - 1 £64,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Security Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
5 1 (10.00%) Conflict Management
5 1 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (10.00%) Mobile Broadband
5 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (10.00%) Business Case
5 1 (10.00%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (10.00%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (10.00%) PMO
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Delivery

Security Project 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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Broadband
1 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile Broadband
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) PMI
1 1 (10.00%) SCADA
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (10.00%) Business Case
5 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (10.00%) Conflict Management
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (10.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Planview