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 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 494 554 587
Rank change year-on-year +60 +33 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 466 489 823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.47% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.51% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 387 354 549
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,851 £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 £99,250 £99,250 £99,000
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 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +85 441 £68,500 -5.52% 137
UK excluding London +37 291 £65,000 -3.70% 75
London +95 160 £85,000 +6.25% 71
Work from Home +4 123 £70,000 -3.28% 45
South East +33 76 £59,500 -15.00% 22
North of England +44 59 £57,500 -4.17% 15
Midlands +18 58 £65,750 -15.16% 12
South West -10 55 £68,500 +3.40% 7
North West +27 42 £57,500 -14.81% 12
West Midlands +14 31 £66,853 -13.74% 8
East of England +24 29 £72,500 +16.00% 14
East Midlands +10 27 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Yorkshire +73 15 £65,000 +14.54% 3
Scotland -71 11 £66,250 +1.92% 8
Wales +5 3 £30,000 -44.70%
North East -3 2 £55,000 -26.67%

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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.

1 284 (60.94%) Cybersecurity
2 233 (50.00%) Information Security
3 171 (36.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 145 (31.12%) Risk Management
5 137 (29.40%) CISSP
6 108 (23.18%) Security Management
7 93 (19.96%) Microsoft
8 89 (19.10%) CISM
9 79 (16.95%) Social Skills
10 78 (16.74%) Security Operations
11 75 (16.09%) NIST
12 73 (15.67%) Finance
12 73 (15.67%) Incident Response
13 71 (15.24%) Cyber Essentials
14 66 (14.16%) Roadmaps
15 65 (13.95%) Security Posture
15 65 (13.95%) Azure
16 64 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
17 58 (12.45%) Security Cleared
17 58 (12.45%) GRC
18 56 (12.02%) Legal
19 55 (11.80%) GDPR
20 54 (11.59%) Management Information System
21 53 (11.37%) Vulnerability Management
22 50 (10.73%) Cyber Threat
22 50 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
23 47 (10.09%) Data Protection
24 46 (9.87%) Firewall
25 45 (9.66%) NCSC
26 44 (9.44%) Degree

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 (0.21%) Apache
2 1 (0.21%) Confluence
2 1 (0.21%) IIS
2 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.43%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 65 (13.95%) Azure
2 50 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (4.29%) AWS
4 17 (3.65%) Entra ID
5 12 (2.58%) SaaS
6 11 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.29%) IaaS
7 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.29%) PaaS
8 4 (0.86%) GCP
8 4 (0.86%) Twilio
9 3 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.64%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.43%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (9.87%) Firewall
2 38 (8.15%) Network Security
3 13 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.58%) LAN
5 11 (2.36%) Internet
5 11 (2.36%) VPN
5 11 (2.36%) WAN
6 8 (1.72%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.50%) DNS
7 7 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (1.50%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.29%) DHCP
8 6 (1.29%) Wireless
9 2 (0.43%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.43%) OSPF
9 2 (0.43%) WLAN
10 1 (0.21%) Intranet
10 1 (0.21%) SAN
10 1 (0.21%) SSL
10 1 (0.21%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.86%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.21%) Git
2 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 79 (16.95%) Social Skills
2 73 (15.67%) Finance
3 56 (12.02%) Legal
4 38 (8.15%) Law
5 35 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.29%) Retail
8 19 (4.08%) Marketing
9 17 (3.65%) Automotive
9 17 (3.65%) Public Sector
10 14 (3.00%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.36%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.29%) Banking
15 5 (1.07%) Games
15 5 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.43%) Advertising
17 1 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.29%) SAML
2 5 (1.07%) EDI
3 4 (0.86%) OAuth
3 4 (0.86%) SAP Business Workflow
4 3 (0.64%) REST
5 2 (0.43%) LDAP
6 1 (0.21%) CSS
6 1 (0.21%) HTML
6 1 (0.21%) RESTful
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.21%) Web Services
6 1 (0.21%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 65 (13.95%) Security Posture
2 54 (11.59%) Management Information System
3 50 (10.73%) Cyber Threat
4 41 (8.80%) Cyberattack
5 19 (4.08%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (3.43%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.79%) Operational Technology
7 13 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.36%) Mobile App
9 10 (2.15%) IoT
10 9 (1.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (1.72%) CCTV
11 8 (1.72%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (1.72%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
12 7 (1.50%) NHS
12 7 (1.50%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.29%) Freedom of Information
13 6 (1.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.79%) Windows
2 14 (3.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.29%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.43%) Linux
5 1 (0.21%) AIX
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (60.94%) Cybersecurity
2 233 (50.00%) Information Security
3 145 (31.12%) Risk Management
4 108 (23.18%) Security Management
5 78 (16.74%) Security Operations
6 73 (15.67%) Incident Response
7 66 (14.16%) Roadmaps
8 64 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (11.37%) Vulnerability Management
10 47 (10.09%) Data Protection
11 42 (9.01%) Information Security Management
12 40 (8.58%) ITIL
13 39 (8.37%) OWASP
14 37 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (7.51%) Information Assurance
15 35 (7.51%) Project Management
15 35 (7.51%) SIEM
16 34 (7.30%) Cloud Security
17 31 (6.65%) Mentoring
17 31 (6.65%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.93%) Python
2 7 (1.50%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.07%) C
4 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 137 (29.40%) CISSP
2 89 (19.10%) CISM
3 58 (12.45%) Security Cleared
4 44 (9.44%) Degree
5 42 (9.01%) SC Cleared
6 30 (6.44%) CISA
7 23 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (4.29%) CRISC
9 16 (3.43%) GIAC
10 15 (3.22%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.79%) CEH
11 13 (2.79%) DBS Check
12 12 (2.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (2.36%) CCNA
13 11 (2.36%) CCSP
14 10 (2.15%) HNC
14 10 (2.15%) HND
15 8 (1.72%) DV Cleared
15 8 (1.72%) GPEN
15 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (36.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (16.09%) NIST
3 71 (15.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 58 (12.45%) GRC
5 55 (11.80%) GDPR
6 45 (9.66%) NCSC
7 32 (6.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 27 (5.79%) PCI DSS
9 19 (4.08%) NIST 800
10 13 (2.79%) SLA
11 11 (2.36%) SOC 2
12 8 (1.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 5 (1.07%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.86%) ITGC
15 4 (0.86%) QA
16 3 (0.64%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 3 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 38 (8.15%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.36%) Nessus
2 9 (1.93%) SCCM
3 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (1.29%) WSUS
6 5 (1.07%) CSIRT
6 5 (1.07%) QRadar
7 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.64%) CASB
8 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) Ansible
9 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.21%) Nmap
9 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 93 (19.96%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.29%) Cisco
3 17 (3.65%) Qualys
4 11 (2.36%) VMware
5 9 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (1.93%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.29%) Darktrace
7 5 (1.07%) CA
7 5 (1.07%) SAP
8 4 (0.86%) Citrix
8 4 (0.86%) Dell
8 4 (0.86%) Sun
8 4 (0.86%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.64%) Netskope
9 3 (0.64%) Symantec
10 2 (0.43%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.43%) Meraki
10 2 (0.43%) Tanium
11 1 (0.21%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.21%) Splunk