Information Security Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Information Security Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Information Security Manager salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 256 268
Rank change year-on-year +16 +12 -51
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 10 21 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.14% 0.31% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.35% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 20
10th Percentile £47,400 £70,000 £52,375
25th Percentile £51,750 £73,750 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +24.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £68,500 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.67% +20.00% -13.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,800 6,065 6,843
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 90.05% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,148 3,375 4,753
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,313 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in the West Midlands

Information Security Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Information Security Manager in the West Midlands

Information Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Manager in the West Midlands

Information Security Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
Birmingham -9 6 £54,000 -30.32% 1
Staffordshire - 2 £75,000 - 1
Warwickshire +55 1 - -
Coventry +29 1 £65,000 -7.14%
Information Security Manager
England

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Information 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 5 (50.00%) Security Management
3 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (40.00%) NIST
4 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 4 (40.00%) CISSP
5 3 (30.00%) CISM
5 3 (30.00%) PCI DSS
5 3 (30.00%) Virtual Team
5 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (30.00%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (20.00%) GDPR
6 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (20.00%) Automotive
6 2 (20.00%) Law
6 2 (20.00%) Legal
6 2 (20.00%) Project Management
7 1 (10.00%) CISA
7 1 (10.00%) SAN
7 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (10.00%) Finance
7 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (10.00%) CISMP

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
General
1 2 (20.00%) Automotive
1 2 (20.00%) Law
1 2 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (30.00%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (30.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (10.00%) Cybercrime
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 5 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 5 (50.00%) Security Management
3 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Application Security
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) ISMS
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Security Testing
5 1 (10.00%) SIEM
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) CISM
3 1 (10.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (10.00%) CISA
3 1 (10.00%) CISMP
3 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (10.00%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (10.00%) OSCP
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) NIST
3 3 (30.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (20.00%) GDPR
5 1 (10.00%) ISO 22301
5 1 (10.00%) ISO 31000
5 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (10.00%) NCSC