Security Management Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 218 159
Rank change year-on-year +33 -59 +67
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 12 35 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.28% 0.47% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.57% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 11 29 27
10th Percentile £49,700 £51,750 £44,000
25th Percentile £53,688 £55,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £78,541 £96,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £97,500 - £94,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,930 6,099 6,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.25% 82.77% 96.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,635 4,542 3,189
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £30,925
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the West Midlands

Security Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Management in the West Midlands

Security Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Management in the West Midlands

Security Management
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 Security Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Staffordshire +23 5 £53,688 - 3
Birmingham +21 3 £57,500 -17.86% 5
Warwickshire -5 3 £51,400 - 5
Herefordshire - 1 £67,500 -
Security Management
England

Security Management
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco IPT
General
1 5 (41.67%) Legal
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Police
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Automotive
5 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Information Security Advisor
1 3 (25.00%) Security Advisor
1 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
2 2 (16.67%) Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (25.00%) PKI
2 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) CESG
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Cyberattack
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (75.00%) Information Security
3 7 (58.33%) Information Security Management
4 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (33.33%) Identity Management
5 4 (33.33%) Information Assurance
5 4 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 3 (25.00%) Internal Audit
6 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
7 2 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
7 2 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (16.67%) IT Governance
7 2 (16.67%) Malware Detection/Protection
7 2 (16.67%) Patch Management
7 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
7 2 (16.67%) SIEM
8 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CISM
2 4 (33.33%) CISSP
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) A+ Certification
4 2 (16.67%) APMG
4 2 (16.67%) AWS Certification
4 2 (16.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (16.67%) CASP
4 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (16.67%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (16.67%) GIAC
4 2 (16.67%) ISACA
4 2 (16.67%) ISEB
4 2 (16.67%) SANS
4 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (8.33%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (8.33%) CIPFA
5 1 (8.33%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (16.67%) NCSC
3 2 (16.67%) NIST
4 1 (8.33%) GDPR
4 1 (8.33%) GRC
4 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft