Security Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Security Manager salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 222 219
Rank change year-on-year +29 -3 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 4 33 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.096% 0.42% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.44% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4 27 34
10th Percentile £61,625 £47,095 £59,850
25th Percentile £62,188 £53,125 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,853 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% -13.74% +14.81%
75th Percentile £67,813 £73,750 £84,688
90th Percentile £68,375 £76,750 £94,813
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% -8.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 3,752 7,442 5,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 94.50% 90.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,661 5,513 3,230
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,525
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the West Midlands

Security Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in the West Midlands

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 Security Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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
Birmingham +27 3 £65,000 +19.27% 10
Herefordshire - 1 £67,500 -
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (50.00%) People Management
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) People Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft