Security Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Security Manager salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 224 229
Rank change year-on-year +35 +5 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 9 30 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.21% 0.40% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.43% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9 24 34
10th Percentile £47,000 £45,441 £59,850
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,427 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% -11.71% +14.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,313 £84,688
90th Percentile £67,750 £77,125 £94,813
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -5.11% -5.52% +3.57%

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 3,963 7,012 5,652
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 94.30% 90.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,766 5,244 3,225
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,443 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +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
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram 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 17 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 +31 8 £57,500 +2.68% 4
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 17 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 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
4 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 3 (33.33%) NIST
4 3 (33.33%) Azure
4 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
5 2 (22.22%) OWASP
5 2 (22.22%) Veeam
5 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
5 2 (22.22%) CISM
5 2 (22.22%) Change Management
5 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (22.22%) SLA
5 2 (22.22%) IBM
5 2 (22.22%) CISSP
5 2 (22.22%) Data Security
5 2 (22.22%) People Management
5 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
5 2 (22.22%) AWS
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Information Governance

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 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
3 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Cloud Operations
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Data Security
4 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (22.22%) Escalation Management
4 2 (22.22%) Information Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) People Management
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CISM
1 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (33.33%) NIST
4 2 (22.22%) SLA
5 1 (11.11%) COBIT
5 1 (11.11%) GDPR
5 1 (11.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) IBM
1 2 (22.22%) LogicMonitor
1 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
1 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
1 2 (22.22%) Veeam
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft