IT Security Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Security Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Security Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £64,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 535 607
Rank change year-on-year +130 +72 +161
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 15 50 52
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.097% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 15 37 40
10th Percentile £48,000 - £61,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -16.13% +10.71%
75th Percentile £86,875 £80,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £97,600 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £64,000 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.19% -10.00% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,010 32,437 40,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 96.00% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,891 24,889 28,911
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,626
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,411
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

IT Security Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Security Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Security Manager.

IT Security Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Security Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

IT Security Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, IT 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Information Security
2 8 (53.33%) CISSP
2 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (53.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (46.67%) ITIL
4 6 (40.00%) CISM
4 6 (40.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (33.33%) Service Management
5 5 (33.33%) Security Management
5 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (33.33%) NIST
5 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
6 4 (26.67%) Information Governance
6 4 (26.67%) Threat Analysis
6 4 (26.67%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (26.67%) Finance
6 4 (26.67%) SIEM
7 3 (20.00%) PCI DSS
7 3 (20.00%) Retail
7 3 (20.00%) Security Patching
7 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 3 (20.00%) Line Management
7 3 (20.00%) GDPR
7 3 (20.00%) Due Diligence
8 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Analysis
8 2 (13.33%) Thought Leadership
8 2 (13.33%) IT Strategy
8 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (6.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Information Security
2 7 (46.67%) ITIL
3 6 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (33.33%) Security Management
4 5 (33.33%) Service Management
5 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
5 4 (26.67%) Information Governance
5 4 (26.67%) SIEM
5 4 (26.67%) Threat Analysis
5 4 (26.67%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (20.00%) Due Diligence
6 3 (20.00%) Line Management
6 3 (20.00%) Security Patching
6 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (13.33%) IT Strategy
7 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) CISSP
2 6 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (13.33%) OSCE
3 2 (13.33%) OSCP
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (33.33%) NIST
3 3 (20.00%) GDPR
3 3 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (13.33%) COBIT