Cybersecurity Manager Jobs in England

Cybersecurity Manager
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in England is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 696 850 1053
Rank change year-on-year +154 +203 -227
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 140 59 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.068% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.075% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 128 56 99
10th Percentile £50,000 £53,125 £53,750
25th Percentile £57,188 £55,357 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £72,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% -4.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £92,500 £95,625
90th Percentile £85,375 £95,194 £103,000
UK median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year -2.14% -1.75% +19.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 84,097 79,150 134,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.43% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,393 50,588 75,337
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
South West +7 40 £68,500 +29.25% 2
South East +25 32 £62,750 +4.51% 5
London +149 27 £81,250 +8.33% 14
Midlands +8 20 £70,000 -6.67% 5
North of England +57 15 £53,500 -29.14% 5
West Midlands +17 13 £70,000 -8.20%
North West +12 8 £55,000 -29.94% 3
East Midlands -9 7 £72,000 +15.20% 5
Yorkshire +81 6 £45,000 -35.71% 2
East of England -3 3 £80,000 +36.17% 1
North East - 1 £80,000 -
Cybersecurity Manager
UK

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 England region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 140 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (40.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (40.71%) Risk Management
3 46 (32.86%) Information Security
4 45 (32.14%) Security Management
5 40 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 39 (27.86%) Security Cleared
7 35 (25.00%) Information Assurance
7 35 (25.00%) NCSC
8 34 (24.29%) SC Cleared
9 33 (23.57%) Cyberattack
10 27 (19.29%) CISSP
11 24 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
12 23 (16.43%) Social Skills
12 23 (16.43%) Microsoft
13 22 (15.71%) Security Operations
14 20 (14.29%) NIST
15 18 (12.86%) Cyber Essentials
15 18 (12.86%) CISM
16 16 (11.43%) Finance
16 16 (11.43%) SIEM
17 15 (10.71%) GDPR
17 15 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
18 14 (10.00%) Management Information System
18 14 (10.00%) GRC
19 13 (9.29%) Incident Response
20 12 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
20 12 (8.57%) ITIL
20 12 (8.57%) Data Protection
20 12 (8.57%) Degree

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.29%) AWS
2 6 (4.29%) Azure
3 3 (2.14%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.43%) SaaS
5 1 (0.71%) GCP
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.71%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.14%) Network Security
2 4 (2.86%) Firewall
3 2 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.71%) DNS
4 1 (0.71%) Internet
4 1 (0.71%) Intranet
4 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.71%) SSL
4 1 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.71%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (1.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.71%) Git
General
1 23 (16.43%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.43%) Finance
3 11 (7.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (5.00%) Retail
4 7 (5.00%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.29%) Legal
6 5 (3.57%) Automotive
7 4 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.86%) Law
7 4 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.14%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.43%) Marketing
10 1 (0.71%) Banking
10 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.71%) Games
10 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.71%) CSS
1 1 (0.71%) HTML
1 1 (0.71%) RESTful
1 1 (0.71%) Web Services
1 1 (0.71%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (23.57%) Cyberattack
2 14 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 11 (7.86%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (7.86%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.29%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (4.29%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.57%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.14%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (2.14%) NHS
7 3 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.43%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.71%) CESG
9 1 (0.71%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.71%) PKI
9 1 (0.71%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.57%) Windows
2 2 (1.43%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (40.71%) Risk Management
3 46 (32.86%) Information Security
4 45 (32.14%) Security Management
5 40 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (25.00%) Information Assurance
7 24 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
8 22 (15.71%) Security Operations
9 16 (11.43%) SIEM
10 15 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
11 13 (9.29%) Incident Response
12 12 (8.57%) Data Protection
12 12 (8.57%) ITIL
13 11 (7.86%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (7.86%) Mentoring
13 11 (7.86%) Service Delivery
14 10 (7.14%) Computer Science
14 10 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 9 (6.43%) Business Development
15 9 (6.43%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.14%) Python
2 2 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (27.86%) Security Cleared
2 34 (24.29%) SC Cleared
3 27 (19.29%) CISSP
4 18 (12.86%) CISM
5 12 (8.57%) Degree
6 11 (7.86%) DBS Check
7 9 (6.43%) GIAC
8 8 (5.71%) CEH
8 8 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (5.00%) CCNA
10 6 (4.29%) GPEN
10 6 (4.29%) PMI Certification
10 6 (4.29%) PMP
10 6 (4.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (3.57%) CRISC
12 2 (1.43%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.43%) CASP
12 2 (1.43%) GSEC
13 1 (0.71%) GCIA
13 1 (0.71%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (40.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (25.00%) NCSC
3 20 (14.29%) NIST
4 18 (12.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (10.71%) GDPR
6 14 (10.00%) GRC
7 7 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (4.29%) NIST 800
9 5 (3.57%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.43%) COBIT
10 2 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.00%) SCCM
2 6 (4.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 6 (4.29%) Nessus
3 2 (1.43%) Ansible
4 1 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.71%) QRadar
4 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.29%) Qualys
4 2 (1.43%) Darktrace
5 1 (0.71%) Alibaba
5 1 (0.71%) Google
5 1 (0.71%) SonicWALL
5 1 (0.71%) Splunk
5 1 (0.71%) Tripwire
5 1 (0.71%) VMware