Information Security Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Manager salary in the UK excluding London 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 683 657 756
Rank change year-on-year -26 +99 -128
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 92 97 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.17% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.19% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 77 78 103
10th Percentile £51,750 £51,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,563 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +16.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,250 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,750 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £68,500 £75,000 £64,213
% change year-on-year -8.67% +16.80% -4.87%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Information Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Manager within the UK excluding London 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 -19 32 £68,500 -5.52%
Midlands -8 21 £68,500 -11.61% 4
North of England +52 18 £57,500 -9.80% 1
North West +19 17 £57,500 -14.81% 1
East Midlands -7 12 £70,000 +7.69% 2
East of England - 11 £75,000 - 3
West Midlands -1 9 £60,750 -21.61% 2
South East -9 9 £67,500 -5.26% 3
Wales +2 1 £30,000 -54.72%
North East - 1 £30,000 -
Information Security Manager
UK

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Information 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 66 (71.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (66.30%) Information Security
3 53 (57.61%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (46.74%) Risk Management
5 41 (44.57%) Security Management
6 32 (34.78%) Security Cleared
7 31 (33.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 31 (33.70%) NCSC
8 30 (32.61%) Cyberattack
8 30 (32.61%) SC Cleared
8 30 (32.61%) Information Assurance
9 25 (27.17%) NIST
10 24 (26.09%) CISSP
11 20 (21.74%) CISM
12 16 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
13 15 (16.30%) Management Information System
13 15 (16.30%) ISMS
13 15 (16.30%) Data Protection
14 14 (15.22%) Business Continuity
14 14 (15.22%) Finance
15 12 (13.04%) Legal
16 11 (11.96%) Information Security Management
16 11 (11.96%) GDPR
17 10 (10.87%) Vulnerability Management
17 10 (10.87%) Risk Assessment
18 9 (9.78%) Business Continuity Planning
18 9 (9.78%) Cyber Threat
18 9 (9.78%) GRC
18 9 (9.78%) Cloud Security
19 8 (8.70%) Microsoft

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.26%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.43%) Network Security
2 3 (3.26%) Firewall
3 1 (1.09%) SAN
General
1 14 (15.22%) Finance
2 12 (13.04%) Legal
3 6 (6.52%) Social Skills
4 4 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.26%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.17%) Automotive
6 2 (2.17%) Law
6 2 (2.17%) Retail
7 1 (1.09%) Marketing
7 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.09%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.09%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 30 (32.61%) Cyberattack
2 15 (16.30%) Management Information System
3 9 (9.78%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (7.61%) Data Centre
5 6 (6.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (3.26%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (66.30%) Information Security
2 53 (57.61%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (46.74%) Risk Management
4 41 (44.57%) Security Management
5 31 (33.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (32.61%) Information Assurance
7 15 (16.30%) Data Protection
7 15 (16.30%) ISMS
8 14 (15.22%) Business Continuity
9 11 (11.96%) Information Security Management
10 10 (10.87%) Risk Assessment
10 10 (10.87%) Vulnerability Management
11 9 (9.78%) Business Continuity Planning
11 9 (9.78%) Cloud Security
12 8 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (8.70%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 7 (7.61%) Asset Management
13 7 (7.61%) Incident Response
13 7 (7.61%) Roadmaps
14 6 (6.52%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 32 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 30 (32.61%) SC Cleared
3 24 (26.09%) CISSP
4 20 (21.74%) CISM
5 7 (7.61%) CRISC
5 7 (7.61%) Degree
6 4 (4.35%) CISMP
6 4 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 4 (4.35%) ISSMP
7 3 (3.26%) CGEIT
7 3 (3.26%) CISA
8 1 (1.09%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (71.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (33.70%) NCSC
3 25 (27.17%) NIST
4 16 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (11.96%) GDPR
6 9 (9.78%) GRC
7 7 (7.61%) PCI DSS
8 6 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (5.43%) NIST 800
10 1 (1.09%) ISO 22301
10 1 (1.09%) ISO 31000
10 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27005
Vendors
1 8 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.35%) Cisco
2 4 (4.35%) Citrix
2 4 (4.35%) Dell