Security Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 483 507 489
Rank change year-on-year +24 -18 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 308 231 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.41% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.46% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 245 183 292
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,254
25th Percentile £51,750 £56,219 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +7.69%

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 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
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 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Security Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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 East +11 78 £59,750 -14.64% 21
North of England +59 74 £55,000 -8.33% 12
Midlands +7 61 £66,677 -13.97% 17
North West +24 54 £57,500 -9.80% 5
South West -21 52 £68,500 -5.52% 8
West Midlands -13 34 £66,927 -13.64% 5
East of England +11 28 £72,500 +16.00% 12
East Midlands +6 27 £66,500 +2.31% 12
Yorkshire +49 18 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Scotland -70 11 £66,250 +6.00% 4
Wales 0 3 £30,000 -36.03% 3
North East - 2 £55,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 203 (65.91%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (38.31%) Information Security
3 109 (35.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 80 (25.97%) Risk Management
5 73 (23.70%) Security Management
6 61 (19.81%) CISSP
7 51 (16.56%) Security Cleared
8 49 (15.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 48 (15.58%) NIST
10 46 (14.94%) CISM
11 45 (14.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 43 (13.96%) Microsoft
12 43 (13.96%) NCSC
13 40 (12.99%) Cyberattack
14 38 (12.34%) GDPR
14 38 (12.34%) Finance
14 38 (12.34%) Management Information System
14 38 (12.34%) Data Protection
15 37 (12.01%) SC Cleared
16 36 (11.69%) Network Security
17 34 (11.04%) Vulnerability Management
17 34 (11.04%) Security Operations
17 34 (11.04%) Cyber Threat
17 34 (11.04%) Social Skills
18 33 (10.71%) Information Assurance
19 32 (10.39%) Firewall
20 27 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
20 27 (8.77%) Project Management
21 26 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
21 26 (8.44%) Incident Response

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.32%) Apache
2 1 (0.32%) Confluence
2 1 (0.32%) IIS
2 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (8.12%) Azure
3 9 (2.92%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.27%) AWS
6 4 (1.30%) Twilio
7 3 (0.97%) SaaS
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.32%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.69%) Network Security
2 32 (10.39%) Firewall
3 15 (4.87%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (3.57%) VPN
5 10 (3.25%) Internet
5 10 (3.25%) LAN
5 10 (3.25%) WAN
6 6 (1.95%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (1.95%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.62%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.30%) DHCP
8 4 (1.30%) DNS
8 4 (1.30%) Wireless
9 2 (0.65%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.32%) SAN
10 1 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Git
General
1 38 (12.34%) Finance
2 34 (11.04%) Social Skills
3 22 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.84%) Retail
5 17 (5.52%) Automotive
5 17 (5.52%) Law
6 15 (4.87%) Legal
7 14 (4.55%) Aerospace
8 13 (4.22%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.90%) Marketing
10 10 (3.25%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.30%) Banking
13 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.32%) Games
15 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.32%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.65%) LDAP
1 2 (0.65%) SAML
2 1 (0.32%) CSS
2 1 (0.32%) EDI
2 1 (0.32%) HTML
2 1 (0.32%) RESTful
2 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.32%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.99%) Cyberattack
2 38 (12.34%) Management Information System
3 34 (11.04%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (4.87%) Security Posture
5 14 (4.55%) Data Centre
6 13 (4.22%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (3.90%) CCTV
8 10 (3.25%) IoT
8 10 (3.25%) Mobile App
8 10 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.92%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (2.27%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.95%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (1.95%) Freedom of Information
13 4 (1.30%) Industry 4.0
13 4 (1.30%) NHS
14 3 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.52%) Windows
2 14 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.95%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (65.91%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (38.31%) Information Security
3 80 (25.97%) Risk Management
4 73 (23.70%) Security Management
5 45 (14.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (12.34%) Data Protection
7 34 (11.04%) Security Operations
7 34 (11.04%) Vulnerability Management
8 33 (10.71%) Information Assurance
9 27 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (8.77%) Project Management
10 26 (8.44%) Incident Response
11 25 (8.12%) Business Development
12 24 (7.79%) ISMS
13 23 (7.47%) SIEM
14 22 (7.14%) Business Continuity
14 22 (7.14%) Cloud Security
14 22 (7.14%) Information Security Management
14 22 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
15 21 (6.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
1 1 (0.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 61 (19.81%) CISSP
2 51 (16.56%) Security Cleared
3 46 (14.94%) CISM
4 37 (12.01%) SC Cleared
5 24 (7.79%) Degree
6 16 (5.19%) CISA
7 14 (4.55%) GIAC
8 13 (4.22%) CRISC
9 10 (3.25%) HNC
9 10 (3.25%) HND
10 8 (2.60%) GPEN
11 7 (2.27%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.95%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.95%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.95%) PMP
12 6 (1.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 5 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.62%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.30%) CISMP
14 4 (1.30%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (35.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (15.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 48 (15.58%) NIST
4 43 (13.96%) NCSC
5 38 (12.34%) GDPR
6 23 (7.47%) GRC
7 15 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 15 (4.87%) PCI DSS
8 14 (4.55%) SLA
9 12 (3.90%) NIST 800
10 7 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (1.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (1.30%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.97%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.32%) COBIT
14 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 19 (6.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.25%) Nessus
2 8 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (1.95%) WSUS
4 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.32%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.32%) QRadar
5 1 (0.32%) SCCM
5 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (13.96%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.22%) Cisco
3 9 (2.92%) VMware
4 6 (1.95%) Qualys
5 4 (1.30%) Citrix
5 4 (1.30%) Dell
5 4 (1.30%) Sun
6 2 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.65%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.32%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.32%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.32%) SAP
7 1 (0.32%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.32%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.32%) Splunk
7 1 (0.32%) Tripwire
7 1 (0.32%) Zscaler