IT Security Manager
UK

The median IT Security Manager salary in the UK is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 805 907 1064
Rank change year-on-year +102 +157 -213
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 90 70 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.070% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.077% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 68 55 141
10th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £87,188 £100,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £104,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -1.43% +21.74%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,908 91,208 153,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.47% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,161 57,434 84,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager.

Salary trend for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England +91 87 £67,500 -10.00% 13
UK excluding London -14 57 £65,000 -5.80% 7
Work from Home +63 49 £66,500 -16.88% 4
London +128 30 £97,500 -2.50% 5
South East +11 20 £55,000 -26.67% 2
North of England +58 18 £65,000 -5.80% 2
North West +17 14 £70,000 +1.45% 1
Midlands -6 9 £58,750 -28.79% 3
South West -27 7 £48,750 -27.78%
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 -
West Midlands +12 4 £45,475 -44.88% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £65,000 - 1
East of England +1 3 £62,500 -

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, 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 job ads featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 43 (47.78%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (40.00%) Information Security
3 30 (33.33%) Azure
4 28 (31.11%) Finance
5 27 (30.00%) CISSP
6 26 (28.89%) Microsoft
7 23 (25.56%) Risk Management
8 22 (24.44%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (24.44%) Firewall
9 20 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 19 (21.11%) Data Protection
10 19 (21.11%) ITIL
10 19 (21.11%) Cyber Threat
10 19 (21.11%) Security Operations
10 19 (21.11%) Incident Response
11 18 (20.00%) Active Directory
12 17 (18.89%) Windows
13 16 (17.78%) GRC
13 16 (17.78%) Social Skills
13 16 (17.78%) Cyber Essentials
14 15 (16.67%) Roadmaps
14 15 (16.67%) CISM
14 15 (16.67%) Network Security
15 14 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
15 14 (15.56%) Security Posture
16 13 (14.44%) Due Diligence
17 12 (13.33%) Entra ID
18 11 (12.22%) VMware
19 10 (11.11%) Service Delivery
19 10 (11.11%) Mentoring

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (33.33%) Azure
2 22 (24.44%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.67%) AWS
5 5 (5.56%) SaaS
6 4 (4.44%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (3.33%) GCP
8 2 (2.22%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.11%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 22 (24.44%) Firewall
2 15 (16.67%) Network Security
3 9 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.56%) LAN
4 5 (5.56%) SD-WAN
4 5 (5.56%) VPN
4 5 (5.56%) WAN
5 2 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.11%) Intranet
6 1 (1.11%) SSL
General
1 28 (31.11%) Finance
2 16 (17.78%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.00%) Retail
4 7 (7.78%) Legal
5 5 (5.56%) Banking
6 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.44%) Law
7 3 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.22%) Marketing
8 2 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.22%) REST
2 1 (1.11%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.11%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (15.56%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.44%) PKI
6 3 (3.33%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (3.33%) NHS
6 3 (3.33%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.22%) Anti-Spyware
7 2 (2.22%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.22%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.11%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 17 (18.89%) Windows
2 8 (8.89%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (47.78%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (40.00%) Information Security
3 23 (25.56%) Risk Management
4 19 (21.11%) Data Protection
4 19 (21.11%) Incident Response
4 19 (21.11%) ITIL
4 19 (21.11%) Security Operations
5 15 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 14 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (14.44%) Due Diligence
8 10 (11.11%) Mentoring
8 10 (11.11%) Service Delivery
9 9 (10.00%) Internal Audit
9 9 (10.00%) Line Management
9 9 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (8.89%) Agile
10 8 (8.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 8 (8.89%) Threat Intelligence
11 7 (7.78%) Infrastructure Management
11 7 (7.78%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (30.00%) CISSP
2 15 (16.67%) CISM
3 8 (8.89%) Degree
4 6 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 6 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.56%) CISA
6 3 (3.33%) CCSK
6 3 (3.33%) CCSP
7 2 (2.22%) ISACA
8 1 (1.11%) APMP
8 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.11%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.11%) GIAC
8 1 (1.11%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.11%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (17.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (17.78%) GRC
3 10 (11.11%) GDPR
4 7 (7.78%) NIST
5 6 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (4.44%) NCSC
6 4 (4.44%) SOC 2
7 3 (3.33%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.33%) QA
8 1 (1.11%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 18 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (8.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.56%) WSUS
3 3 (3.33%) CASB
3 3 (3.33%) Nessus
4 1 (1.11%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 26 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.22%) VMware
3 9 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (7.78%) Qualys
5 5 (5.56%) Cisco
6 4 (4.44%) Sun
6 4 (4.44%) Zscaler
7 3 (3.33%) Netskope
7 3 (3.33%) Symantec
8 1 (1.11%) Darktrace
8 1 (1.11%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.11%) Tripwire