Security Manager
UK

The median Security Manager salary in the UK is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 477 563 601
Rank change year-on-year +86 +38 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 468 476 822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.47% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.51% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 390 345 539
10th Percentile £49,875 £51,500 £49,982
25th Percentile £56,250 £59,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,875 £100,000 £100,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the UK

Security Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in the UK

Security Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in the UK

Security Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 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 +89 443 £68,500 -5.52% 94
UK excluding London +31 297 £65,000 -3.70% 50
London +91 156 £85,000 +6.25% 53
Work from Home 0 127 £70,000 -3.28% 37
South East +41 77 £59,750 -14.64% 11
North of England +49 63 £57,500 -4.17% 12
Midlands +15 59 £66,500 -14.19% 8
South West -19 54 £68,500 +3.40% 3
North West +29 46 £57,500 -14.81% 9
West Midlands 0 31 £66,853 -13.74% 4
East of England +27 30 £72,500 +16.00% 12
East Midlands +10 28 £63,250 -2.69% 4
Yorkshire +65 15 £50,000 -11.89% 3
Scotland -62 11 £66,250 +1.92% 7
Wales +6 3 £30,000 -34.78% 1
North East -2 2 £55,000 -26.67%

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 283 (60.47%) Cybersecurity
2 232 (49.57%) Information Security
3 172 (36.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 142 (30.34%) Risk Management
5 134 (28.63%) CISSP
6 108 (23.08%) Security Management
7 93 (19.87%) Microsoft
8 87 (18.59%) CISM
9 80 (17.09%) Social Skills
10 78 (16.67%) Security Operations
11 76 (16.24%) NIST
12 74 (15.81%) Finance
12 74 (15.81%) Incident Response
13 73 (15.60%) Cyber Essentials
14 65 (13.89%) Security Posture
15 64 (13.68%) Roadmaps
16 63 (13.46%) Azure
17 62 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
18 57 (12.18%) Security Cleared
18 57 (12.18%) GRC
19 56 (11.97%) GDPR
19 56 (11.97%) Vulnerability Management
19 56 (11.97%) Legal
20 52 (11.11%) Management Information System
21 51 (10.90%) Microsoft 365
22 50 (10.68%) Data Protection
23 49 (10.47%) Cyber Threat
24 46 (9.83%) Firewall
25 45 (9.62%) NCSC
26 44 (9.40%) Degree

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.21%) Apache
2 1 (0.21%) Confluence
2 1 (0.21%) IIS
2 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.43%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 63 (13.46%) Azure
2 51 (10.90%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (4.27%) AWS
4 18 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 12 (2.56%) SaaS
6 11 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.28%) IaaS
7 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.28%) PaaS
8 4 (0.85%) GCP
8 4 (0.85%) Twilio
9 3 (0.64%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.43%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (9.83%) Firewall
2 41 (8.76%) Network Security
3 14 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.56%) LAN
5 11 (2.35%) Internet
5 11 (2.35%) VPN
5 11 (2.35%) WAN
6 8 (1.71%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.50%) DNS
7 7 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (1.50%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.28%) DHCP
8 6 (1.28%) Wireless
9 2 (0.43%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.43%) OSPF
9 2 (0.43%) WLAN
10 1 (0.21%) Intranet
10 1 (0.21%) SAN
10 1 (0.21%) SSL
10 1 (0.21%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.85%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.21%) Git
1 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.21%) JIRA
General
1 80 (17.09%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.81%) Finance
3 56 (11.97%) Legal
4 38 (8.12%) Law
5 34 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.27%) Retail
8 18 (3.85%) Marketing
9 17 (3.63%) Automotive
10 16 (3.42%) Public Sector
11 14 (2.99%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.35%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.28%) Banking
16 5 (1.07%) Games
16 5 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.21%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.28%) SAML
2 4 (0.85%) OAuth
2 4 (0.85%) SAP Business Workflow
3 3 (0.64%) EDI
3 3 (0.64%) REST
4 2 (0.43%) LDAP
5 1 (0.21%) CSS
5 1 (0.21%) HTML
5 1 (0.21%) RESTful
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.21%) Web Services
5 1 (0.21%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 65 (13.89%) Security Posture
2 52 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 49 (10.47%) Cyber Threat
4 40 (8.55%) Cyberattack
5 19 (4.06%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (3.42%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.78%) Operational Technology
7 13 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.35%) Mobile App
9 10 (2.14%) CCTV
9 10 (2.14%) IoT
9 10 (2.14%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.71%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
11 7 (1.50%) NHS
12 6 (1.28%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.28%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.77%) Windows
2 14 (2.99%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.28%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.43%) Linux
5 1 (0.21%) AIX
5 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (60.47%) Cybersecurity
2 232 (49.57%) Information Security
3 142 (30.34%) Risk Management
4 108 (23.08%) Security Management
5 78 (16.67%) Security Operations
6 74 (15.81%) Incident Response
7 64 (13.68%) Roadmaps
8 62 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 56 (11.97%) Vulnerability Management
10 50 (10.68%) Data Protection
11 41 (8.76%) Information Security Management
12 40 (8.55%) ITIL
13 39 (8.33%) OWASP
14 36 (7.69%) SIEM
15 35 (7.48%) Cloud Security
15 35 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (7.48%) Information Assurance
15 35 (7.48%) Project Management
16 32 (6.84%) Penetration Testing
17 31 (6.62%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.92%) Python
2 7 (1.50%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.07%) C
4 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 134 (28.63%) CISSP
2 87 (18.59%) CISM
3 57 (12.18%) Security Cleared
4 44 (9.40%) Degree
5 41 (8.76%) SC Cleared
6 28 (5.98%) CISA
7 23 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (4.27%) CRISC
9 16 (3.42%) GIAC
10 14 (2.99%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.78%) CEH
11 13 (2.78%) DBS Check
12 12 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (2.35%) CCNA
13 11 (2.35%) CCSP
14 10 (2.14%) HNC
14 10 (2.14%) HND
15 8 (1.71%) GPEN
15 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (1.50%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (36.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (16.24%) NIST
3 73 (15.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 57 (12.18%) GRC
5 56 (11.97%) GDPR
6 45 (9.62%) NCSC
7 31 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 26 (5.56%) PCI DSS
9 19 (4.06%) NIST 800
10 13 (2.78%) SLA
11 11 (2.35%) SOC 2
12 8 (1.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 5 (1.07%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.85%) ITGC
16 3 (0.64%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 3 (0.64%) QA
16 3 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.43%) COBIT
System Software
1 38 (8.12%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.35%) Nessus
2 9 (1.92%) SCCM
3 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (1.28%) WSUS
6 5 (1.07%) CSIRT
6 5 (1.07%) QRadar
7 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.64%) CASB
8 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) Ansible
9 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.21%) Nmap
9 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 93 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.06%) Cisco
3 17 (3.63%) Qualys
4 11 (2.35%) VMware
5 9 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.28%) Darktrace
7 5 (1.07%) CA
7 5 (1.07%) SAP
8 4 (0.85%) Citrix
8 4 (0.85%) Dell
8 4 (0.85%) Sun
8 4 (0.85%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.64%) Netskope
9 3 (0.64%) Symantec
10 2 (0.43%) Tanium
11 1 (0.21%) Alibaba
11 1 (0.21%) Meraki
11 1 (0.21%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.21%) Splunk