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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 483 573 609
Rank change year-on-year +90 +36 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 473 450 831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.45% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.50% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 394 328 544
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £50,725
25th Percentile £56,063 £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 £85,313 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
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 £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 18 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 18 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 +112 449 £68,500 -5.52% 120
UK excluding London +34 303 £65,000 -3.70% 78
London +80 156 £85,000 +6.25% 58
Work from Home +27 133 £70,000 -1.41% 31
South East +27 77 £59,750 -14.64% 26
North of England +69 68 £57,500 -4.17% 16
Midlands +6 58 £66,500 -14.19% 15
South West -15 55 £68,500 -0.36% 5
North West +37 51 £57,500 -12.88% 8
East of England +23 31 £73,750 +18.00% 10
West Midlands +5 31 £66,853 -13.74% 10
East Midlands +14 27 £66,500 +2.31% 5
Yorkshire +66 15 £50,000 -15.61% 8
Scotland -66 11 £66,250 +1.92% 4
Wales +3 3 £30,000 -41.18% 4
North East - 2 £55,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 (59.83%) Cybersecurity
2 234 (49.47%) Information Security
3 174 (36.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 142 (30.02%) Risk Management
5 136 (28.75%) CISSP
6 108 (22.83%) Security Management
7 97 (20.51%) Microsoft
8 88 (18.60%) CISM
9 82 (17.34%) Social Skills
10 77 (16.28%) Security Operations
11 76 (16.07%) NIST
11 76 (16.07%) Cyber Essentials
12 73 (15.43%) Incident Response
13 70 (14.80%) Finance
14 64 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
15 63 (13.32%) Azure
15 63 (13.32%) Roadmaps
15 63 (13.32%) Security Posture
16 58 (12.26%) Security Cleared
17 57 (12.05%) GDPR
17 57 (12.05%) Vulnerability Management
18 53 (11.21%) Microsoft 365
18 53 (11.21%) GRC
18 53 (11.21%) Data Protection
18 53 (11.21%) Legal
18 53 (11.21%) Management Information System
19 48 (10.15%) Cyber Threat
20 47 (9.94%) NCSC
20 47 (9.94%) Degree
21 46 (9.73%) Firewall

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 (0.42%) 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 (0.42%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 63 (13.32%) Azure
2 53 (11.21%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (4.23%) AWS
4 18 (3.81%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.75%) SaaS
6 11 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.27%) IaaS
7 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.27%) PaaS
8 4 (0.85%) GCP
8 4 (0.85%) Twilio
9 3 (0.63%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.63%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.42%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 46 (9.73%) Firewall
2 40 (8.46%) Network Security
3 14 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.54%) LAN
5 11 (2.33%) Internet
5 11 (2.33%) VPN
5 11 (2.33%) WAN
6 8 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.48%) DNS
7 7 (1.48%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (1.48%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.27%) DHCP
8 6 (1.27%) Wireless
9 2 (0.42%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.42%) OSPF
9 2 (0.42%) WLAN
10 1 (0.21%) Intranet
10 1 (0.21%) SAN
10 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.85%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.21%) Git
1 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 82 (17.34%) Social Skills
2 70 (14.80%) Finance
3 53 (11.21%) Legal
4 36 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.40%) Law
6 24 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.44%) Retail
8 20 (4.23%) Marketing
9 17 (3.59%) Automotive
10 16 (3.38%) Public Sector
11 14 (2.96%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.33%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.27%) Banking
16 5 (1.06%) Games
16 5 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.06%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.21%) Advertising
17 1 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.27%) SAML
2 4 (0.85%) OAuth
2 4 (0.85%) SAP Business Workflow
3 3 (0.63%) EDI
3 3 (0.63%) REST
4 2 (0.42%) 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 63 (13.32%) Security Posture
2 53 (11.21%) Management Information System
3 48 (10.15%) Cyber Threat
4 40 (8.46%) Cyberattack
5 18 (3.81%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (3.38%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.54%) CCTV
8 12 (2.54%) Operational Technology
8 12 (2.54%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.11%) IoT
9 10 (2.11%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.90%) Freedom of Information
11 8 (1.69%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 7 (1.48%) Cyber Security Posture
12 7 (1.48%) NHS
13 6 (1.27%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.27%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.71%) Windows
2 14 (2.96%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.27%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.42%) Linux
5 1 (0.21%) AIX
5 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (59.83%) Cybersecurity
2 234 (49.47%) Information Security
3 142 (30.02%) Risk Management
4 108 (22.83%) Security Management
5 77 (16.28%) Security Operations
6 73 (15.43%) Incident Response
7 64 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 63 (13.32%) Roadmaps
9 57 (12.05%) Vulnerability Management
10 53 (11.21%) Data Protection
11 42 (8.88%) Information Security Management
12 40 (8.46%) ITIL
13 38 (8.03%) OWASP
14 37 (7.82%) Cloud Security
14 37 (7.82%) Project Management
14 37 (7.82%) SIEM
15 35 (7.40%) Information Assurance
16 33 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (6.77%) Penetration Testing
18 31 (6.55%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.90%) Python
2 7 (1.48%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.06%) C
4 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 136 (28.75%) CISSP
2 88 (18.60%) CISM
3 58 (12.26%) Security Cleared
4 47 (9.94%) Degree
5 43 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 28 (5.92%) CISA
7 23 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (4.23%) CRISC
9 17 (3.59%) GIAC
10 15 (3.17%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.75%) CEH
11 13 (2.75%) DBS Check
12 12 (2.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (2.33%) CCNA
13 11 (2.33%) CCSP
14 10 (2.11%) HNC
14 10 (2.11%) HND
15 8 (1.69%) GPEN
15 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (1.48%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (36.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (16.07%) Cyber Essentials
2 76 (16.07%) NIST
3 57 (12.05%) GDPR
4 53 (11.21%) GRC
5 47 (9.94%) NCSC
6 31 (6.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 25 (5.29%) PCI DSS
8 18 (3.81%) NIST 800
9 13 (2.75%) SLA
10 8 (1.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (1.48%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.85%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.85%) ITGC
13 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.63%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.63%) QA
13 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (8.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.11%) Nessus
2 9 (1.90%) SCCM
3 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (1.27%) WSUS
6 5 (1.06%) CSIRT
6 5 (1.06%) QRadar
7 3 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.63%) CASB
8 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) Ansible
9 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.21%) Nmap
9 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 97 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.02%) Cisco
3 17 (3.59%) Qualys
4 11 (2.33%) VMware
5 9 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (1.90%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.27%) Darktrace
7 5 (1.06%) CA
7 5 (1.06%) SAP
8 4 (0.85%) Citrix
8 4 (0.85%) Dell
8 4 (0.85%) Sun
8 4 (0.85%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.63%) Netskope
9 3 (0.63%) Symantec
10 2 (0.42%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.42%) Tanium
11 1 (0.21%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.21%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.21%) Splunk