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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 796 903 1073
Rank change year-on-year +107 +170 -219
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 88 72 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.072% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.079% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 66 57 143
10th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £51,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +10.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £84,688 £100,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £103,500 £85,000
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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £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%

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 20 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 20 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 +101 85 £67,500 -10.00% 12
UK excluding London +8 56 £65,000 -5.80% 6
Work from Home +88 49 £66,500 -15.56% 2
London +111 29 £97,500 -2.50% 5
South East +18 20 £55,000 -26.67% 1
North of England +53 18 £65,000 -5.80% 2
North West +12 14 £70,000 +1.45% 1
Midlands -8 9 £58,750 -28.79% 3
South West -24 7 £48,750 -27.78%
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 -
West Midlands +7 4 £45,475 -44.88% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £65,000 - 1
East of England +2 2 £65,000 +4.00%

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 41 (46.59%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (38.64%) Information Security
3 30 (34.09%) Azure
4 27 (30.68%) Finance
4 27 (30.68%) CISSP
5 26 (29.55%) Microsoft
6 22 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 22 (25.00%) Firewall
7 19 (21.59%) ITIL
7 19 (21.59%) Data Protection
7 19 (21.59%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (21.59%) Incident Response
8 18 (20.45%) Security Operations
8 18 (20.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (20.45%) Active Directory
9 17 (19.32%) Windows
10 16 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (17.05%) Roadmaps
11 15 (17.05%) GRC
11 15 (17.05%) Social Skills
11 15 (17.05%) CISM
12 14 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (15.91%) Network Security
13 13 (14.77%) Security Posture
14 12 (13.64%) Due Diligence
14 12 (13.64%) Entra ID
15 11 (12.50%) VMware
16 10 (11.36%) Service Delivery
16 10 (11.36%) 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 (34.09%) Azure
2 22 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.82%) AWS
5 5 (5.68%) SaaS
6 4 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (3.41%) GCP
8 2 (2.27%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 22 (25.00%) Firewall
2 14 (15.91%) Network Security
3 9 (10.23%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.68%) LAN
4 5 (5.68%) SD-WAN
4 5 (5.68%) VPN
4 5 (5.68%) WAN
5 2 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.14%) Intranet
6 1 (1.14%) SSL
General
1 27 (30.68%) Finance
2 15 (17.05%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.23%) Retail
4 6 (6.82%) Legal
5 5 (5.68%) Banking
6 4 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.41%) Law
7 3 (3.41%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.27%) Marketing
8 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) REST
2 1 (1.14%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.59%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (14.77%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.82%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.68%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.68%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (4.55%) PKI
6 3 (3.41%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (3.41%) NHS
6 3 (3.41%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.27%) Anti-Spyware
7 2 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.14%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.32%) Windows
2 8 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.82%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.14%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (46.59%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (38.64%) Information Security
3 22 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 19 (21.59%) Data Protection
4 19 (21.59%) Incident Response
4 19 (21.59%) ITIL
5 18 (20.45%) Security Operations
6 15 (17.05%) Roadmaps
7 14 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (13.64%) Due Diligence
9 10 (11.36%) Mentoring
9 10 (11.36%) Service Delivery
10 9 (10.23%) Internal Audit
10 9 (10.23%) Line Management
11 8 (9.09%) Agile
11 8 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 8 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
11 8 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (7.95%) Information Security Governance
12 7 (7.95%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (30.68%) CISSP
2 15 (17.05%) CISM
3 8 (9.09%) Degree
4 6 (6.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (6.82%) Azure Certification
4 6 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.68%) CISA
6 3 (3.41%) CCSK
6 3 (3.41%) CCSP
7 2 (2.27%) ISACA
8 1 (1.14%) APMP
8 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.14%) GIAC
8 1 (1.14%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (17.05%) GRC
4 9 (10.23%) GDPR
5 6 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (6.82%) NIST
6 4 (4.55%) NCSC
7 3 (3.41%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.41%) QA
8 2 (2.27%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.14%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 18 (20.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.68%) WSUS
3 3 (3.41%) CASB
4 2 (2.27%) Nessus
5 1 (1.14%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 26 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.50%) VMware
3 9 (10.23%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (7.95%) Qualys
5 5 (5.68%) Cisco
6 4 (4.55%) Sun
6 4 (4.55%) Zscaler
7 3 (3.41%) Netskope
7 3 (3.41%) Symantec
8 1 (1.14%) Darktrace
8 1 (1.14%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.14%) Tripwire