Security Management Jobs

Security Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 315 592
Rank change year-on-year -219 +277 -54
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 423 987 887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 1.04% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 1.09% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 357 351 470
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,000 £95,000 £93,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
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 Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -192 396 £65,000 - 115
UK excluding London -210 265 £60,000 -4.00% 77
London -46 144 £72,500 +3.57% 41
Work from Home -96 131 £62,500 -10.71% 63
South East -13 79 £62,500 +8.70% 24
North of England -115 58 £50,000 -28.57% 12
South West -24 53 £68,500 -5.52% 14
Midlands -98 40 £60,000 -7.69% 16
West Midlands -76 35 £62,500 -5.66% 10
North West -113 27 £50,000 -11.11% 3
Yorkshire +20 22 £56,500 -19.29% 5
East of England -45 20 £66,250 +6.00% 4
North East -6 9 £40,000 -42.86% 4
Wales +12 8 £46,604 +10.44%
Scotland -103 7 £37,250 -46.79% 8
East Midlands -41 5 £60,000 -11.11% 5

Security Management
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 9 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.95%) SAS
3 1 (0.24%) Apache
3 1 (0.24%) Confluence
3 1 (0.24%) IIS
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.71%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.71%) Revit
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.60%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.47%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 85 (20.09%) Azure
2 80 (18.91%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (7.09%) AWS
4 28 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (5.44%) Cloud Computing
6 19 (4.49%) SaaS
7 18 (4.26%) PaaS
8 17 (4.02%) IaaS
8 17 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
9 14 (3.31%) Entra ID
10 12 (2.84%) Power Platform
11 10 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (1.89%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.65%) GCP
14 6 (1.42%) Azure Service Fabric
14 6 (1.42%) GitHub
15 5 (1.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 5 (1.18%) Azure Storage
15 5 (1.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (15.60%) Firewall
2 41 (9.69%) Network Security
3 29 (6.86%) LAN
4 23 (5.44%) WAN
5 18 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 17 (4.02%) DNS
6 17 (4.02%) Wireshark
7 14 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (2.60%) DHCP
9 8 (1.89%) Unified Communications
10 7 (1.65%) HTTP
11 6 (1.42%) SAN
12 5 (1.18%) MPLS
12 5 (1.18%) NAS
12 5 (1.18%) SNMP
12 5 (1.18%) VLAN
13 4 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.95%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.71%) NGFW
14 3 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.13%) Power BI
5 8 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.65%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.42%) Tableau
8 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.95%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (0.95%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.95%) SAS Data Integration Studio
10 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.71%) Big Data
10 3 (0.71%) Metadata
10 3 (0.71%) MS Access
10 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Git
2 5 (1.18%) JIRA
3 4 (0.95%) ESLint
3 4 (0.95%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 115 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 86 (20.33%) Finance
3 60 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.27%) Legal
5 22 (5.20%) Telecoms
6 17 (4.02%) Law
7 10 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.36%) Retail
8 9 (2.13%) Marketing
9 8 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.42%) Advertising
10 6 (1.42%) Banking
11 5 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.95%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.95%) Local Government
12 4 (0.95%) Police
12 4 (0.95%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 106 (25.06%) Security Manager
2 77 (18.20%) Analyst
3 65 (15.37%) Information Manager
4 64 (15.13%) Information Security Manager
5 50 (11.82%) Security Analyst
6 48 (11.35%) Senior
7 45 (10.64%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 40 (9.46%) Security Assurance Manager
9 30 (7.09%) Information Assurance Manager
10 28 (6.62%) Architect
10 28 (6.62%) Lead
11 27 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
12 26 (6.15%) Security Architect
13 24 (5.67%) IT Analyst
14 23 (5.44%) IT Security Analyst
15 22 (5.20%) Security Engineer
16 20 (4.73%) Consultant
17 17 (4.02%) IT Manager
17 17 (4.02%) Security Consultant
17 17 (4.02%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.49%) REST
2 10 (2.36%) React
3 6 (1.42%) SOAP
3 6 (1.42%) Web Services
3 6 (1.42%) YAML
4 5 (1.18%) NETCONF
5 4 (0.95%) .NET
5 4 (0.95%) CSS
5 4 (0.95%) HTML
5 4 (0.95%) Jest
5 4 (0.95%) Redux
6 3 (0.71%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.71%) COM
6 3 (0.71%) WinForms
7 2 (0.47%) OAuth
7 2 (0.47%) OpenID
7 2 (0.47%) SAML
8 1 (0.24%) HTML5
8 1 (0.24%) jQuery
8 1 (0.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 126 (29.79%) Management Information System
2 59 (13.95%) Security Posture
3 45 (10.64%) Cyberattack
4 29 (6.86%) Data Centre
4 29 (6.86%) Security Operations Centre
5 27 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (3.31%) Replication
7 13 (3.07%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.13%) PMI
10 7 (1.65%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.42%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.42%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.18%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 70 (16.55%) Windows
2 32 (7.57%) Linux
3 30 (7.09%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.31%) Android
4 14 (3.31%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.89%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.95%) Unix
7 4 (0.95%) Windows XP
8 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (57.21%) Information Security
2 212 (50.12%) Cybersecurity
3 187 (44.21%) Information Security Management
4 133 (31.44%) Risk Management
5 89 (21.04%) ISMS
6 74 (17.49%) Incident Response
7 67 (15.84%) SIEM
8 59 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 57 (13.48%) Roadmaps
9 57 (13.48%) Security Operations
10 55 (13.00%) Project Management
11 54 (12.77%) Cloud Security
12 52 (12.29%) Information Assurance
13 48 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (11.11%) Security Architecture
15 45 (10.64%) DevOps
16 43 (10.17%) Application Security
16 43 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (10.17%) Incident Management
16 43 (10.17%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.80%) PowerShell
2 31 (7.33%) SQL
3 26 (6.15%) Python
4 16 (3.78%) C#
5 7 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.42%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.71%) VB
8 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 129 (30.50%) CISSP
2 79 (18.68%) Degree
3 64 (15.13%) CISM
4 52 (12.29%) Security Cleared
5 42 (9.93%) SC Cleared
6 37 (8.75%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (8.51%) CISA
8 33 (7.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 32 (7.57%) CCSP
10 27 (6.38%) SANS
11 24 (5.67%) GIAC
12 22 (5.20%) Master's Degree
13 20 (4.73%) CRISC
14 17 (4.02%) CEH
15 15 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
15 15 (3.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 14 (3.31%) CCSK
16 14 (3.31%) SSCP
17 13 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
18 10 (2.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (45.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 119 (28.13%) NIST
3 58 (13.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 54 (12.77%) GDPR
5 44 (10.40%) NCSC
6 40 (9.46%) GRC
7 30 (7.09%) PCI DSS
8 23 (5.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 17 (4.02%) NIST 800
10 13 (3.07%) COBIT
11 12 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (2.60%) ISO 9001
12 11 (2.60%) QA
12 11 (2.60%) SLA
13 8 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 7 (1.65%) RMADS
15 6 (1.42%) HIPAA
15 6 (1.42%) ISO 22301
15 6 (1.42%) Web Application Security Consortium
16 5 (1.18%) JSP 440
System Software
1 33 (7.80%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.13%) Firmware
5 8 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.18%) vSphere
7 3 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 28 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.78%) QRadar
2 16 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (3.31%) Nmap
4 13 (3.07%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 10 (2.36%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.89%) Nessus
7 7 (1.65%) Puppet
8 4 (0.95%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.47%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.47%) Terraform
11 1 (0.24%) Ansible
11 1 (0.24%) BMC PATROL
11 1 (0.24%) DatAdvantage
11 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.24%) SCCM
11 1 (0.24%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 102 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.86%) Splunk
3 21 (4.96%) Qualys
4 14 (3.31%) Cisco
4 14 (3.31%) Rapid7
4 14 (3.31%) Thycotic
4 14 (3.31%) VMware
5 12 (2.84%) IBM
6 11 (2.60%) Fortinet
7 8 (1.89%) Veeam
8 7 (1.65%) CA
9 6 (1.42%) Dell
10 5 (1.18%) Acronis
10 5 (1.18%) BT
10 5 (1.18%) Citrix
10 5 (1.18%) Google
10 5 (1.18%) Meraki
10 5 (1.18%) Mitel
10 5 (1.18%) Sophos
10 5 (1.18%) Synology