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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 561 589
Rank change year-on-year +71 +28 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 470 470 823
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 393 340 539
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,950 £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 £98,695 £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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
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 £71,250 £81,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +103 445 £68,500 -5.52% 90
UK excluding London +35 299 £65,000 -3.70% 53
London +88 156 £85,000 +6.25% 46
Work from Home +6 130 £70,000 -3.11% 37
South East +30 77 £59,750 -14.64% 12
North of England +58 64 £57,500 -4.17% 9
Midlands -3 59 £66,500 -14.19% 8
South West -14 54 £68,500 +1.48% 7
North West +29 48 £57,500 -13.86% 6
East of England +36 31 £72,500 +16.00% 12
West Midlands -11 31 £66,853 -13.74% 4
East Midlands +8 28 £63,250 -2.69% 4
Yorkshire +71 14 £50,000 -14.53% 3
Scotland -61 11 £66,250 +6.40% 7
Wales +4 3 £30,000 -34.78% 1
North East -5 2 £55,000 -26.67%

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 (60.21%) Cybersecurity
2 234 (49.79%) Information Security
3 174 (37.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 141 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 135 (28.72%) CISSP
6 108 (22.98%) Security Management
7 95 (20.21%) Microsoft
8 87 (18.51%) CISM
9 82 (17.45%) Social Skills
10 78 (16.60%) Security Operations
11 77 (16.38%) NIST
12 75 (15.96%) Cyber Essentials
13 74 (15.74%) Incident Response
14 73 (15.53%) Finance
15 64 (13.62%) Security Posture
16 63 (13.40%) Roadmaps
16 63 (13.40%) Azure
17 62 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
18 57 (12.13%) Security Cleared
18 57 (12.13%) Vulnerability Management
18 57 (12.13%) GDPR
19 55 (11.70%) GRC
19 55 (11.70%) Legal
20 53 (11.28%) Management Information System
20 53 (11.28%) Data Protection
21 52 (11.06%) Microsoft 365
22 49 (10.43%) Cyber Threat
23 46 (9.79%) Firewall
24 45 (9.57%) Degree
24 45 (9.57%) NCSC

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 (13.40%) Azure
2 52 (11.06%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (4.26%) AWS
4 18 (3.83%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.77%) SaaS
6 11 (2.34%) 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
9 3 (0.64%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 46 (9.79%) Firewall
2 41 (8.72%) Network Security
3 14 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.55%) LAN
5 11 (2.34%) Internet
5 11 (2.34%) VPN
5 11 (2.34%) WAN
6 8 (1.70%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.49%) DNS
7 7 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (1.49%) 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
General
1 82 (17.45%) Social Skills
2 73 (15.53%) Finance
3 55 (11.70%) Legal
4 37 (7.87%) Law
5 36 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.47%) Retail
8 19 (4.04%) Marketing
9 17 (3.62%) Automotive
10 16 (3.40%) Public Sector
11 14 (2.98%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.28%) Banking
16 5 (1.06%) Games
16 5 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.06%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.21%) Tech for Good
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 64 (13.62%) Security Posture
2 53 (11.28%) Management Information System
3 49 (10.43%) Cyber Threat
4 40 (8.51%) Cyberattack
5 19 (4.04%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (3.40%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.77%) Operational Technology
7 13 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.34%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.34%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.13%) CCTV
9 10 (2.13%) IoT
10 9 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.70%) Cloud Security Posture
11 8 (1.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (1.70%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
12 7 (1.49%) NHS
13 6 (1.28%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.28%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.74%) Windows
2 14 (2.98%) 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 (60.21%) Cybersecurity
2 234 (49.79%) Information Security
3 141 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 108 (22.98%) Security Management
5 78 (16.60%) Security Operations
6 74 (15.74%) Incident Response
7 63 (13.40%) Roadmaps
8 62 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 57 (12.13%) Vulnerability Management
10 53 (11.28%) Data Protection
11 42 (8.94%) Information Security Management
12 40 (8.51%) ITIL
13 39 (8.30%) OWASP
14 37 (7.87%) SIEM
15 36 (7.66%) Cloud Security
15 36 (7.66%) Project Management
16 35 (7.45%) Information Assurance
17 33 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
18 32 (6.81%) Penetration Testing
19 31 (6.60%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (1.91%) Python
2 7 (1.49%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.06%) C
4 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 135 (28.72%) CISSP
2 87 (18.51%) CISM
3 57 (12.13%) Security Cleared
4 45 (9.57%) Degree
5 41 (8.72%) SC Cleared
6 28 (5.96%) CISA
7 23 (4.89%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (4.26%) CRISC
9 16 (3.40%) GIAC
10 14 (2.98%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.77%) CEH
11 13 (2.77%) DBS Check
12 12 (2.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (2.34%) CCNA
13 11 (2.34%) CCSP
14 10 (2.13%) HNC
14 10 (2.13%) HND
15 8 (1.70%) GPEN
15 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (1.49%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (37.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (16.38%) NIST
3 75 (15.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 57 (12.13%) GDPR
5 55 (11.70%) GRC
6 45 (9.57%) NCSC
7 31 (6.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 26 (5.53%) PCI DSS
9 19 (4.04%) NIST 800
10 13 (2.77%) SLA
11 10 (2.13%) SOC 2
12 8 (1.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.85%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.85%) ITGC
15 3 (0.64%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (0.64%) QA
15 3 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 38 (8.09%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.34%) Nessus
2 9 (1.91%) SCCM
3 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (1.28%) WSUS
6 5 (1.06%) CSIRT
6 5 (1.06%) 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 95 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.04%) Cisco
3 17 (3.62%) Qualys
4 11 (2.34%) VMware
5 9 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (1.91%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.28%) 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 (0.64%) 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