IT Security Manager Jobs with Work from Home Options

IT Security Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Security Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 582 831
Rank change year-on-year +25 +249 -249
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 45 51 70
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.14% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 33 37 66
10th Percentile - £61,250 £56,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £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 £90,000 £100,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £102,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.90% +10.71% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Security Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured IT Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Security Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Security Manager.

IT Security Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Security Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

IT Security Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 jobs with remote work options featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 28 (62.22%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (46.67%) Information Security
3 20 (44.44%) Firewall
3 20 (44.44%) Finance
4 18 (40.00%) Azure
5 17 (37.78%) CISSP
6 16 (35.56%) Windows
6 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
6 16 (35.56%) Risk Management
6 16 (35.56%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (31.11%) GRC
7 14 (31.11%) Incident Response
7 14 (31.11%) Active Directory
7 14 (31.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (28.89%) ITIL
9 12 (26.67%) Security Operations
10 10 (22.22%) Due Diligence
10 10 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
10 10 (22.22%) Network Security
11 9 (20.00%) CISM
11 9 (20.00%) Entra ID
11 9 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
12 8 (17.78%) Service Delivery
12 8 (17.78%) VMware
12 8 (17.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 8 (17.78%) Security Posture
13 7 (15.56%) Roadmaps
13 7 (15.56%) Qualys
13 7 (15.56%) PowerShell

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 18 (40.00%) Azure
2 16 (35.56%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (8.89%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.44%) SaaS
5 2 (4.44%) WhatsApp
6 1 (2.22%) AWS
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.22%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 20 (44.44%) Firewall
2 10 (22.22%) Network Security
3 6 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (11.11%) LAN
4 5 (11.11%) SD-WAN
4 5 (11.11%) VPN
4 5 (11.11%) WAN
5 2 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.22%) SSL
General
1 20 (44.44%) Finance
2 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Legal
4 2 (4.44%) Marketing
4 2 (4.44%) Retail
5 1 (2.22%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (17.78%) Security Posture
3 5 (11.11%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.67%) NHS
4 3 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (4.44%) Anti-Spyware
6 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.22%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (35.56%) Windows
2 7 (15.56%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (62.22%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (46.67%) Information Security
3 16 (35.56%) Risk Management
4 14 (31.11%) Incident Response
4 14 (31.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (28.89%) ITIL
6 12 (26.67%) Security Operations
7 10 (22.22%) Due Diligence
8 8 (17.78%) Service Delivery
9 7 (15.56%) Cyber Intelligence
9 7 (15.56%) GAP Analysis
9 7 (15.56%) Information Security Governance
9 7 (15.56%) Internal Audit
9 7 (15.56%) IT Audit
9 7 (15.56%) Line Management
9 7 (15.56%) Remediation Plan
9 7 (15.56%) Risk Register
9 7 (15.56%) Security Patching
9 7 (15.56%) Task Automation
9 7 (15.56%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (37.78%) CISSP
2 9 (20.00%) CISM
3 5 (11.11%) Degree
4 3 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.44%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.22%) GIAC
6 1 (2.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.11%) GRC
2 8 (17.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (15.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (8.89%) GDPR
5 3 (6.67%) NIST
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.22%) NCSC
7 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 14 (31.11%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.11%) WSUS
3 2 (4.44%) Nessus
Vendors
1 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (17.78%) VMware
4 7 (15.56%) Qualys
5 5 (11.11%) Cisco
6 1 (2.22%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.22%) Tripwire