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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 558 590
Rank change year-on-year +76 +32 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 468 453 844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.46% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.50% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 388 327 548
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,866 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,500 £60,000 £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 £81,938 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,000
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 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
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 £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

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 23 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 23 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 +112 445 £68,500 -5.52% 118
UK excluding London +61 303 £65,000 -3.70% 73
London +81 153 £85,000 +4.62% 57
Work from Home +15 134 £67,500 -6.57% 40
South East +31 77 £59,750 -14.64% 22
North of England +59 71 £55,000 -8.33% 15
Midlands +8 59 £66,500 -14.19% 13
South West -6 54 £68,500 -2.14% 5
North West +34 52 £57,500 -12.88% 8
West Midlands +3 32 £66,927 -13.64% 5
East of England +25 28 £72,500 +16.00% 10
East Midlands +16 27 £66,500 +2.31% 8
Yorkshire +66 17 £50,000 -15.61% 6
Scotland -62 11 £66,250 +6.00% 3
Wales +5 3 £30,000 -41.18% 6
North East - 2 £55,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 280 (59.83%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (48.93%) Information Security
3 168 (35.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 140 (29.91%) Risk Management
5 133 (28.42%) CISSP
6 107 (22.86%) Security Management
7 93 (19.87%) Microsoft
8 89 (19.02%) CISM
9 80 (17.09%) Social Skills
10 73 (15.60%) NIST
11 71 (15.17%) Security Operations
12 70 (14.96%) Cyber Essentials
13 69 (14.74%) Finance
14 68 (14.53%) Incident Response
15 64 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
16 62 (13.25%) Roadmaps
16 62 (13.25%) Security Posture
17 59 (12.61%) Azure
18 57 (12.18%) Security Cleared
19 56 (11.97%) GDPR
19 56 (11.97%) Vulnerability Management
20 53 (11.32%) Management Information System
21 52 (11.11%) Legal
21 52 (11.11%) GRC
22 50 (10.68%) Data Protection
23 49 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
24 48 (10.26%) Cyber Threat
25 47 (10.04%) NCSC
26 46 (9.83%) Degree
26 46 (9.83%) 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 (0.43%) 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 59 (12.61%) Azure
2 49 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (4.49%) AWS
4 18 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.78%) SaaS
6 11 (2.35%) 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 (9.83%) Firewall
2 39 (8.33%) Network Security
3 14 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (2.35%) Internet
4 11 (2.35%) VPN
4 11 (2.35%) WAN
5 10 (2.14%) LAN
6 7 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (1.50%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.28%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.07%) DNS
9 4 (0.85%) DHCP
9 4 (0.85%) Wireless
10 2 (0.43%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.21%) Intranet
11 1 (0.21%) SAN
11 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.85%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 80 (17.09%) Social Skills
2 69 (14.74%) Finance
3 52 (11.11%) Legal
4 36 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.48%) Law
6 24 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.49%) Marketing
7 21 (4.49%) Retail
8 17 (3.63%) Automotive
9 14 (2.99%) Aerospace
9 14 (2.99%) Public Sector
10 11 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.07%) Banking
13 5 (1.07%) Games
13 5 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.21%) Advertising
14 1 (0.21%) Social Housing
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 62 (13.25%) Security Posture
2 53 (11.32%) Management Information System
3 48 (10.26%) Cyber Threat
4 40 (8.55%) Cyberattack
5 18 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (2.99%) CCTV
6 14 (2.99%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.56%) Operational Technology
8 12 (2.56%) Virtual Team
9 11 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (2.14%) IoT
10 10 (2.14%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.92%) Freedom of Information
12 8 (1.71%) Cloud Security Posture
12 8 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 7 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.50%) NHS
13 7 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (1.28%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.77%) Windows
2 14 (2.99%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.28%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (59.83%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (48.93%) Information Security
3 140 (29.91%) Risk Management
4 107 (22.86%) Security Management
5 71 (15.17%) Security Operations
6 68 (14.53%) Incident Response
7 64 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 62 (13.25%) Roadmaps
9 56 (11.97%) Vulnerability Management
10 50 (10.68%) Data Protection
11 42 (8.97%) Information Security Management
12 39 (8.33%) ITIL
13 36 (7.69%) OWASP
13 36 (7.69%) Project Management
14 35 (7.48%) Cloud Security
14 35 (7.48%) Information Assurance
15 34 (7.26%) SIEM
16 33 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (6.84%) Penetration Testing
17 32 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.14%) Python
2 7 (1.50%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.07%) C
4 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 133 (28.42%) CISSP
2 89 (19.02%) CISM
3 57 (12.18%) Security Cleared
4 46 (9.83%) Degree
5 42 (8.97%) SC Cleared
6 29 (6.20%) CISA
7 23 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (4.49%) CRISC
9 17 (3.63%) GIAC
10 14 (2.99%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.78%) CEH
11 13 (2.78%) DBS Check
12 12 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (2.35%) CCNA
13 11 (2.35%) CCSP
14 10 (2.14%) HNC
14 10 (2.14%) HND
15 8 (1.71%) GPEN
15 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (1.50%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (35.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (15.60%) NIST
3 70 (14.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 56 (11.97%) GDPR
5 52 (11.11%) GRC
6 47 (10.04%) NCSC
7 29 (6.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 23 (4.91%) PCI DSS
9 18 (3.85%) NIST 800
10 13 (2.78%) SLA
11 8 (1.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 7 (1.50%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.85%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.85%) ITGC
14 3 (0.64%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.64%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.64%) QA
15 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.14%) Nessus
2 9 (1.92%) SCCM
3 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 6 (1.28%) WSUS
6 5 (1.07%) CSIRT
6 5 (1.07%) QRadar
7 3 (0.64%) CASB
8 2 (0.43%) Ansible
8 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.21%) Nmap
9 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 93 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.06%) Cisco
3 17 (3.63%) Qualys
4 11 (2.35%) VMware
5 9 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.28%) Darktrace
7 5 (1.07%) CA
7 5 (1.07%) 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%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.64%) Netskope
9 3 (0.64%) Symantec
10 2 (0.43%) Computacenter
10 2 (0.43%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.21%) Google
11 1 (0.21%) Tripwire