Security Manager Jobs in London

Security Manager
England > London

The median Security Manager salary in London is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 June 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 424 601
Rank change year-on-year +61 +177 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 157 179 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.64% 0.57% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.60% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 133 121 212
10th Percentile £57,500 £58,802 £55,575
25th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £65,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £107,375
England median annual salary £68,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.67% +7.14% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 23,159 30,059 71,270
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 95.02% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17,072 22,540 35,061
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in London

Security Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in London

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in London

Security Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +46 34 £85,000 -0.58% 4
West London -3 2 £79,000 +25.11%
North London - 2 £65,000 - 1
East London +23 1 £70,000 -36.36% 3
South London - 1 £72,500 - 1
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 across the London region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 111 (70.70%) Information Security
2 69 (43.95%) CISSP
2 69 (43.95%) Cybersecurity
3 54 (34.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (32.48%) Risk Management
5 49 (31.21%) Security Posture
6 45 (28.66%) Social Skills
7 44 (28.03%) Microsoft
8 43 (27.39%) CISM
9 37 (23.57%) Roadmaps
10 35 (22.29%) Incident Response
11 32 (20.38%) Security Management
11 32 (20.38%) Legal
11 32 (20.38%) Security Operations
12 30 (19.11%) Azure
12 30 (19.11%) Finance
13 25 (15.92%) GRC
14 23 (14.65%) Degree
15 22 (14.01%) GDPR
16 21 (13.38%) Cyber Essentials
16 21 (13.38%) Law
16 21 (13.38%) Information Security Management
17 20 (12.74%) NIST
18 19 (12.10%) Identity Access Management
19 18 (11.46%) Data Loss Prevention
19 18 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
19 18 (11.46%) ITIL
20 17 (10.83%) Vulnerability Management
20 17 (10.83%) Line Management
21 16 (10.19%) Master's Degree

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (19.11%) Azure
2 18 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (8.92%) AWS
4 10 (6.37%) SaaS
5 7 (4.46%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.82%) IaaS
6 6 (3.82%) PaaS
7 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.55%) GCP
9 3 (1.91%) WhatsApp
10 2 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.01%) Firewall
2 3 (1.91%) Network Security
3 1 (0.64%) DNS
3 1 (0.64%) Intranet
3 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.55%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.64%) Burp Suite
General
1 45 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.38%) Legal
3 30 (19.11%) Finance
4 21 (13.38%) Law
5 15 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (6.37%) Marketing
8 5 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.55%) Games
10 3 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.27%) Retail
12 1 (0.64%) Advertising
12 1 (0.64%) Banking
12 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.55%) OAuth
1 4 (2.55%) SAML
1 4 (2.55%) SAP Business Workflow
2 3 (1.91%) REST
3 2 (1.27%) EDI
4 1 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (31.21%) Security Posture
2 12 (7.64%) Management Information System
3 10 (6.37%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (4.46%) Cloud Security Posture
5 5 (3.18%) CCTV
5 5 (3.18%) PKI
6 4 (2.55%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.55%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.55%) SCADA
6 4 (2.55%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.91%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.91%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.91%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.27%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.64%) CESG
9 1 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.64%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (70.70%) Information Security
2 69 (43.95%) Cybersecurity
3 51 (32.48%) Risk Management
4 37 (23.57%) Roadmaps
5 35 (22.29%) Incident Response
6 32 (20.38%) Security Management
6 32 (20.38%) Security Operations
7 21 (13.38%) Information Security Management
8 19 (12.10%) Identity Access Management
9 18 (11.46%) Data Loss Prevention
9 18 (11.46%) ITIL
10 17 (10.83%) Line Management
10 17 (10.83%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (10.19%) Data Security
11 16 (10.19%) DevSecOps
12 15 (9.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (9.55%) Strategic Thinking
13 14 (8.92%) Mentoring
13 14 (8.92%) OWASP
14 13 (8.28%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.46%) Python
2 6 (3.82%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.55%) C
Qualifications
1 69 (43.95%) CISSP
2 43 (27.39%) CISM
3 23 (14.65%) Degree
4 16 (10.19%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (10.19%) Master's Degree
5 15 (9.55%) CISA
6 9 (5.73%) CCSP
6 9 (5.73%) CEH
6 9 (5.73%) CRISC
7 8 (5.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (4.46%) CCNA
8 7 (4.46%) CCSK
9 6 (3.82%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.91%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (1.91%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.91%) GIAC
11 3 (1.91%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.91%) Security Cleared
12 2 (1.27%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (34.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (15.92%) GRC
3 22 (14.01%) GDPR
4 21 (13.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (12.74%) NIST
6 12 (7.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (4.46%) PCI DSS
8 5 (3.18%) NIST 800
9 4 (2.55%) ITGC
9 4 (2.55%) NCSC
9 4 (2.55%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.91%) ISO 22301
11 2 (1.27%) ISO 9001
11 2 (1.27%) QA
12 1 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.64%) COBIT
12 1 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 15 (9.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.82%) SCCM
2 5 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.55%) CSIRT
3 4 (2.55%) QRadar
4 3 (1.91%) CASB
5 2 (1.27%) Ansible
6 1 (0.64%) Nmap
Vendors
1 44 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.37%) Qualys
3 6 (3.82%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (3.82%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.18%) CA
4 5 (3.18%) Cisco
5 4 (2.55%) Computacenter
5 4 (2.55%) Darktrace
5 4 (2.55%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.55%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.55%) SAP
6 3 (1.91%) Netskope
6 3 (1.91%) Symantec
6 3 (1.91%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.27%) VMware
8 1 (0.64%) Alibaba
8 1 (0.64%) Google