Security Manager Jobs in England

Security Manager
UK > England

The median Security Manager salary in England is £68,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 541 616
Rank change year-on-year +96 +75 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 448 416 692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.48% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.52% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 371 303 470
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,175
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,125 £83,438
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 83,672 79,663 133,799
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.47% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 62,204 50,990 75,326
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +62 155 £85,000 +3.03% 75
South East +23 77 £59,750 -14.64% 40
North of England +66 71 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Midlands +9 60 £66,500 -14.19% 13
South West -14 54 £68,500 -5.52% 2
North West +41 52 £57,500 -12.88% 7
West Midlands -2 33 £66,853 -13.74% 6
East of England +17 28 £72,500 +16.00% 12
East Midlands +4 27 £66,500 +2.31% 7
Yorkshire +53 17 £50,000 -16.67% 5
North East - 2 £55,000 - 1
Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 across the England region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 263 (58.71%) Cybersecurity
2 226 (50.45%) Information Security
3 165 (36.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 137 (30.58%) Risk Management
5 129 (28.79%) CISSP
6 107 (23.88%) Security Management
7 88 (19.64%) CISM
8 85 (18.97%) Microsoft
9 78 (17.41%) Social Skills
10 72 (16.07%) NIST
11 68 (15.18%) Finance
12 66 (14.73%) Security Operations
13 65 (14.51%) Cyber Essentials
14 62 (13.84%) Security Posture
14 62 (13.84%) Stakeholder Management
15 61 (13.62%) Incident Response
16 57 (12.72%) Security Cleared
17 56 (12.50%) Roadmaps
18 54 (12.05%) GDPR
18 54 (12.05%) Azure
19 53 (11.83%) Management Information System
20 52 (11.61%) Legal
21 51 (11.38%) Vulnerability Management
21 51 (11.38%) GRC
22 48 (10.71%) Data Protection
23 46 (10.27%) Firewall
23 46 (10.27%) NCSC
24 45 (10.04%) Degree
25 44 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
26 42 (9.38%) SC Cleared

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.22%) Apache
2 1 (0.22%) Confluence
2 1 (0.22%) IIS
2 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.45%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 54 (12.05%) Azure
2 44 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (4.69%) AWS
4 15 (3.35%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.90%) SaaS
6 11 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.34%) IaaS
7 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.34%) PaaS
8 4 (0.89%) GCP
8 4 (0.89%) Twilio
9 3 (0.67%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.67%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.27%) Firewall
2 39 (8.71%) Network Security
3 14 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (2.46%) Internet
4 11 (2.46%) VPN
4 11 (2.46%) WAN
5 10 (2.23%) LAN
6 7 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (1.56%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.34%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.12%) DNS
9 4 (0.89%) DHCP
9 4 (0.89%) Wireless
10 1 (0.22%) Intranet
10 1 (0.22%) SAN
10 1 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.89%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.22%) Git
General
1 78 (17.41%) Social Skills
2 68 (15.18%) Finance
3 52 (11.61%) Legal
4 35 (7.81%) Law
5 31 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (4.69%) Marketing
7 19 (4.24%) Retail
8 17 (3.79%) Automotive
9 14 (3.13%) Aerospace
9 14 (3.13%) Public Sector
10 11 (2.46%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.12%) Banking
13 5 (1.12%) Games
13 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.22%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.89%) OAuth
1 4 (0.89%) SAML
1 4 (0.89%) SAP Business Workflow
2 3 (0.67%) EDI
2 3 (0.67%) REST
3 1 (0.22%) CSS
3 1 (0.22%) HTML
3 1 (0.22%) RESTful
3 1 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.22%) Web Services
3 1 (0.22%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 62 (13.84%) Security Posture
2 53 (11.83%) Management Information System
3 40 (8.93%) Cyber Threat
3 40 (8.93%) Cyberattack
4 14 (3.13%) CCTV
4 14 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.68%) Operational Technology
6 12 (2.68%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.23%) IoT
8 10 (2.23%) Mobile App
9 9 (2.01%) Freedom of Information
10 8 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 7 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.34%) NHS
12 6 (1.34%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.34%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.36%) Windows
2 14 (3.13%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (58.71%) Cybersecurity
2 226 (50.45%) Information Security
3 137 (30.58%) Risk Management
4 107 (23.88%) Security Management
5 66 (14.73%) Security Operations
6 62 (13.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 61 (13.62%) Incident Response
8 56 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 51 (11.38%) Vulnerability Management
10 48 (10.71%) Data Protection
11 42 (9.38%) Information Security Management
12 36 (8.04%) ITIL
12 36 (8.04%) Project Management
13 35 (7.81%) Cloud Security
13 35 (7.81%) Information Assurance
13 35 (7.81%) OWASP
14 33 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (6.70%) Problem-Solving
15 30 (6.70%) SIEM
16 29 (6.47%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.01%) Python
2 6 (1.34%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.89%) C
4 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 129 (28.79%) CISSP
2 88 (19.64%) CISM
3 57 (12.72%) Security Cleared
4 45 (10.04%) Degree
5 42 (9.38%) SC Cleared
6 28 (6.25%) CISA
7 20 (4.46%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (4.46%) CRISC
8 17 (3.79%) GIAC
9 14 (3.13%) Master's Degree
10 12 (2.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (2.46%) CCSP
12 10 (2.23%) CEH
12 10 (2.23%) DBS Check
12 10 (2.23%) HNC
12 10 (2.23%) HND
13 8 (1.79%) CCNA
13 8 (1.79%) GPEN
13 8 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (1.56%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (36.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (16.07%) NIST
3 65 (14.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 54 (12.05%) GDPR
5 51 (11.38%) GRC
6 46 (10.27%) NCSC
7 27 (6.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 22 (4.91%) PCI DSS
9 18 (4.02%) NIST 800
10 13 (2.90%) SLA
11 8 (1.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 7 (1.56%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.89%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.89%) ITGC
14 3 (0.67%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.67%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.67%) QA
15 2 (0.45%) COBIT
15 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.23%) Nessus
2 8 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (1.34%) SCCM
3 6 (1.34%) WSUS
4 5 (1.12%) CSIRT
4 5 (1.12%) QRadar
4 5 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.67%) CASB
6 2 (0.45%) Ansible
7 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.22%) Nmap
7 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.24%) Cisco
3 16 (3.57%) Qualys
4 11 (2.46%) VMware
5 8 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (1.34%) Darktrace
6 6 (1.34%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.12%) CA
7 5 (1.12%) SAP
8 4 (0.89%) Citrix
8 4 (0.89%) Dell
8 4 (0.89%) Sun
8 4 (0.89%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.67%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.67%) Netskope
9 3 (0.67%) Symantec
10 2 (0.45%) Computacenter
10 2 (0.45%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.22%) Alibaba
11 1 (0.22%) Splunk