IT Security Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Security Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 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 726 681 755
Rank change year-on-year -45 +74 -98
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 54 47 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.067% 0.085% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.096% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 42 33 94
10th Percentile £47,500 - £50,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +21.74%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £101,000 £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
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -23 20 £55,000 -26.67%
North of England +28 18 £65,000 -5.80%
North West -10 14 £70,000 +1.45%
Midlands -38 9 £60,000 -27.27% 1
South West -48 6 £42,500 -38.18% 2
West Midlands -15 5 £50,738 -38.50% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £65,000 -
East Midlands - 4 £63,250 -
East of England -15 1 £65,000 +4.00%
IT Security Manager
UK

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 30 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (37.04%) Firewall
3 18 (33.33%) Information Security
4 15 (27.78%) Azure
4 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
5 12 (22.22%) CISSP
5 12 (22.22%) Network Security
5 12 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (20.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (18.52%) Data Protection
7 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
7 10 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (18.52%) CISM
7 10 (18.52%) Service Delivery
8 9 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
9 8 (14.81%) Incident Response
9 8 (14.81%) ITIL
9 8 (14.81%) Windows
9 8 (14.81%) VMware
10 7 (12.96%) Finance
10 7 (12.96%) Retail
10 7 (12.96%) Windows Server
10 7 (12.96%) Security Operations
10 7 (12.96%) Security Patching
10 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (12.96%) Azure Certification
11 6 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (11.11%) Entra ID

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (27.78%) Azure
2 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.56%) AWS
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.85%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (37.04%) Firewall
2 12 (22.22%) Network Security
3 10 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (9.26%) LAN
4 5 (9.26%) SD-WAN
4 5 (9.26%) VPN
4 5 (9.26%) WAN
5 2 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.85%) SSL
General
1 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Finance
2 7 (12.96%) Retail
3 3 (5.56%) Banking
3 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (9.26%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.26%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.56%) NHS
5 2 (3.70%) Anti-Spyware
5 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.81%) Windows
2 7 (12.96%) Windows Server
3 5 (9.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (33.33%) Information Security
3 10 (18.52%) Data Protection
3 10 (18.52%) Service Delivery
4 8 (14.81%) Incident Response
4 8 (14.81%) ITIL
5 7 (12.96%) Security Operations
5 7 (12.96%) Security Patching
6 6 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 6 (11.11%) Security Management
6 6 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (9.26%) Agile
7 5 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (9.26%) Office Automation
7 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
7 5 (9.26%) Threat Management
8 4 (7.41%) People Management
8 4 (7.41%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (7.41%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 12 (22.22%) CISSP
2 10 (18.52%) CISM
3 7 (12.96%) Azure Certification
4 5 (9.26%) Degree
5 3 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.70%) CISA
7 1 (1.85%) APMP
7 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (20.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (11.11%) GDPR
4 5 (9.26%) NCSC
5 3 (5.56%) NIST
6 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.70%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.70%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (9.26%) WSUS
3 2 (3.70%) Nessus
4 1 (1.85%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) VMware
3 5 (9.26%) Cisco
4 4 (7.41%) Sun
5 2 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.85%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.85%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.85%) Tripwire
6 1 (1.85%) Zscaler