Security Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Security Manager salary in the West Midlands is £66,927 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 224 232
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 32 38 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.41% 0.62% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.68% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 26 35 42
10th Percentile £46,369 £60,050 £55,125
25th Percentile £54,750 £70,000 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,927 £77,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +16.98% +1.22%
75th Percentile £74,375 £84,375 £76,875
90th Percentile £76,875 £94,750 £83,500
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
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,300 5,549 7,095
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 90.13% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,440 3,258 4,780
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,739
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the West Midlands

Security Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Manager in the West Midlands

Security Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Manager in the West Midlands

Security Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
Birmingham -11 17 £55,250 -28.71% 3
Staffordshire - 5 £72,500 -
Warwickshire +27 4 £70,000 -12.50%
Coventry +22 1 £70,000 -3.45% 1
Solihull -4 1 £67,000 -7.59% 1
Security Manager
England

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 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 West Midlands region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 21 (65.63%) Information Security
2 20 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (59.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (40.63%) CISSP
5 12 (37.50%) Security Management
5 12 (37.50%) Incident Response
6 11 (34.38%) Risk Management
7 9 (28.13%) CISM
8 8 (25.00%) Management Information System
8 8 (25.00%) NIST
9 7 (21.88%) Security Operations
9 7 (21.88%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (21.88%) Automotive
10 6 (18.75%) Information Security Management
10 6 (18.75%) Project Management
10 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (18.75%) Data Protection
10 6 (18.75%) Incident Management
10 6 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (18.75%) GDPR
11 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
11 5 (15.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (15.63%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 5 (15.63%) Vulnerability Management
11 5 (15.63%) CISA
11 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (15.63%) ITIL
11 5 (15.63%) Firewall
12 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (12.50%) GIAC

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) Firewall
2 4 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (3.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
General
1 7 (21.88%) Automotive
2 2 (6.25%) Finance
2 2 (6.25%) Law
2 2 (6.25%) Marketing
3 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.13%) Legal
3 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (21.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (12.50%) Data Centre
4 3 (9.38%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (9.38%) Virtual Team
5 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.13%) SCADA
6 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (65.63%) Information Security
2 20 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (37.50%) Incident Response
3 12 (37.50%) Security Management
4 11 (34.38%) Risk Management
5 7 (21.88%) Security Operations
6 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (18.75%) Data Protection
6 6 (18.75%) Incident Management
6 6 (18.75%) Information Security Management
6 6 (18.75%) Project Management
7 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
7 5 (15.63%) ITIL
7 5 (15.63%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 5 (15.63%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (12.50%) Compliance Audit
8 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (12.50%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) CISSP
2 9 (28.13%) CISM
3 5 (15.63%) CISA
4 4 (12.50%) CRISC
4 4 (12.50%) GIAC
4 4 (12.50%) SANS
5 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.13%) CCSP
6 1 (3.13%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.13%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (59.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (25.00%) NIST
3 6 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (18.75%) GDPR
4 5 (15.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (12.50%) GRC
5 4 (12.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (6.25%) NCSC
6 2 (6.25%) PCI DSS
7 1 (3.13%) ISO 22301
7 1 (3.13%) ISO 31000
7 1 (3.13%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.13%) Proofpoint
1 1 (3.13%) Zscaler