Cybersecurity Manager
UK

The median Cybersecurity 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 737 883 1105
Rank change year-on-year +146 +222 -244
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 158 69 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.070% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.077% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 144 65 116
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,015 £56,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £76,250 £91,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,250 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £62,500 £61,750
% change year-on-year +9.60% +1.21% +7.39%

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%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in the UK

Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity 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 +178 140 £68,500 -0.36% 36
UK excluding London +92 122 £68,500 +9.60% 23
South West +17 40 £68,500 +29.25% 2
Work from Home +70 37 £70,000 +10.24% 15
South East +34 32 £62,750 +8.96% 8
London +122 28 £80,000 +14.29% 18
Midlands +4 19 £70,000 -0.71% 4
North of England +48 15 £53,500 -29.14% 5
West Midlands +15 12 £70,000 -9.68% 1
North West +7 8 £55,000 -29.94% 3
East Midlands 0 7 £72,000 +15.20% 3
Scotland -52 7 £65,000 -0.76% 1
Yorkshire +83 6 £45,000 -35.71% 2
Wales +11 6 £65,000 +41.30% 1
East of England +9 3 £80,000 +36.17% 2
North East - 1 £80,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 158 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (38.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (37.97%) Risk Management
4 49 (31.01%) Information Security
5 46 (29.11%) Security Management
6 41 (25.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (24.68%) Security Cleared
8 35 (22.15%) Information Assurance
8 35 (22.15%) NCSC
9 34 (21.52%) SC Cleared
10 33 (20.89%) Cyberattack
11 32 (20.25%) Vulnerability Management
12 31 (19.62%) CISSP
13 29 (18.35%) Microsoft
14 24 (15.19%) Social Skills
15 23 (14.56%) Cyber Essentials
16 22 (13.92%) Security Operations
17 21 (13.29%) NIST
18 20 (12.66%) CISM
19 18 (11.39%) Penetration Testing
20 17 (10.76%) GDPR
21 16 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
21 16 (10.13%) SIEM
21 16 (10.13%) Finance
22 15 (9.49%) Management Information System
22 15 (9.49%) Data Protection
22 15 (9.49%) Incident Response
23 14 (8.86%) GRC
23 14 (8.86%) Retail
23 14 (8.86%) ITIL

Cybersecurity 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (6.33%) Azure
3 6 (3.80%) AWS
4 5 (3.16%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.27%) SaaS
6 1 (0.63%) GCP
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.63%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.33%) Network Security
2 4 (2.53%) Firewall
3 2 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.27%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.63%) DNS
4 1 (0.63%) Internet
4 1 (0.63%) Intranet
4 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.63%) SSL
4 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.63%) Git
General
1 24 (15.19%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.13%) Finance
3 14 (8.86%) Retail
4 13 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (4.43%) Legal
5 7 (4.43%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.16%) Automotive
6 5 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.53%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.53%) Law
8 3 (1.90%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.90%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.27%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.63%) Games
10 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) LDAP
1 2 (1.27%) SAML
2 1 (0.63%) CSS
2 1 (0.63%) HTML
2 1 (0.63%) RESTful
2 1 (0.63%) Web Services
2 1 (0.63%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (20.89%) Cyberattack
2 15 (9.49%) Management Information System
3 12 (7.59%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (6.96%) Security Posture
5 10 (6.33%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.80%) Freedom of Information
7 6 (3.80%) Virtual Team
8 5 (3.16%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.90%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.90%) NHS
9 3 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.27%) CESG
10 2 (1.27%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.27%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.27%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.63%) PKI
11 1 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.43%) Windows
2 2 (1.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (37.97%) Risk Management
3 49 (31.01%) Information Security
4 46 (29.11%) Security Management
5 41 (25.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (22.15%) Information Assurance
7 32 (20.25%) Vulnerability Management
8 22 (13.92%) Security Operations
9 18 (11.39%) Penetration Testing
10 16 (10.13%) SIEM
11 15 (9.49%) Data Protection
11 15 (9.49%) Incident Response
12 14 (8.86%) ITIL
13 13 (8.23%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (8.23%) Mentoring
13 13 (8.23%) Service Delivery
14 12 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 10 (6.33%) Computer Science
16 9 (5.70%) Red Team
17 8 (5.06%) Purple Team
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.90%) Python
2 2 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (24.68%) Security Cleared
2 34 (21.52%) SC Cleared
3 31 (19.62%) CISSP
4 20 (12.66%) CISM
5 13 (8.23%) DBS Check
5 13 (8.23%) Degree
6 10 (6.33%) CEH
6 10 (6.33%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (5.70%) CCNA
7 9 (5.70%) GIAC
8 6 (3.80%) CRISC
8 6 (3.80%) GPEN
8 6 (3.80%) PMI Certification
8 6 (3.80%) PMP
8 6 (3.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.27%) CASP
9 2 (1.27%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.27%) CISA
9 2 (1.27%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (38.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (22.15%) NCSC
3 23 (14.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (13.29%) NIST
5 17 (10.76%) GDPR
6 14 (8.86%) GRC
7 9 (5.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.80%) NIST 800
8 6 (3.80%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.27%) COBIT
10 2 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (5.70%) SCCM
2 6 (3.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 6 (3.80%) Nessus
3 3 (1.90%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.27%) Ansible
4 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.63%) QRadar
5 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.70%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.80%) Qualys
4 2 (1.27%) Darktrace
5 1 (0.63%) Alibaba
5 1 (0.63%) Google
5 1 (0.63%) SonicWALL
5 1 (0.63%) Splunk
5 1 (0.63%) Tripwire
5 1 (0.63%) VMware