Security Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Management over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 332 587
Rank change year-on-year -195 +255 -45
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 423 1,017 849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 1.02% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.07% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 355 355 462
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,778 £41,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,150 95,114 154,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 95.57% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59,851 56,202 82,517
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 -170 395 £65,000 - 125
UK excluding London -194 266 £60,000 -4.00% 81
London -70 141 £72,500 +3.57% 49
Work from Home -83 129 £62,500 -10.71% 66
South East -8 80 £65,000 +13.04% 19
North of England -107 59 £50,000 -28.57% 13
South West -2 53 £68,500 +3.40% 19
Midlands -89 40 £60,000 -4.00% 18
West Midlands -51 35 £65,000 +10.64% 12
North West -111 28 £50,000 +17.65% 7
Yorkshire +33 22 £56,500 -19.29% 2
East of England -48 19 £66,250 +6.00% 7
North East +1 9 £40,000 -42.86% 4
Wales +9 8 £46,604 +24.28%
Scotland -110 7 £37,250 -46.79% 6
East Midlands -34 5 £60,000 -11.11% 6

Security Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.95%) SAS
3 1 (0.24%) Apache
3 1 (0.24%) IIS
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.71%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.71%) Revit
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.60%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.47%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 87 (20.57%) Azure
2 81 (19.15%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (5.91%) SaaS
5 24 (5.67%) AWS
5 24 (5.67%) Cloud Computing
5 24 (5.67%) PaaS
6 23 (5.44%) IaaS
7 17 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
8 14 (3.31%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.36%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.89%) OneDrive
11 7 (1.65%) GCP
12 6 (1.42%) Azure Service Fabric
12 6 (1.42%) GitHub
13 5 (1.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (1.18%) Azure Storage
13 5 (1.18%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 64 (15.13%) Firewall
2 51 (12.06%) Network Security
3 26 (6.15%) LAN
4 21 (4.96%) WAN
5 18 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 17 (4.02%) DNS
6 17 (4.02%) Wireshark
7 14 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (1.89%) DHCP
8 8 (1.89%) Unified Communications
9 6 (1.42%) SAN
10 5 (1.18%) HTTP
10 5 (1.18%) MPLS
10 5 (1.18%) NAS
10 5 (1.18%) SNMP
10 5 (1.18%) VLAN
11 4 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.95%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.71%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.71%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (1.65%) Power BI
4 6 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.18%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.95%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.95%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.95%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 4 (0.95%) Tableau
7 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.71%) Big Data
7 3 (0.71%) Metadata
7 3 (0.71%) MS Access
7 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Git
2 5 (1.18%) JIRA
3 4 (0.95%) ESLint
3 4 (0.95%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (26.71%) Social Skills
2 90 (21.28%) Finance
3 59 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.75%) Legal
5 22 (5.20%) Telecoms
6 19 (4.49%) Law
7 11 (2.60%) Retail
8 10 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.13%) Marketing
10 8 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.42%) Advertising
12 5 (1.18%) Banking
12 5 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.95%) Local Government
13 4 (0.95%) Police
13 4 (0.95%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.71%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 108 (25.53%) Security Manager
2 79 (18.68%) Analyst
3 67 (15.84%) Information Manager
4 66 (15.60%) Information Security Manager
5 51 (12.06%) Security Analyst
6 48 (11.35%) Senior
7 46 (10.87%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 40 (9.46%) Security Assurance Manager
9 30 (7.09%) Information Assurance Manager
10 29 (6.86%) Architect
11 28 (6.62%) Senior Analyst
12 27 (6.38%) Lead
12 27 (6.38%) Security Architect
13 24 (5.67%) IT Analyst
14 23 (5.44%) IT Security Analyst
15 22 (5.20%) Security Engineer
16 18 (4.26%) Consultant
16 18 (4.26%) Senior Security Analyst
17 17 (4.02%) IT Manager
18 15 (3.55%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.49%) REST
2 12 (2.84%) Web Services
3 10 (2.36%) React
4 6 (1.42%) Middleware
4 6 (1.42%) SOAP
4 6 (1.42%) YAML
5 5 (1.18%) HTML
5 5 (1.18%) NETCONF
6 4 (0.95%) .NET
6 4 (0.95%) CSS
6 4 (0.95%) Jest
6 4 (0.95%) Redux
7 3 (0.71%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.71%) COM
7 3 (0.71%) WinForms
8 2 (0.47%) HTML5
8 2 (0.47%) OAuth
8 2 (0.47%) OpenID
8 2 (0.47%) SAML
9 1 (0.24%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 133 (31.44%) Management Information System
2 61 (14.42%) Security Posture
3 44 (10.40%) Cyberattack
4 30 (7.09%) Security Operations Centre
5 27 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
6 26 (6.15%) Data Centre
7 14 (3.31%) Cloud Native
7 14 (3.31%) Replication
8 12 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.13%) PMI
10 8 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.65%) Cyber Security Posture
11 7 (1.65%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.42%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
12 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (0.95%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 68 (16.08%) Windows
2 29 (6.86%) Linux
3 28 (6.62%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.31%) Android
4 14 (3.31%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.13%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.47%) Unix
8 2 (0.47%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (57.68%) Information Security
2 218 (51.54%) Cybersecurity
3 190 (44.92%) Information Security Management
4 131 (30.97%) Risk Management
5 90 (21.28%) ISMS
6 74 (17.49%) Incident Response
7 64 (15.13%) SIEM
8 59 (13.95%) Roadmaps
9 58 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 56 (13.24%) Security Operations
11 55 (13.00%) Project Management
12 53 (12.53%) Cloud Security
12 53 (12.53%) Security Architecture
13 51 (12.06%) Information Assurance
14 50 (11.82%) Vulnerability Management
15 47 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
16 44 (10.40%) Application Security
17 43 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
17 43 (10.17%) Incident Management
17 43 (10.17%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.80%) PowerShell
2 29 (6.86%) SQL
3 26 (6.15%) Python
4 16 (3.78%) C#
5 7 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.42%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.71%) VB
8 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 130 (30.73%) CISSP
2 80 (18.91%) Degree
3 65 (15.37%) CISM
4 50 (11.82%) Security Cleared
5 41 (9.69%) SC Cleared
6 38 (8.98%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (8.51%) CISA
8 34 (8.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 33 (7.80%) CCSP
10 27 (6.38%) SANS
11 24 (5.67%) GIAC
12 22 (5.20%) Master's Degree
13 20 (4.73%) CRISC
14 17 (4.02%) CEH
15 15 (3.55%) CCSK
15 15 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
15 15 (3.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 14 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
16 14 (3.31%) SSCP
17 10 (2.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (47.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 126 (29.79%) NIST
3 59 (13.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 56 (13.24%) GDPR
5 44 (10.40%) NCSC
6 41 (9.69%) GRC
7 39 (9.22%) PCI DSS
8 23 (5.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 19 (4.49%) COBIT
10 17 (4.02%) NIST 800
11 13 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (2.60%) ISO 9001
12 11 (2.60%) QA
12 11 (2.60%) SLA
13 8 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 6 (1.42%) HIPAA
14 6 (1.42%) ISO 22301
14 6 (1.42%) RMADS
14 6 (1.42%) Web Application Security Consortium
15 5 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 34 (8.04%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.13%) Firmware
5 6 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.71%) vSphere
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 28 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.78%) QRadar
2 16 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (3.31%) Nmap
4 13 (3.07%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 8 (1.89%) Nessus
6 5 (1.18%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.95%) Puppet
7 4 (0.95%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.47%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.47%) Terraform
9 1 (0.24%) Ansible
9 1 (0.24%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.24%) DatAdvantage
9 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.24%) SCCM
9 1 (0.24%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 100 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.09%) Splunk
3 21 (4.96%) Qualys
4 14 (3.31%) Cisco
4 14 (3.31%) Rapid7
4 14 (3.31%) Thycotic
5 13 (3.07%) VMware
6 12 (2.84%) IBM
7 11 (2.60%) Fortinet
8 8 (1.89%) Veeam
9 7 (1.65%) CA
10 5 (1.18%) Acronis
10 5 (1.18%) BT
10 5 (1.18%) Citrix
10 5 (1.18%) Dell
10 5 (1.18%) Google
10 5 (1.18%) Meraki
10 5 (1.18%) Mitel
10 5 (1.18%) Sophos
10 5 (1.18%) Synology