Security Manager Contracts in England

Security Manager
UK > England

The median Security Manager daily rate in England is £645 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 352 423
Rank change year-on-year -15 +71 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 173 335 396
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.66% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.70% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 250 295
10th Percentile £463 £500 £434
25th Percentile £548 £550 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £618 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.45% +12.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £713 £673
90th Percentile £775 £820 £763
UK median daily rate £645 £618 £550
% change year-on-year +4.45% +12.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.70 £62.00 £78.25
Median hourly rate £31.80 £64.00 £80.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.31% -20.50% -
75th Percentile £32.90 £66.00 £82.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £31.80 £64.00 £80.50
% change year-on-year -50.31% -20.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,279 47,758 67,889
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,753 33,910 48,235
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,414 1,409 1,903
10th Percentile £12.94 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.60 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -3 100 £650 +4.00% 46
South West +24 23 £525 -18.79% 7
Midlands +26 16 £600 +9.09% 12
South East -1 15 £645 +3.20% 21
West Midlands +32 13 £606 +10.23% 9
North of England +28 11 £550 - 12
Yorkshire +21 6 £500 -4.76% 2
North West +21 5 £676 +20.18% 10
East of England +2 5 £550 -5.17% 11
East Midlands +15 1 £600 +20.00% 3
Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Security Manager contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 82 (47.40%) Cybersecurity
2 76 (43.93%) Project Management
3 62 (35.84%) Finance
4 48 (27.75%) Information Security
5 34 (19.65%) Project Delivery
5 34 (19.65%) Social Skills
6 32 (18.50%) CISSP
6 32 (18.50%) Security Cleared
7 28 (16.18%) Agile
7 28 (16.18%) Risk Management
8 27 (15.61%) CISM
8 27 (15.61%) PRINCE2
8 27 (15.61%) Static Application Security Testing
8 27 (15.61%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
9 25 (14.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (12.72%) Management Information System
10 22 (12.72%) SC Cleared
11 21 (12.14%) Microsoft
12 20 (11.56%) PMI Certification
12 20 (11.56%) Programme Management
12 20 (11.56%) Business Case
13 19 (10.98%) Security Operations
13 19 (10.98%) Vulnerability Management
13 19 (10.98%) CISA
14 18 (10.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 16 (9.25%) Decision-Making
16 15 (8.67%) Cloud Security
17 14 (8.09%) PMP
17 14 (8.09%) DV Cleared
17 14 (8.09%) Incident Response

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 2 (1.16%) Confluence
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.58%) Sage X3
1 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.51%) Azure
2 5 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.73%) Akamai
4 3 (1.73%) AWS
4 3 (1.73%) Cloudflare
4 3 (1.73%) Mimecast
4 3 (1.73%) SaaS
5 2 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.16%) IaaS
5 2 (1.16%) PaaS
6 1 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.58%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.36%) Network Security
2 7 (4.05%) Firewall
3 4 (2.31%) SNA
4 3 (1.73%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.73%) LAN
4 3 (1.73%) WAN
5 2 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.16%) Wireless
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.58%) SAN
6 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.58%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.58%) VoIP
6 1 (0.58%) VPN
6 1 (0.58%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.58%) Apache Hive
1 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.58%) MySQL
1 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 62 (35.84%) Finance
2 34 (19.65%) Social Skills
3 13 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (7.51%) Financial Institution
4 12 (6.94%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.78%) Banking
5 10 (5.78%) Military
6 9 (5.20%) Law
6 9 (5.20%) Legal
7 6 (3.47%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.47%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.89%) Publishing
9 4 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.31%) Retail
10 3 (1.73%) Marketing
11 2 (1.16%) Automotive
12 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.58%) EDI
1 1 (0.58%) OLE
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.72%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.36%) Security Posture
3 8 (4.62%) PMI
4 5 (2.89%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.31%) CCTV
5 4 (2.31%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.73%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.73%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.58%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.58%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.58%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.89%) Windows
2 4 (2.31%) Linux
3 2 (1.16%) Unix
3 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) Android
4 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (47.40%) Cybersecurity
2 76 (43.93%) Project Management
3 48 (27.75%) Information Security
4 34 (19.65%) Project Delivery
5 28 (16.18%) Agile
5 28 (16.18%) Risk Management
6 27 (15.61%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 27 (15.61%) PRINCE2
6 27 (15.61%) Static Application Security Testing
7 25 (14.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (11.56%) Business Case
8 20 (11.56%) Programme Management
9 19 (10.98%) Security Operations
9 19 (10.98%) Vulnerability Management
10 16 (9.25%) Decision-Making
11 15 (8.67%) Cloud Security
12 14 (8.09%) Incident Response
13 13 (7.51%) Waterfall
14 12 (6.94%) Security Testing
14 12 (6.94%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.73%) Java
2 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (18.50%) CISSP
1 32 (18.50%) Security Cleared
2 27 (15.61%) CISM
3 22 (12.72%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.56%) PMI Certification
5 19 (10.98%) CISA
6 14 (8.09%) DV Cleared
6 14 (8.09%) PMP
7 13 (7.51%) Degree
8 5 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.89%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.31%) CCIE
9 4 (2.31%) CCIE Security
9 4 (2.31%) MBA
10 2 (1.16%) CCIE Service Provider
10 2 (1.16%) CCNA
10 2 (1.16%) CCNP
10 2 (1.16%) CCSP
10 2 (1.16%) CSSLP
10 2 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.36%) NIST
3 8 (4.62%) GDPR
4 4 (2.31%) GRC
4 4 (2.31%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.73%) QA
6 2 (1.16%) SLA
7 1 (0.58%) COBIT
7 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.58%) FedRAMP
7 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.58%) Snort
3 1 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.58%) CASB
2 1 (0.58%) Kibana
2 1 (0.58%) PaperCut
2 1 (0.58%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (12.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.89%) Atlassian
3 4 (2.31%) Cisco
4 3 (1.73%) F5
5 2 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.16%) Darktrace
5 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.16%) SAP
5 2 (1.16%) Splunk
5 2 (1.16%) VMware
6 1 (0.58%) Google
6 1 (0.58%) HP
6 1 (0.58%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle
6 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.58%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.58%) Sage
6 1 (0.58%) Sophos
6 1 (0.58%) WatchGuard
6 1 (0.58%) Zscaler