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 6 May 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
6 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 344 426
Rank change year-on-year -28 +82 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 177 343 402
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.69% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.73% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 257 304
10th Percentile £463 £500 £440
25th Percentile £550 £550 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £620 £569
Median % change year-on-year +4.03% +8.96% +13.80%
75th Percentile £688 £718 £675
90th Percentile £775 £822 £763
UK median daily rate £640 £618 £550
% change year-on-year +3.68% +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 34,362 47,263 67,966
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,836 33,555 48,392
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,442 1,404 1,879
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.86 £77.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

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 6 May 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 6 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London +3 104 £650 +4.00% 57
South West +25 22 £525 -25.96% 6
Midlands +31 16 £600 +9.09% 9
South East -2 15 £645 +3.20% 14
West Midlands +22 14 £613 +11.36% 5
North of England +24 11 £550 - 13
Yorkshire +19 6 £500 -4.76% 3
North West +25 5 £676 +20.18% 10
East of England 0 5 £550 -7.56% 13
East Midlands +16 1 £600 +20.00% 4
Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 87 (49.15%) Cybersecurity
2 75 (42.37%) Project Management
3 63 (35.59%) Finance
4 47 (26.55%) Information Security
5 36 (20.34%) Project Delivery
6 34 (19.21%) Social Skills
6 34 (19.21%) CISSP
7 32 (18.08%) Security Cleared
8 30 (16.95%) Risk Management
9 29 (16.38%) CISM
9 29 (16.38%) PRINCE2
10 28 (15.82%) Agile
11 26 (14.69%) Static Application Security Testing
11 26 (14.69%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
12 25 (14.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (12.99%) SC Cleared
14 22 (12.43%) Microsoft
14 22 (12.43%) Management Information System
14 22 (12.43%) PMI Certification
15 21 (11.86%) Programme Management
15 21 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 21 (11.86%) Business Case
16 19 (10.73%) Cloud Security
16 19 (10.73%) CISA
17 18 (10.17%) Vulnerability Management
17 18 (10.17%) Security Operations
18 16 (9.04%) NIST
18 16 (9.04%) Decision-Making
19 15 (8.47%) PMP
19 15 (8.47%) Degree

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 3 (1.69%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.56%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.56%) Sage X3
1 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.91%) Azure
2 5 (2.82%) AWS
2 5 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.26%) SaaS
4 3 (1.69%) Akamai
4 3 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.69%) Cloudflare
4 3 (1.69%) Mimecast
5 2 (1.13%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.13%) IaaS
5 2 (1.13%) PaaS
6 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.65%) Network Security
2 7 (3.95%) Firewall
3 4 (2.26%) SNA
4 3 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.69%) LAN
4 3 (1.69%) WAN
5 2 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.13%) Wireless
6 1 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.56%) SAN
6 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.56%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.56%) VoIP
6 1 (0.56%) VPN
6 1 (0.56%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.56%) Apache Hive
1 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.56%) MySQL
1 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 63 (35.59%) Finance
2 34 (19.21%) Social Skills
3 14 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.34%) Financial Institution
5 11 (6.21%) Banking
6 10 (5.65%) Military
6 10 (5.65%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.08%) Law
7 9 (5.08%) Legal
8 6 (3.39%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.82%) Publishing
10 4 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.26%) Retail
11 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.69%) Marketing
12 2 (1.13%) Automotive
13 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) EDI
1 1 (0.56%) OLE
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.43%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.08%) PMI
2 9 (5.08%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.26%) CCTV
5 3 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.69%) Learning Management System
5 3 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.13%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.56%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.56%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.56%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.82%) Linux
1 5 (2.82%) Windows
2 3 (1.69%) Unix
3 2 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.56%) Android
4 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (49.15%) Cybersecurity
2 75 (42.37%) Project Management
3 47 (26.55%) Information Security
4 36 (20.34%) Project Delivery
5 30 (16.95%) Risk Management
6 29 (16.38%) PRINCE2
7 28 (15.82%) Agile
8 26 (14.69%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 26 (14.69%) Static Application Security Testing
9 25 (14.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (11.86%) Business Case
10 21 (11.86%) Programme Management
11 19 (10.73%) Cloud Security
12 18 (10.17%) Security Operations
12 18 (10.17%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (9.04%) Decision-Making
14 14 (7.91%) Incident Response
15 13 (7.34%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (7.34%) SIEM
16 12 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.69%) Java
2 1 (0.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (19.21%) CISSP
2 32 (18.08%) Security Cleared
3 29 (16.38%) CISM
4 23 (12.99%) SC Cleared
5 22 (12.43%) PMI Certification
6 19 (10.73%) CISA
7 15 (8.47%) Degree
7 15 (8.47%) PMP
8 13 (7.34%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.82%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.26%) MBA
11 3 (1.69%) CCIE
11 3 (1.69%) CCIE Security
11 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.13%) CCIE Service Provider
12 2 (1.13%) CCNA
12 2 (1.13%) CCNP
12 2 (1.13%) CCSP
12 2 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (9.04%) NIST
3 8 (4.52%) GDPR
4 4 (2.26%) GRC
4 4 (2.26%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.26%) QA
5 2 (1.13%) SLA
6 1 (0.56%) COBIT
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.56%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.56%) Snort
3 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.56%) CASB
2 1 (0.56%) Kibana
2 1 (0.56%) PaperCut
2 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.39%) Atlassian
3 4 (2.26%) Cisco
4 3 (1.69%) F5
4 3 (1.69%) Splunk
5 2 (1.13%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.13%) Darktrace
5 2 (1.13%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.13%) SAP
5 2 (1.13%) VMware
6 1 (0.56%) Google
6 1 (0.56%) HP
6 1 (0.56%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle
6 1 (0.56%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.56%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.56%) Sage
6 1 (0.56%) Sophos
6 1 (0.56%) WatchGuard
6 1 (0.56%) Zscaler
120 Security Manager jobs Nationwide