IT Security Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Security Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £606 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 381 437 490
Rank change year-on-year +56 +53 -70
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 10 19 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.079% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.084% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 18
10th Percentile £538 £435 £428
25th Percentile £566 £475 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £642 £719 £634
90th Percentile £691 £873 £638
UK median daily rate £675 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +22.73% - +2.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,146 22,670 29,649
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,707 15,894 20,753
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £595 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,224 1,166 1,488
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.46 £12.04
25th Percentile £15.74 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Manager within the UK excluding London 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
South West +19 5 £525 +16.67%
South East +18 3 £645 -25.22% 3
West Midlands +29 2 £606 +21.25% 5
Midlands +21 2 £606 +21.25% 5
IT Security Manager
UK

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (40.00%) Information Security
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (30.00%) Publishing
4 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (30.00%) Coaching
4 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Business Case
5 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Law
5 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) PMP
5 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) CyberArk
6 1 (10.00%) Business Process Mapping
6 1 (10.00%) Data Privacy
6 1 (10.00%) Line Management

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Publishing
3 2 (20.00%) Law
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (10.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Information Security
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Coaching
4 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Business Case
5 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
6 1 (10.00%) Data Security
6 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) COBIT
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (10.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft