Information Security Manager Contracts

Information Security Manager
UK

The median Information Security Manager daily rate in the UK is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 645 749
Rank change year-on-year +73 +104 -70
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 28 71 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 64 102
10th Percentile £363 £533 £463
25th Percentile £472 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £618 £588
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +5.11% +23.68%
75th Percentile £706 £700 £763
90th Percentile £749 £820 £774
UK excluding London median daily rate £665 £563 £650
% change year-on-year +18.22% -13.46% +30.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in the UK

Information Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Manager in the UK

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Manager in the UK

Information Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Manager in the UK

Information Security Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +87 27 £600 -2.83% 29
Work from Home +96 14 £525 -14.98% 9
London +86 14 £475 -23.08% 14
UK excluding London +52 13 £665 +18.22% 16
South West +29 7 £668 +21.36% 1
South East +16 6 £588 -7.84% 2

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Information 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 featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 24 (85.71%) Information Security
2 12 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (39.29%) Risk Management
4 10 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (28.57%) CISSP
6 7 (25.00%) Project Management
6 7 (25.00%) Information Assurance
6 7 (25.00%) Incident Response
7 6 (21.43%) Business Strategy
7 6 (21.43%) GDPR
7 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
7 6 (21.43%) CISM
7 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
7 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
7 6 (21.43%) Law
7 6 (21.43%) Legal
8 5 (17.86%) DV Cleared
8 5 (17.86%) Security Operations
8 5 (17.86%) Security Posture
9 4 (14.29%) GRC
9 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (14.29%) Supplier Management
9 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
9 4 (14.29%) PMI
9 4 (14.29%) PMI Certification
10 3 (10.71%) Finance
10 3 (10.71%) Agile
10 3 (10.71%) ISMS
10 3 (10.71%) Line Management
11 2 (7.14%) Social Skills

Information Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) AWS
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
1 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (3.57%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
General
1 6 (21.43%) Law
1 6 (21.43%) Legal
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Marketing
4 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
4 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Security Posture
2 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.29%) PMI
3 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (85.71%) Information Security
2 12 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (39.29%) Risk Management
4 7 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 7 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 7 (25.00%) Project Management
5 6 (21.43%) Business Strategy
5 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
6 5 (17.86%) Security Operations
7 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (14.29%) Supplier Management
8 3 (10.71%) Agile
8 3 (10.71%) ISMS
8 3 (10.71%) Line Management
9 2 (7.14%) Cloud Security
9 2 (7.14%) Network Architecture
9 2 (7.14%) Programme Management
9 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
9 2 (7.14%) Remediation Plan
9 2 (7.14%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) CISSP
2 6 (21.43%) CISM
2 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (17.86%) DV Cleared
4 4 (14.29%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.57%) CISA
5 1 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.57%) Degree
5 1 (3.57%) ISACA
5 1 (3.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (21.43%) GDPR
3 4 (14.29%) GRC
4 2 (7.14%) NIST
4 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.57%) COBIT
5 1 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) CASB
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
2 1 (3.57%) Rapid7