Security Operations Manager Contracts

Security Operations Manager
UK

The median Security Operations Manager daily rate in the UK is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 702 820
Rank change year-on-year +124 +118 -133
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 13 16 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.027% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.029% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 25
10th Percentile £510 £525 £530
25th Percentile £575 £544 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £620 £625
Median % change year-on-year +20.97% -0.80% +18.15%
75th Percentile £800 £775 £700
90th Percentile £803 £786 £791
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £750 £650
% change year-on-year -20.00% +15.38% +23.81%

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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
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 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Manager in the UK

Security Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Manager in the UK

Security Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Manager in the UK

Security Operations Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +111 13 £750 +20.97% 8
London +101 11 £750 +20.97% 5
Work from Home +128 4 £800 +14.29% 2
UK excluding London +63 2 £600 -20.00% 4
South West - 2 £600 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Security Operations 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 Security Operations Manager in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Security Operations
2 6 (46.15%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
4 4 (30.77%) Azure
4 4 (30.77%) CISM
4 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (30.77%) CISSP
5 3 (23.08%) SIEM
5 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
5 3 (23.08%) NIST
6 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (15.38%) IaaS
6 2 (15.38%) Coaching
6 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
6 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) SaaS
6 2 (15.38%) PaaS
6 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
6 2 (15.38%) Firewall
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
6 2 (15.38%) Agile

Security Operations 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 4 (30.77%) Azure
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) IaaS
2 2 (15.38%) PaaS
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.69%) VoIP
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
1 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Security Operations
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
4 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
4 3 (23.08%) SIEM
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Coaching
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Identity
6 1 (7.69%) IT Strategy
6 1 (7.69%) People Management
6 1 (7.69%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (7.69%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 1 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (7.69%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) CISM
2 4 (30.77%) CISSP
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (7.69%) CCSK
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) GCIA
3 1 (7.69%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
2 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Meraki
2 1 (7.69%) Sophos
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