Security Assurance Manager Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Security Assurance Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

As of 14 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Assurance Manager daily rate in Cardiff.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Assurance Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 290 199 210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.23% 95.67% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 142 148
10th Percentile £300 £213 £130
25th Percentile £325 £294 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £413 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.30% -15.38% +14.71%
75th Percentile £583 £495 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £632
South Wales median daily rate £461 £405 £425
% change year-on-year +13.89% -4.71% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 13
10th Percentile £13.24 - -
25th Percentile £15.75 £13.08 £15.48
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.54 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.11% -39.42% +12.94%
75th Percentile £21.10 £18.10 £25.60
90th Percentile £62.22 £22.82 £26.50
South Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £25.48
% change year-on-year -4.88% -19.54% -2.00%

Security Assurance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Assurance Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Security Assurance Manager job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Security Assurance Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 14 October 2026, Security Assurance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Security Assurance Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Security Assurance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft