Cybersecurity Manager Contract Job Trends in Central London

Cybersecurity Manager
London > Central London

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate in Central London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 123 150
Rank change year-on-year +5 +27 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 4 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.21% 0.35% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.37% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £643 £570
25th Percentile £463 £671 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £736 £600
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +22.71% -1.23%
75th Percentile £488 £796 £630
90th Percentile - £820 £647
London median daily rate £518 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -20.38% - +18.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,797 2,170 2,985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.62% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,379 2,090
10th Percentile £315 £363 £339
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +1.32%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
London median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 14
10th Percentile £17.79 £21.25 £16.73
25th Percentile £22.75 £25.80 £18.06
Median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% -1.41% -12.35%
75th Percentile £43.75 £74.38 £45.64
90th Percentile £64.84 £124.75 £63.88
London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.57% -6.67% +19.05%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in Central London

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in Central London

Cybersecurity Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 September 2025. 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
City of London -3 4 £475 -35.48% 2
Cybersecurity Manager
London

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Cybersecurity 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 Central London region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (50.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Burndown Charts
4 1 (25.00%) Epics
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto