Information Security Manager Contracts in Central London

Information Security Manager
London > Central London

The median Information Security Manager daily rate in Central London is £695, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 132 169
Rank change year-on-year +8 +37 +26
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 5 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.25% 0.041% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.043% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £631 - £814
25th Percentile £646 £463 £816
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £695 £475 £820
Median % change year-on-year +46.32% -42.07% +26.15%
75th Percentile £746 £488 £829
90th Percentile £764 - £834
London median daily rate £480 £475 £618
% change year-on-year +1.05% -23.08% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
London median hourly rate £35.00 - -

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 1,852 2,329 3,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.22% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,658 2,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 32 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.81 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £43.38 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in Central London

Information Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Manager in Central London

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Manager in Central London

Information Security 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 Information Security Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +9 2 £695 +46.32% 4
Information Security Manager
London

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the Central London region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Time Management
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) CRISC
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (20.00%) Local Government
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) COBIT
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (20.00%) Due Diligence
4 1 (20.00%) NIST
4 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership

Information Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Time Management
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Due Diligence
4 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) COBIT
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST