Security Manager Contracts in Cheshire

Security Manager
North West > Cheshire

The median Security Manager daily rate in Cheshire is £394, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 53 45
Rank change year-on-year -16 -8 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.79% 0.40% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.42% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £318 - £570
25th Percentile £345 £555 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £560 £700
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% -20.00% +45.08%
75th Percentile £445 £565 £750
90th Percentile £474 - -
North West median daily rate £544 £560 £575
% change year-on-year -2.90% -2.61% +19.17%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 563 478 352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 94.65% 86.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 312 215
10th Percentile £274 £311 £275
25th Percentile £358 £382 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £519 £567 £588
90th Percentile £638 £640 £639
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 22 28
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.75 £13.96 £22.31
Median hourly rate £30.99 £35.00 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +14.20% +40.71%
75th Percentile £37.08 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £58.63 £47.13 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.65
% change year-on-year -28.14% +14.20% +34.71%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in Cheshire

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Cheshire

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in Cheshire over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in Cheshire

Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Warrington -1 1 £300 - 1
Crewe - 1 - - 1
Security Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, 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 Cheshire region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) AlgoSec
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resilience Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) PMBOK
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) NCSC
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) CISM

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Automotive
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
1 1 (20.00%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) AlgoSec
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft