Cybersecurity Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Cybersecurity Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate in the City of London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 113 121
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 11 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.57% 0.22% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 6
10th Percentile - - £572
25th Percentile £463 £809 £589
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £823 £625
Median % change year-on-year -42.25% +31.60% -0.40%
75th Percentile £519 £836 £638
90th Percentile £538 - £696
Central London median daily rate £488 £823 £625
% change year-on-year -40.73% +31.60% -0.40%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,806 1,675 2,260
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 92.90% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,240 1,011 1,620
10th Percentile £350 £350 £342
25th Percentile £431 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +1.05% -3.56%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.50% -4.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 21
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.37 £26.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £37.25 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +60.42% -31.43%
75th Percentile £48.67 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.34 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.74% +34.62% -20.00%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Cybersecurity Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 17 February 2026, Cybersecurity 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 City of London region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (36.36%) CISSP
3 4 (36.36%) SIEM
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
4 3 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (27.27%) CISM
4 3 (27.27%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 3 (27.27%) Information Security
4 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 2 (18.18%) Confluence
5 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (18.18%) Firewall
5 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
5 2 (18.18%) GDPR
5 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (18.18%) JIRA

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) SIEM
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (27.27%) Information Security
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
4 2 (18.18%) Server Management
4 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (18.18%) Zero Trust
5 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
5 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
5 1 (9.09%) Project Governance
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (9.09%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
2 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) Ariba