Project Manager - Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Central London > City of London

The median Project Manager - Cybersecurity daily rate in the City of London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - 123
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager - Cybersecurity 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.22% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £434 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £643
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.08%
75th Percentile £494 - £684
90th Percentile £498 - £727
Central London median daily rate £475 - £643
% change year-on-year - - +7.08%

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 2,192 1,585 2,054
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 93.57% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,478 1,001 1,431
10th Percentile £355 £355 £344
25th Percentile £453 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 14
10th Percentile £17.42 £18.70 £14.90
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.21 £20.22
Median hourly rate £26.64 £28.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +25.27% -35.00%
75th Percentile £52.41 £46.25 £37.34
90th Percentile £65.00 £85.50 £47.18
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £28.15 £27.41
% change year-on-year -7.25% +2.72% -21.70%

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Project Manager - Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in the City of London

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2026, Project Manager - Cybersecurity 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 Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Confluence
3 2 (40.00%) JIRA
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Application Security
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) GitHub
4 1 (20.00%) NIST
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

Project Manager - Cybersecurity 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 (40.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Application Security
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NIST