Operational Security Manager Contracts in the City of London

Operational Security Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Operational Security Manager daily rate in the City of London is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 June 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
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 125 167
Rank change year-on-year +4 +42 -
Contract jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.059% 0.093% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.098% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £775 £725 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £750 £520
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +44.23% -
75th Percentile £825 £775 £530
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £800 £750 £520
% change year-on-year +6.67% +44.23% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,592 2,049 3,254
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 95.08% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 1,427 2,197
10th Percentile £355 £348 £363
25th Percentile £450 £441 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.43%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £814
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 20
10th Percentile £18.70 £15.62 £15.37
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -35.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £46.25 £34.69 £72.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £46.15 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.26% -22.86% -13.58%

Operational Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Security Manager in the City of London

Operational Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Security Manager in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Operational Security Manager in the City of London

Operational Security Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 June 2025, Operational 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 City of London region featuring Operational Security Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Operational Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft