Security Management Contracts in the City of London

Security Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 111 150
Rank change year-on-year -12 +39 +37
Contract jobs citing Security Management 6 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.32% 0.63% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.69% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 12
10th Percentile £373 £455 £510
25th Percentile £425 £514 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £675
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -16.70% +17.43%
75th Percentile £769 £741 £750
90th Percentile £908 £750 £773
Central London median daily rate £525 £563 £675
% change year-on-year -6.67% -16.70% +38.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,764 1,892 2,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.28% 91.80% 90.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,265 2,007
10th Percentile £325 £378 £363
25th Percentile £425 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £714
90th Percentile £773 £789 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 15
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £19.79 £14.75
Median hourly rate £28.33 £26.63 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -3.18% -35.85%
75th Percentile £53.50 £82.19 £47.41
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £62.45
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.55% -23.49% -16.67%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the City of London

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Management in the City of London

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in the City of London

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Management in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in the City of London

Security Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (33.33%) Modbus
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Law
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (33.33%) Insider Threat
3 2 (33.33%) Life Science
3 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (33.33%) SCADA
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Antivirus Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Flow Diagram
3 2 (33.33%) ISMS
3 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Network Design
3 2 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) People Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Perl
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (33.33%) CCNA
1 2 (33.33%) CCNP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) CISA
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) GIAC
2 1 (16.67%) GSEC
2 1 (16.67%) ISACA
2 1 (16.67%) SANS
2 1 (16.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (16.67%) NCSC
3 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Rockwell
2 1 (16.67%) Exabeam
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk