Security Manager Contracts in the City of London

Security Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Security Manager daily rate in the City of London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 140 178
Rank change year-on-year +29 +38 -33
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 14 30 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.64% 0.84% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.89% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 9
10th Percentile £493 £510 £525
25th Percentile £613 £550 £604
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £613
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +10.20% +11.36%
75th Percentile £775 £813 £750
90th Percentile £793 £838 £760
Central London median daily rate £650 £667 £613
% change year-on-year -2.55% +8.90% +13.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,071 3,377 3,976
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 95.10% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,468 2,292 3,001
10th Percentile £348 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £590 £563
% change year-on-year -6.78% +4.89% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 52
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -2.78% +105.71%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.97 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +108.60%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (57.14%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) NIST
4 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
4 3 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (21.43%) CISSP
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) CISM
5 2 (14.29%) Legal
5 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Coaching
5 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
5 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Darktrace
5 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
5 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
6 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
6 1 (7.14%) Business Case
6 1 (7.14%) GRC
6 1 (7.14%) Digital Identity
6 1 (7.14%) Security Operations

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 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
3 1 (7.14%) Law
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
2 3 (21.43%) Information Security
2 3 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 2 (14.29%) Coaching
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.14%) ISMS
4 1 (7.14%) Matrix Management
4 1 (7.14%) Performance Management
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.14%) Security Operations
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (7.14%) Threat Management
4 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CISSP
2 2 (14.29%) CISM
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) NIST
2 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.14%) GRC
3 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Darktrace
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft