Security Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Security Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Security Manager daily rate in the City of London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 103 121
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 12 18 13
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.65% 0.89% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.96% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 10
10th Percentile - £563 £505
25th Percentile £463 £614 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £645 £594
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% +8.63% -15.48%
75th Percentile £538 £684 £628
90th Percentile £590 £781 £713
Central London median daily rate £488 £645 £600
% change year-on-year -24.42% +7.50% -14.59%

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 1,718 1,883 2,330
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 92.94% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,155 1,668
10th Percentile £331 £363 £350
25th Percentile £424 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £675 £677 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £790
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £564
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 14
10th Percentile £20.18 £14.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £22.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £34.00 £48.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +95.92% -24.62%
75th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £52.50 £134.95 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +37.25% -12.07%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Security Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies 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 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Security 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (58.33%) Information Security
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (50.00%) Azure
3 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (41.67%) CISSP
5 4 (33.33%) Ariba
5 4 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
5 4 (33.33%) FinOps
5 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (25.00%) CISM
6 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (25.00%) GDPR
6 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
7 2 (16.67%) Change Management
7 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 2 (16.67%) Firewall
7 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
7 2 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (16.67%) NIST

Security 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (16.67%) SaaS
5 1 (8.33%) AWS
5 1 (8.33%) GCP
5 1 (8.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) LAN
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
3 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (58.33%) Information Security
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 4 (33.33%) FinOps
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 2 (16.67%) Patch Management
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Governance
5 2 (16.67%) SIEM
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (16.67%) Zero Trust
6 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) CISM
3 2 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) ISSMP
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (25.00%) GDPR
3 2 (16.67%) NIST
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
4 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Ariba
3 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (8.33%) VMware