Security Manager Contracts in the East of England

Security Manager
England > East of England

The median Security Manager daily rate in the East of England is £384, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 102 107
Rank change year-on-year +16 +5 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 2 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.19% 0.51% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.57% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 13
10th Percentile £272 - £500
25th Percentile £313 £300 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -30.43% +12.75%
75th Percentile £453 £454 £625
90th Percentile £493 £560 £825
England median daily rate £556 £613 £618
% change year-on-year -9.18% -0.81% +7.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £31.80 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £31.80 £47.75
% change year-on-year +57.23% -33.40% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 921 1,744 1,783
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.72% 89.12% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 754 1,102
10th Percentile £192 £213 £200
25th Percentile £339 £311 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £447 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.06% -5.89% -
75th Percentile £578 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 604 259
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.30 £15.50
Median hourly rate £38.00 £43.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +18.62% +93.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.88 £74.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.22% -9.47% +74.52%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the East of England

Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Manager in the East of England

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in the East of England

Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Manager in the East of England

Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the East of England region over the 6 months to 25 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +28 1 £249 -54.73% 1
Suffolk - 1 £519 -
Security Manager
England

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, 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 East of England region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS