Cybersecurity Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Cybersecurity Manager
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 454 471
Rank change year-on-year -27 +17 +130
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 63 57 94
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.21% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 64
10th Percentile £420 £450 £516
25th Percentile £481 £514 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +12.87%
75th Percentile £619 £681 £731
90th Percentile £710 £783 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.75 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £62.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 28,372 27,015 35,117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,130 16,817 24,123
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,748 878 1,358
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.70 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cybersecurity Manager job vacancy trend in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in England over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in England

Cybersecurity Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
London -14 29 £500 -23.08% 11
North of England -34 15 £600 +33.33% 7
South East -5 10 £536 -10.67% 7
Yorkshire - 10 £600 -
North West -25 5 £600 +33.33% 7
Midlands -42 4 £600 - 3
West Midlands -33 3 £600 - 3
South West -10 2 - - 8
East Midlands -17 1 £425 -
East of England -22 1 £750 +7.14% 5
Cybersecurity Manager
UK

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Cybersecurity 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 England region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 63 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (38.10%) Project Management
2 24 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (25.40%) CISSP
4 14 (22.22%) Agile
4 14 (22.22%) CISM
5 13 (20.63%) Azure
6 12 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (19.05%) Project Delivery
6 12 (19.05%) SIEM
7 11 (17.46%) Information Security
7 11 (17.46%) Risk Management
7 11 (17.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (15.87%) NIST
9 9 (14.29%) Change Management
9 9 (14.29%) Degree
9 9 (14.29%) Network Security
9 9 (14.29%) Roadmaps
10 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
10 8 (12.70%) PRINCE2
10 8 (12.70%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (11.11%) Cloud Security
11 7 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
11 7 (11.11%) Firewall
11 7 (11.11%) Incident Response
11 7 (11.11%) Security Operations
12 6 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (9.52%) DevOps
12 6 (9.52%) GDPR

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.63%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.76%) AWS
3 3 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (3.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) Network Security
2 7 (11.11%) Firewall
3 2 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (3.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.59%) DNS
4 1 (1.59%) HTTP
4 1 (1.59%) SMTP
4 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) JIRA
General
1 35 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 24 (38.10%) Finance
3 6 (9.52%) Banking
4 5 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.94%) Retail
5 3 (4.76%) Investment Banking
5 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Military
6 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Automotive
7 1 (1.59%) Japanese Language
7 1 (1.59%) Legal
7 1 (1.59%) Local Government
7 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
1 4 (6.35%) Operational Technology
1 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.17%) SCADA
3 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.59%) CSOC
4 1 (1.59%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (38.10%) Project Management
2 24 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (22.22%) Agile
4 12 (19.05%) Project Delivery
4 12 (19.05%) SIEM
5 11 (17.46%) Information Security
5 11 (17.46%) Risk Management
5 11 (17.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (14.29%) Change Management
6 9 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 8 (12.70%) PRINCE2
7 8 (12.70%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (11.11%) Cloud Security
8 7 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
8 7 (11.11%) Incident Response
8 7 (11.11%) Security Operations
9 6 (9.52%) DevOps
9 6 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) Bash
1 1 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (25.40%) CISSP
2 14 (22.22%) CISM
3 9 (14.29%) Degree
4 5 (7.94%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (7.94%) PMI Certification
4 5 (7.94%) PMP
4 5 (7.94%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 4 (6.35%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.76%) CEH
7 2 (3.17%) CCNA
7 2 (3.17%) CISA
7 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.17%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.17%) CRISC
7 2 (3.17%) GIAC
8 1 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.59%) APMG
8 1 (1.59%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (15.87%) NIST
3 6 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (9.52%) GDPR
4 4 (6.35%) NCSC
5 3 (4.76%) GRC
6 2 (3.17%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.17%) QA
7 1 (1.59%) COBIT
7 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.59%) PMBOK
7 1 (1.59%) SLA
7 1 (1.59%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.59%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.59%) Nessus
2 1 (1.59%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) Fortinet
2 5 (7.94%) Palo Alto
3 3 (4.76%) Splunk
4 1 (1.59%) Ariba
4 1 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.59%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.59%) Google
4 1 (1.59%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.59%) Qualys
4 1 (1.59%) Spotify