Project Manager - Cybersecurity Contracts in England

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
UK > England

The median Project Manager - Cybersecurity daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 495 573
Rank change year-on-year +31 +78 +126
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager - Cybersecurity 21 47 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 38 57
10th Percentile £466 £500 £500
25th Percentile £500 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +2.08% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £660 £670 £708
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £575
% change year-on-year -10.20% +6.52% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £30.70 £62.00
Median hourly rate - £31.80 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year - -50.31% -
75th Percentile - £32.90 £66.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £31.80 £64.00
% change year-on-year - -50.31% -

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in England

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity in England.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in England

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in England

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
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 Project Manager - Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +26 9 £558 -14.23% 1
North of England +19 4 £563 +12.50% 1
South East +44 3 £500 -13.04% 1
Midlands +18 3 £613 -
West Midlands +11 3 £613 -2.00%
Yorkshire +8 3 £550 +10.00% 1
East of England +29 1 £700 -
North West +17 1 £575 +21.05%
Project Manager - Cybersecurity
UK

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Manager - Cybersecurity 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 England region featuring Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (71.43%) Project Management
3 10 (47.62%) Finance
4 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (28.57%) PMI Certification
4 6 (28.57%) Degree
4 6 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (23.81%) Risk Management
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
5 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
5 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
6 4 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (19.05%) Banking
6 4 (19.05%) PMP
6 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (14.29%) Dependency Management
7 3 (14.29%) Change Control
7 3 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
7 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
7 3 (14.29%) PRINCE
7 3 (14.29%) CISSP
7 3 (14.29%) PMI
7 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 3 (14.29%) Information Security
7 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
7 3 (14.29%) Scrum
7 3 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Banking
3 4 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Local Government
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 3 (14.29%) PMI
2 1 (4.76%) CMDB
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (71.43%) Project Management
3 6 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (23.81%) Agile
4 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
4 5 (23.81%) Risk Management
4 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (14.29%) Change Control
6 3 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
6 3 (14.29%) Dependency Management
6 3 (14.29%) Information Security
6 3 (14.29%) PRINCE
6 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 3 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
6 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 3 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 3 (14.29%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
1 6 (28.57%) PMI Certification
2 4 (19.05%) PMP
3 3 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (4.76%) CISM
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) CyberArk