IT Security Manager Contracts in England

IT Security Manager
UK > England

The median IT Security Manager daily rate in England is £575, 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 474 510 612
Rank change year-on-year +36 +102 +138
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 11 32 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.086% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.093% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 28 35
10th Percentile £505 £556 £465
25th Percentile £513 £589 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £688 - £680
90th Percentile £740 £783 £865
UK median daily rate £575 £675 £550
% change year-on-year -14.81% +22.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 - -

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%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in England

IT Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Security Manager in England

IT Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Manager in England

IT Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Manager in England

IT Security 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 IT Security Manager 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 +23 6 £675 - 8
South East +46 3 - - 2
Midlands +21 1 £500 -17.53% 1
West Midlands +13 1 £500 -17.53%
North of England - 1 £525 -
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -
IT Security Manager
UK

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 England region featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Agile
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (36.36%) Information Security
4 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
5 3 (27.27%) Degree
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (27.27%) CISSP
5 3 (27.27%) NIST
6 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 2 (18.18%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Business Impact Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Time Management
6 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 2 (18.18%) SIEM
6 2 (18.18%) GRC
6 2 (18.18%) CISM
6 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
6 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (18.18%) Security Testing
7 1 (9.09%) Network Security
7 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
7 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
7 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (9.09%) Security Architecture

IT Security Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Internet
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) Information Security
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Impact Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Impact Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
5 2 (18.18%) Security Testing
5 2 (18.18%) SIEM
5 2 (18.18%) Time Management
5 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.09%) Business Case
6 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
6 1 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Register
6 1 (9.09%) SOAR
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CISSP
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) CISM
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) CISA
3 1 (9.09%) ISEB
3 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) GRC
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (9.09%) COBIT
3 1 (9.09%) GDPR
3 1 (9.09%) QA
3 1 (9.09%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Qualys