IT Security Manager Contract Job Trends in England

IT Security Manager
UK > England

The median IT Security Manager daily rate in England is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 498 540
Rank change year-on-year -38 +42 +195
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 8 15 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.027% 0.049% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.052% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 34
10th Percentile £360 £344 £525
25th Percentile £396 £463 £580
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £630 £675
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% -6.67% +17.39%
75th Percentile £626 £675 -
90th Percentile £654 £765 £768
UK median daily rate £500 £630 £675
% change year-on-year -20.63% -6.67% +17.39%

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 26,776 28,754 37,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 93.00% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,199 17,540 25,863
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
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 1,571 1,092 1,411
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.74 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.66 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -38.15% -11.37% +52.93%
75th Percentile £51.38 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.28 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.54% -17.16% +57.89%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IT Security Manager job vacancy trend in England

IT Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Security Manager job vacancies 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 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Manager in England

IT Security Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Security Manager job vacancies 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 4 November 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
Midlands - 3 £373 -
South East +5 2 £500 +2.56% 5
London -10 2 £640 -5.19% 5
West Midlands - 2 £372 -
North of England - 1 £573 -
Yorkshire - 1 £573 -
East Midlands - 1 £628 -
IT Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, IT 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 England region featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) NIST
3 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Culture Change
4 2 (25.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
5 1 (12.50%) Application Security
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) CEH
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (12.50%) CISM
5 1 (12.50%) CISMP
5 1 (12.50%) CISSP
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 1 (12.50%) COBIT
5 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
5 1 (12.50%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) CSSLP
5 1 (12.50%) Firewall

IT Security 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Culture Change
3 2 (25.00%) Due Diligence
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (12.50%) CEH
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CISMP
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) CSSLP
1 1 (12.50%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) COBIT
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft