Security Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Security Manager
UK > England

The median Security Manager daily rate in England is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 352 321
Rank change year-on-year -72 -31 +82
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 113 144 253
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.50% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.54% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 91 177
10th Percentile £402 £450 £524
25th Percentile £458 £514 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £634 £675 £719
90th Percentile £693 £738 £783
UK median daily rate £536 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -10.67% -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £48.03 - -
25th Percentile £48.81 - -
Median hourly rate £53.75 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +53.57% - -
75th Percentile £59.81 - -
90th Percentile £61.28 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £35.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year +53.57% -38.05% -29.38%

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 28,730 26,847 34,730
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.95% 93.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,314 16,727 23,863
10th Percentile £293 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -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 1,773 846 1,347
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.83 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Security Manager job vacancy trend in England

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in England

Security Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

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 Security Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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 -24 55 £533 -15.14% 23
South East -22 17 £523 -12.92% 18
North of England -48 15 £600 +18.23% 8
Midlands -31 11 £463 -22.92% 6
Yorkshire -42 9 £600 +17.07%
East of England -21 7 £750 +5.26% 5
East Midlands -14 6 £444 - 2
North West -31 6 £544 +13.99% 8
West Midlands -29 5 £600 - 4
South West -7 4 £750 +30.43% 11
Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 78 (69.03%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (34.51%) Project Management
2 39 (34.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (26.55%) Information Security
4 27 (23.89%) CISSP
5 23 (20.35%) Azure
6 21 (18.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (18.58%) Microsoft
7 20 (17.70%) CISM
8 17 (15.04%) Project Delivery
8 17 (15.04%) SIEM
9 16 (14.16%) Incident Response
9 16 (14.16%) Security Cleared
9 16 (14.16%) Security Operations
9 16 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (13.27%) Agile
11 14 (12.39%) SC Cleared
12 13 (11.50%) NIST
12 13 (11.50%) PRINCE2
12 13 (11.50%) Risk Management
13 12 (10.62%) Degree
14 11 (9.73%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (9.73%) Network Security
14 11 (9.73%) Vulnerability Management
15 10 (8.85%) Change Management
15 10 (8.85%) Cloud Security
15 10 (8.85%) Data Protection
15 10 (8.85%) GDPR
16 9 (7.96%) AWS
16 9 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.35%) Azure
2 9 (7.96%) AWS
3 6 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.42%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (4.42%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.65%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.77%) GCP
7 2 (1.77%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.73%) Network Security
2 6 (5.31%) Firewall
3 4 (3.54%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.65%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.88%) Broadband
5 1 (0.88%) DNS
5 1 (0.88%) HTTP
5 1 (0.88%) SMTP
5 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.88%) VPN
5 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.77%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (5.31%) JIRA
General
1 47 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 34 (30.09%) Finance
3 8 (7.08%) Banking
3 8 (7.08%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.31%) Retail
5 5 (4.42%) Legal
5 5 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.65%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.65%) Police
7 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.77%) French Language
8 2 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.77%) Military
9 1 (0.88%) Automotive
9 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.88%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.77%) ADO
1 2 (1.77%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.88%) Hibernate
2 1 (0.88%) LDAP
2 1 (0.88%) OAuth
2 1 (0.88%) OpenID
2 1 (0.88%) SAML
2 1 (0.88%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.42%) Security Posture
2 4 (3.54%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.54%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.54%) Operational Technology
2 4 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.65%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.77%) CCTV
4 2 (1.77%) CSOC
4 2 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.77%) SCADA
5 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.88%) CMDB
5 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.88%) IoT
5 1 (0.88%) NHS
5 1 (0.88%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.88%) Linux
1 1 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (69.03%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (34.51%) Project Management
2 39 (34.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (26.55%) Information Security
4 17 (15.04%) Project Delivery
4 17 (15.04%) SIEM
5 16 (14.16%) Incident Response
5 16 (14.16%) Security Operations
5 16 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (13.27%) Agile
7 13 (11.50%) PRINCE2
7 13 (11.50%) Risk Management
8 11 (9.73%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (8.85%) Change Management
9 10 (8.85%) Cloud Security
9 10 (8.85%) Data Protection
10 9 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (7.96%) DevOps
10 9 (7.96%) Programme Management
10 9 (7.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.88%) Bash
1 1 (0.88%) Java
1 1 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (23.89%) CISSP
2 20 (17.70%) CISM
3 16 (14.16%) Security Cleared
4 14 (12.39%) SC Cleared
5 12 (10.62%) Degree
6 7 (6.19%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (6.19%) PMI Certification
6 7 (6.19%) PMP
7 5 (4.42%) CEH
8 4 (3.54%) GIAC
8 4 (3.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.65%) CISMP
9 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (1.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.77%) CCNA
10 2 (1.77%) CRISC
10 2 (1.77%) GCIH
10 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (11.50%) NIST
3 11 (9.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (8.85%) GDPR
5 7 (6.19%) NCSC
6 5 (4.42%) GRC
7 3 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.65%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.88%) COBIT
8 1 (0.88%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.88%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.88%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.88%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.88%) Nessus
2 1 (0.88%) QRadar
2 1 (0.88%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 21 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.31%) Palo Alto
3 5 (4.42%) Fortinet
4 4 (3.54%) Ariba
4 4 (3.54%) Google
4 4 (3.54%) Splunk
5 1 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.88%) Darktrace
5 1 (0.88%) IBM
5 1 (0.88%) Ping Identity
5 1 (0.88%) Proofpoint
5 1 (0.88%) Qualys
5 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.88%) Spotify
5 1 (0.88%) Zscaler