Security Operations Manager Contracts in England

Security Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Security Operations Manager daily rate in England is £775 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 648 764
Rank change year-on-year +125 +116 -140
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 13 12 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.035% 0.024% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.025% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 21
10th Percentile £510 £522 £556
25th Percentile £575 £528 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £620 £625
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -0.80% +19.05%
75th Percentile £800 £675 £725
90th Percentile £803 £800 £794
UK median daily rate £775 £620 £625
% change year-on-year +25.00% -0.80% +18.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Manager in England

Security Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Manager in England

Security Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Manager in England

Security Operations 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 Operations Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +103 11 £788 +27.02% 8
South West - 2 £600 - 1
Security Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Security Operations 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 Security Operations Manager in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Security Operations
2 7 (53.85%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Azure
4 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
4 4 (30.77%) Security Posture
5 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
5 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 3 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (23.08%) SIEM
6 2 (15.38%) SaaS
6 2 (15.38%) PaaS
6 2 (15.38%) CISM
6 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (15.38%) IaaS
6 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Firewall
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
6 2 (15.38%) CISSP
7 1 (7.69%) Meraki
7 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (7.69%) People Management

Security Operations 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) IaaS
2 2 (15.38%) PaaS
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.69%) VoIP
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Security Posture
2 3 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Security Operations
2 7 (53.85%) Information Security
3 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
4 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
4 3 (23.08%) SIEM
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (7.69%) Change Management
6 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
6 1 (7.69%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Operations Management
6 1 (7.69%) Resource Management
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.69%) Security Management
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) CISM
3 2 (15.38%) CISSP
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CCSK
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) GCIA
4 1 (7.69%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Meraki
2 1 (7.69%) Sophos