Security Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Security Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Security Operations Manager daily rate in England is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 507 535
Rank change year-on-year -36 +28 +196
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 7 6 22
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.023% 0.020% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.022% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 19
10th Percentile £378 £554 £530
25th Percentile - £559 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £618 £700
Median % change year-on-year -13.20% -11.79% -4.70%
75th Percentile £600 £681 £800
90th Percentile £615 £738 £803
UK median daily rate £568 £600 £713
% change year-on-year -5.33% -15.79% -4.62%

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 28,356 27,251 35,230
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 92.91% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,121 16,963 24,204
10th Percentile £290 £300 £292
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
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 1,744 892 1,356
10th Percentile £14.35 £15.64 £15.29
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £19.87
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.35 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Security Operations Manager job vacancy trend in England

Security Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Operations Manager job vacancies 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 14 December 2025.

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 14 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
South East +5 5 £536 -10.67% 4
London -3 1 £600 -5.51% 7
Security Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Security Operations 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 Operations Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) CEH
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Resilience
3 3 (42.86%) GIAC
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) ADO
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Change Control
4 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) GDPR
4 2 (28.57%) Logistics
4 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Power BI
4 2 (28.57%) Power Platform

Security Operations 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
2 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (14.29%) CSOC
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) SCADA
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Resilience
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Change Control
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Logistics
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CEH
2 3 (42.86%) GIAC
3 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
4 1 (14.29%) APMG
4 1 (14.29%) CISM
4 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (14.29%) GCIA
4 1 (14.29%) ISSMP
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
1 1 (14.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk