Security Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Security Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Security Operations Manager daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 510 562
Rank change year-on-year -3 +52 +187
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 6 9 19
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.020% 0.029% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.031% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 16
10th Percentile - £543 £535
25th Percentile £536 £559 £634
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £693 £700
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% -1.07% +8.74%
75th Percentile - £775 £781
90th Percentile £615 - £806
UK median daily rate £600 £693 £700
% change year-on-year -13.36% -1.07% +8.74%

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 26,862 28,918 36,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 93.00% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,264 17,647 25,665
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £404 £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 £749 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,582 1,089 1,403
10th Percentile £14.09 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £21.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%
75th Percentile £51.44 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +55.71%

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
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 6 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
South East +3 3 £536 -10.67% 5
London -11 2 £600 -20.00% 4
Security Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 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 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) ADO
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) GDPR
3 2 (33.33%) Logistics
3 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Power BI
3 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (33.33%) SIEM
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) APMG
4 1 (16.67%) Behavioural Change
4 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) CEH
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security

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 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) CSOC
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Logistics
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) SIEM
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) APMG
2 1 (16.67%) CEH
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (16.67%) GCIA
2 1 (16.67%) GIAC
2 1 (16.67%) ISSMP
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NCSC
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Nessus
1 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Qualys
1 1 (16.67%) Splunk