Security Project Manager Contracts in England

Security Project Manager
UK > England

The median Security Project Manager daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 443 475
Rank change year-on-year -4 +32 +91
Contract jobs requiring a Security Project Manager 38 99 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.27% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.29% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 81 135
10th Percentile £466 £513 £500
25th Percentile £512 £563 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £618
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +5.26% +17.62%
75th Percentile £609 £675 £688
90th Percentile £636 £689 £812
UK median daily rate £563 £650 £618
% change year-on-year -13.46% +5.26% +17.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £30.70 £62.00
Median hourly rate - £31.80 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year - -50.31% -20.50%
75th Percentile - £32.90 £66.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £31.80 £64.00
% change year-on-year - -50.31% -20.50%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Security Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Project Manager in England

Security Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Project Manager in England

Security Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Project Manager in England

Security Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Project Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Project Manager in England

Security Project 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 Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 0 19 £600 -7.69% 2
South East +48 11 £575 - 5
North of England +13 4 £550 +10.00% 2
Midlands +13 3 £550 -8.33% 1
Yorkshire +6 3 £550 +10.00% 1
West Midlands +6 3 £550 -9.28% 1
North West +13 1 - - 1
Security Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 24 (63.16%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (36.84%) Finance
2 14 (36.84%) Project Management
3 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
4 9 (23.68%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (18.42%) Agile
6 7 (18.42%) NIST
6 7 (18.42%) Project Delivery
7 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
7 5 (13.16%) Risk Management
7 5 (13.16%) Information Security
7 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
7 5 (13.16%) PMI Certification
7 5 (13.16%) Change Control
7 5 (13.16%) Degree
7 5 (13.16%) Data Protection
7 5 (13.16%) SIEM
7 5 (13.16%) Privileged Access Management
7 5 (13.16%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (13.16%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (10.53%) Banking
8 4 (10.53%) Operational Technology
8 4 (10.53%) Budget Management
8 4 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
9 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (7.89%) Snyk

Security Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) SonarCloud
2 2 (5.26%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.63%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Firewall
1 1 (2.63%) NAS
1 1 (2.63%) Network Security
1 1 (2.63%) SAN
1 1 (2.63%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (2.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Big Data
1 1 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
1 3 (7.89%) Snyk
General
1 14 (36.84%) Finance
2 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Banking
3 4 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Local Government
5 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Retail
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Operational Technology
2 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.89%) PMI
3 1 (2.63%) CCTV
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) IoT
3 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.63%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (63.16%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (36.84%) Project Management
3 9 (23.68%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (18.42%) Agile
5 7 (18.42%) Project Delivery
6 5 (13.16%) Change Control
6 5 (13.16%) Data Protection
6 5 (13.16%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (13.16%) Information Security
6 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
6 5 (13.16%) Privileged Access Management
6 5 (13.16%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (13.16%) Risk Management
6 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
6 5 (13.16%) SIEM
7 4 (10.53%) Budget Management
7 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Degree
1 5 (13.16%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.89%) CISM
2 3 (7.89%) CISSP
2 3 (7.89%) PMP
3 1 (2.63%) CRISC
3 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) NIST
2 4 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.63%) EU AI Act
3 1 (2.63%) ISO 14001
3 1 (2.63%) NCSC
3 1 (2.63%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.63%) KVM
1 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.63%) CyberArk
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle
2 1 (2.63%) Remedy
2 1 (2.63%) SAP
2 1 (2.63%) Workday