Security Management Contracts in England

Security Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 499 526
Rank change year-on-year +61 +27 -55
Contract jobs citing Security Management 110 171 262
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.37% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 126 191
10th Percentile £370 £400 £400
25th Percentile £513 £503 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £581 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +5.68% +10.00%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £647
90th Percentile £835 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £36.40 £25.85
25th Percentile - £38.50 £26.00
Median hourly rate £83.41 £42.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +98.60% +52.73% -27.25%
75th Percentile - £47.88 £28.75
90th Percentile - £51.40 -
UK median hourly rate £83.41 £42.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +98.60% +52.73% -27.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,205 45,779 64,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.51% 90.27% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,157 32,091 45,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,623 1,778
10th Percentile £12.87 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.62 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.16
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in England

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Management in England

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Management in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in England

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in England

Security Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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 +86 53 £650 +18.18% 30
South East -1 23 £495 -29.29% 18
South West +22 15 £688 +10.00% 10
North of England +29 12 £575 +15.00% 18
North West +14 7 £575 +15.00% 14
Midlands +4 5 £525 -12.50% 9
West Midlands +5 4 £575 -4.17% 6
Yorkshire +23 3 £575 +21.05% 1
North East - 2 £423 - 3
East of England +11 1 £550 - 8
East Midlands - 1 £250 - 3
Security Management
UK

Security Management
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 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.91%) Confluence
3 1 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (6.36%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.82%) HFM
2 2 (1.82%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.73%) Azure
2 12 (10.91%) AWS
3 11 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.64%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.82%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.91%) IaaS
6 1 (0.91%) PaaS
6 1 (0.91%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.91%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (27.27%) Network Security
2 17 (15.45%) Firewall
3 6 (5.45%) DNS
3 6 (5.45%) VoIP
3 6 (5.45%) VPN
4 5 (4.55%) NAS
4 5 (4.55%) SAN
4 5 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.55%) VLAN
5 4 (3.64%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (3.64%) IP Telephony
5 4 (3.64%) iSCSI
5 4 (3.64%) SSL
6 3 (2.73%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.82%) AMQP
7 2 (1.82%) DMZ
7 2 (1.82%) Modbus
7 2 (1.82%) MQTT
7 2 (1.82%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.82%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.82%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.00%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.82%) Essbase
3 2 (1.82%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (1.82%) Oracle Database 11g
3 2 (1.82%) Oracle ODI
3 2 (1.82%) Tableau
4 1 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.91%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.91%) JIRA
General
1 22 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 20 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 16 (14.55%) Finance
4 9 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.36%) Billing
6 6 (5.45%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.73%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.73%) Marketing
7 3 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.73%) Police
8 2 (1.82%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Law
9 1 (0.91%) Legal
9 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (29.09%) Architect
2 22 (20.00%) Consultant
3 20 (18.18%) Security Consultant
4 19 (17.27%) Security Architect
5 13 (11.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 12 (10.91%) Lead
7 8 (7.27%) Analyst
8 7 (6.36%) Information Security Officer
8 7 (6.36%) Oracle Architect
8 7 (6.36%) Security Officer
9 6 (5.45%) Chief Information Security Officer
9 6 (5.45%) Chief Security Officer
9 6 (5.45%) Security Engineer
10 5 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.55%) Security Analyst
11 4 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 4 (3.64%) Security Manager
11 4 (3.64%) Senior
11 4 (3.64%) Technical Leader
12 3 (2.73%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.82%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (1.82%) JSON
1 2 (1.82%) Web Services
1 2 (1.82%) XML
1 2 (1.82%) XSLT
2 1 (0.91%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.36%) Management Information System
2 12 (10.91%) Data Centre
3 9 (8.18%) Blog
3 9 (8.18%) Replication
4 5 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (4.55%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.64%) PKI
6 3 (2.73%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.73%) NHS
7 2 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.82%) IoT
7 2 (1.82%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.91%) Clustering
8 1 (0.91%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.91%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.91%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.82%) Windows
2 12 (10.91%) Linux
3 6 (5.45%) Unix
4 5 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.91%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (57.27%) Information Security
2 57 (51.82%) Information Security Management
3 47 (42.73%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (28.18%) Risk Management
5 20 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 20 (18.18%) Information Assurance
6 19 (17.27%) ITIL
6 19 (17.27%) Security Architecture
6 19 (17.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (16.36%) Identity Access Management
7 18 (16.36%) ISMS
7 18 (16.36%) Risk Assessment
8 13 (11.82%) Architectural Patterns
8 13 (11.82%) Capacity Management
9 12 (10.91%) Application Security
9 12 (10.91%) Change Management
10 11 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (10.00%) Migration
10 11 (10.00%) OWASP
10 11 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.73%) SQL
2 9 (8.18%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.64%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (34.55%) Security Cleared
2 32 (29.09%) SC Cleared
3 31 (28.18%) CISSP
4 27 (24.55%) CISM
5 15 (13.64%) CISA
6 14 (12.73%) Degree
7 8 (7.27%) CREST Certified
7 8 (7.27%) ISACA
7 8 (7.27%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (6.36%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (6.36%) CRISC
8 7 (6.36%) DV Cleared
9 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (4.55%) SAP Certification
11 4 (3.64%) CCNA
11 4 (3.64%) MCSE
11 4 (3.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (2.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (1.82%) CCSK
13 2 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (32.73%) NIST
2 31 (28.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (20.91%) NCSC
4 16 (14.55%) COBIT
5 15 (13.64%) GDPR
6 12 (10.91%) GRC
7 6 (5.45%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (2.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (2.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (2.73%) SLA
9 2 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.91%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.91%) GxP
10 1 (0.91%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.91%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.91%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.91%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.91%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (12.73%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.64%) Firmware
3 4 (3.64%) vSphere
4 2 (1.82%) Docker
4 2 (1.82%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.91%) vCloud
5 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.82%) Grafana
1 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.91%) Avamar
2 1 (0.91%) SCCM
2 1 (0.91%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.91%) Oracle
3 9 (8.18%) VMware
4 7 (6.36%) SAP
5 6 (5.45%) Genesys
6 5 (4.55%) Cisco
7 3 (2.73%) Citrix
8 2 (1.82%) CA
8 2 (1.82%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.82%) Informatica
8 2 (1.82%) Meraki
8 2 (1.82%) Sophos
9 1 (0.91%) Cadence
9 1 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.91%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.91%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.91%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (0.91%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.91%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.91%) Sage