Security Manager Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Security Manager
North West > Lancashire

The median Security Manager daily rate in Lancashire is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £575 - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - -
75th Percentile £686 - -
90th Percentile £744 - -
North West median daily rate £620 £450 £676
% change year-on-year +37.78% -33.43% +25.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 258 158 168
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.76% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 90 79
10th Percentile £164 £153 £200
25th Percentile £359 £438 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £746 £597 £674
90th Percentile £950 £630 £783
North West median daily rate £460 £474 £495
% change year-on-year -2.90% -4.29% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 17 57
10th Percentile £28.45 £14.34 £14.49
25th Percentile £41.94 £22.98 £25.60
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.12% -36.11% +10.86%
75th Percentile £71.50 £31.52 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £49.07 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.52 £26.39
% change year-on-year +42.77% +19.44% -14.17%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Security Manager job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Lancashire

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in Lancashire over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in Lancashire

Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 3 April 2026. 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
Lancaster - 2 £663 -
Preston - 2 £600 - 1
Security Manager
North West

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 3 April 2026, Security 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 Lancashire region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (33.33%) JSP 440
3 2 (33.33%) NIST
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Security
4 1 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (33.33%) SCADA
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) JSP 440
1 2 (33.33%) NIST