Security Manager Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Security Manager
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Security Manager daily rate in Leeds is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 68 65
Rank change year-on-year -19 -3 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.28% 0.34% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.35% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £601 -
25th Percentile £563 £603 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +19.51% -21.15%
75th Percentile £588 £628 £519
90th Percentile - £634 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £575 £586 £513
% change year-on-year -1.92% +14.39% -21.15%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,023 572 667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 97.44% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 383 432
10th Percentile £363 £305 £350
25th Percentile £420 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.66%
75th Percentile £588 £566 £575
90th Percentile £650 £647 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 31
10th Percentile £18.39 £25.05 £18.13
25th Percentile £25.88 £25.13 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.25 £25.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +5.46% +27.26%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.13 £43.75
90th Percentile - £26.35 £48.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £63.75 £24.18
% change year-on-year -59.58% +163.65% +27.26%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

Security Manager job vacancy trend in Leeds

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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 Leeds region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Dependency Management
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Dependency Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft