Project Manager - Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in London

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
England > London

The median Project Manager - Cybersecurity daily rate in London is £470, 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 369 364 393
Rank change year-on-year -5 +29 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager - Cybersecurity 10 9 30
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.073% 0.058% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.061% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 20
10th Percentile £400 £526 £525
25th Percentile £405 £584 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £638 £638
Median % change year-on-year -26.31% - +19.16%
75th Percentile £534 £713 £678
90th Percentile £545 £828 £725
England median daily rate £545 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -9.17% - +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,746 14,684 18,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.03% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,467 9,481 13,720
10th Percentile £332 £338 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 155 210
10th Percentile £17.29 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £22.13 £24.15 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £40.17
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -6.64% +22.64%
75th Percentile £47.38 £59.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.54 £80.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager - Cybersecurity' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Project Manager - Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in London

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity job vacancies in London

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity within the London 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
Central London +3 1 £500 -32.09% 7
Project Manager - Cybersecurity
England

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Project Manager - Cybersecurity 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 London region featuring Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (30.00%) Network Security
3 3 (30.00%) SIEM
4 2 (20.00%) Firewall
4 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (20.00%) NIST
4 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (20.00%) PMP
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Splunk
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) AWS
5 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
5 1 (10.00%) CISM
5 1 (10.00%) CISSP
5 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) FFIEC
5 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (10.00%) JIRA
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (10.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Network Security
2 2 (20.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Japanese Language
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (30.00%) SIEM
4 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (10.00%) Network Management
5 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Red Team
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Splunk
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft