Information Security Manager Contracts in London

Information Security Manager
England > London

The median Information Security Manager daily rate in London is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 365 443
Rank change year-on-year +3 +78 +106
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 13 11 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.095% 0.068% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.072% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 27
10th Percentile £336 £515 £540
25th Percentile £400 £550 £604
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £569 £706 £760
90th Percentile £638 £738 £814
England median daily rate £450 £658 £650
% change year-on-year -31.56% +1.15% -

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 12,674 15,337 22,789
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 94.20% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,579 10,876 16,694
10th Percentile £326 £346 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 199 243
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.80 £18.55
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.00 £23.88
Median hourly rate £29.54 £33.07 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -11.81% +12.78%
75th Percentile £50.50 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in London

Information Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager in London.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Manager in London

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager in London over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Manager in London

Information Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager in London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Manager in London

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, Information Security 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 London region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) CRISC
3 5 (38.46%) CISM
3 5 (38.46%) CISSP
4 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (30.77%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (23.08%) EBIOS
5 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
5 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
5 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
5 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 3 (23.08%) Finance
5 3 (23.08%) PMP
5 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (15.38%) Information Management
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) Waterfall

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) GCP
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
4 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
4 3 (23.08%) EBIOS
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) AOP
5 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance
5 2 (15.38%) Information Management
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 5 (38.46%) CISM
2 5 (38.46%) CISSP
2 5 (38.46%) CRISC
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
4 3 (23.08%) PMP
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) ISEB
6 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 2 (15.38%) PMO
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (7.69%) EU AI Act
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.69%) NIST
3 1 (7.69%) SOC 2