Operational Security Manager Contracts in London

Operational Security Manager
England > London

The median Operational Security Manager daily rate in London is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 May 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 385 469
Rank change year-on-year +40 +84 +123
Contract jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 5 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.041% 0.069% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.073% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 7
10th Percentile £625 £505 £519
25th Percentile £663 £675 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £750 £620
Median % change year-on-year - +20.97% -2.75%
75th Percentile £800 £775 £630
90th Percentile £815 £783 £648
England median daily rate £750 £750 £620
% change year-on-year - +20.97% -3.69%

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 11,371 16,351 24,216
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 93.53% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,722 11,827 17,651
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 322 279
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.07 £22.69
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.66 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -23.18% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.75 £46.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £61.85 £65.03 £82.50
England median hourly rate £29.30 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.87% -16.67% +91.49%

Operational Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Security Manager in London

Operational Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Security Manager in London

Operational Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Security Manager in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Security Manager in London

Operational Security Manager
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 Operational Security Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 +8 1 £800 +6.67% 2
Operational Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Operational 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 Operational Security Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (80.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) NIST
2 4 (80.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (80.00%) Network Security
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) SLA
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) SIEM
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) SOAR
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (40.00%) CCSP
4 2 (40.00%) GCIH
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF

Operational 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) French Language
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (60.00%) SIEM
4 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) SOAR
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) CEH
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) GCIH
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft