Security Management Contracts in London

Security Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 354 388
Rank change year-on-year +37 +34 +83
Contract jobs citing Security Management 33 43 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.27% 0.25% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.28% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 38 84
10th Percentile £338 £444 £483
25th Percentile £406 £516 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £556
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +7.87% +1.14%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £745
90th Percentile £685 £760 £750
England median daily rate £550 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -10.20% +2.08% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,225 15,457 23,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 88.42% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,536 11,093 16,726
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 316 265
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.20
25th Percentile £23.80 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.35 £28.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year +11.95% -28.97% +12.39%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.05 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in London

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Management in London

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in London

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in London

Security Management
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 Security Management 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 +6 4 £513 +2.50% 12
Security Management
England

Security Management
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 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) AWS
3 4 (12.12%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (12.12%) Amazon S3
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (12.12%) Serverless
4 3 (9.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.03%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (3.03%) dbt
6 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.03%) OCI
6 1 (3.03%) SaaS
6 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (45.45%) Firewall
2 6 (18.18%) VPN
3 5 (15.15%) WAN
4 4 (12.12%) DHCP
4 4 (12.12%) DNS
4 4 (12.12%) Network Security
5 3 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (9.09%) LAN
5 3 (9.09%) MPLS
5 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
5 3 (9.09%) SSL
5 3 (9.09%) TCP/IP
6 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (6.06%) Wireless
7 1 (3.03%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (3.03%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (3.03%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 8 (24.24%) Finance
2 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Legal
4 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Law
5 2 (6.06%) Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (3.03%) Military
6 1 (3.03%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Network Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Lead
3 5 (15.15%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Consultant
4 4 (12.12%) Security Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Security Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Information Security Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Information Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) IT Security Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) ARM Templates
1 1 (3.03%) ISPF
1 1 (3.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Security Posture
2 7 (21.21%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) CMDB
3 2 (6.06%) Reinsurance
3 2 (6.06%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) CSOC
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.03%) Insider Threat
4 1 (3.03%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.03%) PKI
4 1 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.06%) Linux
3 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.03%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Information Security
2 13 (39.39%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (30.30%) Cloud Security
4 9 (27.27%) Change Management
5 8 (24.24%) Information Security Management
5 8 (24.24%) Risk Management
6 7 (21.21%) ITIL
6 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (21.21%) Security Operations
7 6 (18.18%) Incident Response
7 6 (18.18%) Project Management
7 6 (18.18%) Security Architecture
7 6 (18.18%) SIEM
8 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (15.15%) Risk Assessment
8 5 (15.15%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 4 (12.12%) Incident Management
9 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
9 4 (12.12%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Python
2 3 (9.09%) Bash
3 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.03%) Assembly Language
4 1 (3.03%) Bicep
4 1 (3.03%) CLIST
4 1 (3.03%) JCL
4 1 (3.03%) REXX
4 1 (3.03%) SQL
4 1 (3.03%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) CISSP
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.09%) CCNP
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.06%) AWS Certification
4 2 (6.06%) CISM
4 2 (6.06%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) ISSEP
4 2 (6.06%) PMP
5 1 (3.03%) CISA
5 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (36.36%) NIST
2 11 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (15.15%) GDPR
3 5 (15.15%) SOC 2
4 4 (12.12%) HIPAA
5 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
6 1 (3.03%) FISMA
6 1 (3.03%) GRC
6 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (3.03%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.03%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.03%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.03%) XenApp
3 1 (3.03%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) SCCM
2 4 (12.12%) Terraform
3 3 (9.09%) CASB
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (9.09%) WSUS
4 2 (6.06%) SCOrch
5 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
5 1 (3.03%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Aruba
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco
4 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 3 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 3 (9.09%) Qualys
4 3 (9.09%) SolarWinds
4 3 (9.09%) Tenable
5 2 (6.06%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.06%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (6.06%) F5
5 2 (6.06%) Infoblox
5 2 (6.06%) Rapid7
5 2 (6.06%) Ruckus Wireless
5 2 (6.06%) Sophos
5 2 (6.06%) Zscaler
6 1 (3.03%) AlgoSec
6 1 (3.03%) Oracle
6 1 (3.03%) Splunk
6 1 (3.03%) VMware