Security Manager Contracts in London

Security Manager
England > London

The median Security Manager daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 298 268
Rank change year-on-year +3 -30 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 49 95 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.40% 0.54% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.58% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 75 174
10th Percentile £422 £434 £514
25th Percentile £475 £581 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £660 £725 £697
90th Percentile £758 £775 £818
England median daily rate £575 £625 £620
% change year-on-year -8.00% +0.81% +7.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.00
Median hourly rate - - £64.00
75th Percentile - - £66.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £31.80 £64.00
% change year-on-year - -50.31% -

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 11,456 16,326 24,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 93.54% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,770 11,799 17,668
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £440 £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 £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 321 276
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £17.99
25th Percentile £24.30 £20.02 £22.72
Median hourly rate £31.67 £27.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% -23.61% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.94 £46.48 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.08 £65.03 £82.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +89.04%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in London

Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Manager in London

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in London

Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Manager in London

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 Security Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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 +2 6 £620 -8.15% 11
North London - 1 £463 -
South London - 1 £650 - 2
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 25 (51.02%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (38.78%) Social Skills
3 18 (36.73%) Information Security
4 15 (30.61%) Finance
5 14 (28.57%) Agile
6 13 (26.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (26.53%) CISSP
6 13 (26.53%) Microsoft
6 13 (26.53%) NIST
7 12 (24.49%) Risk Management
8 11 (22.45%) SIEM
8 11 (22.45%) Security Operations
9 10 (20.41%) Azure
9 10 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (20.41%) Project Management
10 9 (18.37%) CISM
11 8 (16.33%) Degree
11 8 (16.33%) Incident Response
12 7 (14.29%) Cloud Security
12 7 (14.29%) Security Posture
12 7 (14.29%) Network Security
12 7 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
12 7 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
13 6 (12.24%) Privileged Access Management
13 6 (12.24%) CRISC
13 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
13 6 (12.24%) DevSecOps
14 5 (10.20%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
14 5 (10.20%) Firewall

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 3 (6.12%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.04%) Akamai
5 1 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.04%) GCP
5 1 (2.04%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.04%) SaaS
5 1 (2.04%) SAP Fieldglass
5 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.29%) Network Security
2 5 (10.20%) Firewall
3 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.08%) VPN
3 2 (4.08%) Wireless
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.04%) MPLS
4 1 (2.04%) NAS
4 1 (2.04%) SAN
4 1 (2.04%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.04%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (2.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Big Data
1 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) JIRA
General
1 19 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.61%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Banking
4 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Law
4 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.08%) French Language
5 2 (4.08%) Legal
5 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.04%) Military
6 1 (2.04%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Security Posture
2 4 (8.16%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.04%) CCTV
5 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.04%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (2.04%) IoT
5 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.04%) Replication
5 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (51.02%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (36.73%) Information Security
3 14 (28.57%) Agile
4 12 (24.49%) Risk Management
5 11 (22.45%) Security Operations
5 11 (22.45%) SIEM
6 10 (20.41%) Project Management
6 10 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (16.33%) Incident Response
8 7 (14.29%) Cloud Security
8 7 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
9 6 (12.24%) DevSecOps
9 6 (12.24%) Privileged Access Management
10 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (10.20%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (10.20%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) SQL
2 1 (2.04%) C++
2 1 (2.04%) Java
2 1 (2.04%) Kotlin
2 1 (2.04%) Python
2 1 (2.04%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) CISSP
2 9 (18.37%) CISM
3 8 (16.33%) Degree
4 6 (12.24%) CRISC
5 5 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (8.16%) PMP
6 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
7 3 (6.12%) GCIH
7 3 (6.12%) PMI Certification
7 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
8 2 (4.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (4.08%) CCSP
8 2 (4.08%) CEH
8 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.08%) GIAC
8 2 (4.08%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (2.04%) CASP
9 1 (2.04%) ISEB
9 1 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (26.53%) NIST
2 4 (8.16%) GDPR
2 4 (8.16%) SLA
3 3 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (2.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (2.04%) EU AI Act
4 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.04%) ISO 14001
4 1 (2.04%) NCSC
4 1 (2.04%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.04%) PMO
4 1 (2.04%) QA
4 1 (2.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) KVM
2 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) CASB
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) Meraki
3 1 (2.04%) Alibaba
3 1 (2.04%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.04%) Dell KACE
3 1 (2.04%) LogRhythm
3 1 (2.04%) Okta
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle
3 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.04%) Proofpoint
3 1 (2.04%) Qualys
3 1 (2.04%) Rapid7
3 1 (2.04%) Remedy
3 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.04%) Sophos
3 1 (2.04%) Splunk
3 1 (2.04%) Tenable
3 1 (2.04%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (2.04%) Workday