Security Operations Manager Contracts in London

Security Operations Manager
England > London

The median Security Operations Manager daily rate in London is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 380 482
Rank change year-on-year +32 +102 +105
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 5 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.062% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.066% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 8
10th Percentile £730 £499 £521
25th Percentile £738 £639 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £788 £620
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +27.02% -0.40%
75th Percentile £813 £800 £641
90th Percentile £820 £804 £728
England median daily rate £775 £775 £620
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -0.80%

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £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 £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Manager in London

Security Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Manager in London

Security Operations 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 Operations Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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 £800 -
Security Operations Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Operations 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 Operations Manager in the job title.

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

Security Operations 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
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (80.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
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%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) SOAR
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (60.00%) CCSP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) CEH
3 2 (40.00%) GCIH
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CISA
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (80.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft