Cybersecurity Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Cybersecurity Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate in Manchester is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 83 99
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.17% 0.29% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.30% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £605 £416 -
25th Percentile £613 £422 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £438 £713
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -38.60% -
75th Percentile £638 £447 £719
90th Percentile £645 £449 -
North West median daily rate £600 £450 £713
% change year-on-year +33.33% -36.84% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,094 984 1,456
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 93.80% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 727 594 1,061
10th Percentile £306 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £566 £582
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 32 65
10th Percentile £17.59 £15.92 £12.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £20.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £29.02 £32.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +6.67% -24.05%
75th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £59.80 £78.25
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £29.12 £37.34
% change year-on-year +37.39% -22.03% +44.67%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Cybersecurity Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 17 January 2026, Cybersecurity Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) Transition Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) Transition Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security