Security Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Security Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Security Manager daily rate in Manchester is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 77 93
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 3 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.28% 0.59% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.63% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile £605 £424 £497
25th Percentile £613 £441 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £464 £600
Median % change year-on-year +34.84% -22.75% +0.42%
75th Percentile £638 £499 £684
90th Percentile £645 £514 £731
North West median daily rate £544 £477 £650
% change year-on-year +13.99% -26.62% +9.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 986 1,116 1,530
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 93.86% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 643 1,126
10th Percentile £302 £315 £279
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £582
90th Percentile £675 £675 £674
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 37 66
10th Percentile £15.92 £15.79 £15.21
25th Percentile £18.97 £22.00 £16.92
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +68.83% -12.50%
75th Percentile £31.40 £48.75 £46.09
90th Percentile £56.39 £66.90 £65.63
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £31.25 £33.00
% change year-on-year -5.28% -5.30% +50.00%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Security Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Security Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Security 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
2 2 (66.67%) Transition Management
3 1 (33.33%) Behavioural Change
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement

Security 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 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
2 2 (66.67%) Transition Management
3 1 (33.33%) Behavioural Change
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement