Cybersecurity Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Manager
England > Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £613, 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 105 123 160
Rank change year-on-year +18 +37 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 6 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.31% 0.36% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.39% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 7
10th Percentile £521 £533 £480
25th Percentile £553 £575 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £678 £650 £594
90th Percentile £714 £855 £620
England median daily rate £550 £625 £610
% change year-on-year -12.00% +2.46% +10.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +12 6 £613 -2.00% 3
Cybersecurity Manager
England

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) PMP
3 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (33.33%) CCTV
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) JIRA
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) CISA

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) CCTV
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Security Management
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (16.67%) CISA
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials