Information Security Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Information Security Manager
England > North of England

The median Information Security Manager daily rate in the North of England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 165 196
Rank change year-on-year -35 +31 +37
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.044% 0.050% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.055% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £320 - £663
25th Percentile £350 - £681
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 £725
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -17.24% +31.82%
75th Percentile £450 - £781
90th Percentile £480 - £808
England median daily rate £419 £590 £675
% change year-on-year -29.03% -12.59% +3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,170 3,653 4,558
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 92.02% 93.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,797 1,994 3,092
10th Percentile £213 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £552 £575 £593
90th Percentile £654 £650 £673
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 222 216
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.50 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.60 £29.89 £27.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +10.11% +35.70%
75th Percentile £51.02 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Information Security Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Security Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Manager in the North of England

Information Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
North West -23 1 £300 -50.00% 4
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 1
Information Security Manager
England

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, Information 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 North of England region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC