Security Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Security Project Manager
England > North of England

The median Security Project Manager daily rate in the North of England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 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
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 162 193
Rank change year-on-year -17 +31 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Security Project Manager 11 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.28% 0.074% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.080% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 5
10th Percentile £496 £466 £498
25th Percentile £561 £470 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £492 £550
Median % change year-on-year +26.97% -10.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £515 £551
90th Percentile £700 £520 £562
England median daily rate £579 £600 £630
% change year-on-year -3.54% -4.76% +14.55%

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 3,659 3,749 4,827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 91.86% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,408 2,131 3,244
10th Percentile £250 £273 £263
25th Percentile £370 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £573 £580 £600
90th Percentile £653 £672 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 239 206
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.22 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.35 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £26.99
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +20.41% +28.52%
75th Percentile £45.95 £49.38 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.97 £70.00 £59.74
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Security Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Security Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Project Manager in the North of England

Security Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Security Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Project Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

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

Security Project 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 Security Project Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Yorkshire - 7 £625 - 3
North West -8 4 £569 +15.54%
Security Project Manager
England

Security Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, Security Project 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 North of England region featuring Security Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 7 (63.64%) Project Delivery
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (54.55%) Finance
4 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Change Management
5 3 (27.27%) Information Security
5 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
5 3 (27.27%) Supplier Management
6 2 (18.18%) Business Process Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Project Governance
6 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (18.18%) Contingency Planning
6 2 (18.18%) Programme Governance
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 2 (18.18%) Retail
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
7 1 (9.09%) Budgeting
7 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
7 1 (9.09%) Onboarding

Security Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) Project Delivery
2 7 (63.64%) Project Management
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Information Security
4 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Supplier Management
5 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Process Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Contingency Planning
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Programme Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Project Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) CIMA
2 1 (9.09%) CISA
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft