Cybersecurity Manager Contracts in the North West

Cybersecurity Manager
England > North West

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate in the North West is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 122 141
Rank change year-on-year -7 +19 +42
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 6 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.27% 0.082% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.086% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile £369 - £513
25th Percentile £473 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +41.25% -30.43% +9.52%
75th Percentile £613 - £588
90th Percentile £635 - £594
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +5.49%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,034 2,319 2,659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 95.16% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,305 1,377 1,828
10th Percentile £268 £275 £288
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.62%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £659 £675 £670
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 199 158
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.94
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.90 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% +7.33% +34.71%
75th Percentile £50.19 £53.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in the North West

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies in the North West

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in the North West

Cybersecurity Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 4 £600 -
Cheshire - 2 £300 - 2
Cybersecurity Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 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 North West region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Supplier Management
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) SIEM
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Retail
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (33.33%) Transition Management
5 1 (16.67%) Line Management
5 1 (16.67%) Resilience Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (16.67%) PMBOK
5 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (16.67%) Behavioural Change
5 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer

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

General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (16.67%) CMDB
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Supplier Management
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security
4 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) SIEM
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Transition Management
5 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security Management
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
1 1 (16.67%) PMBOK