Project Manager - Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in the North West

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
England > North West

The median Project Manager - Cybersecurity daily rate in the North West is £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 - 148
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager - Cybersecurity 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.18% - 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £542 - -
25th Percentile £560 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 - £475
75th Percentile £620 - £488
90th Percentile £638 - -
England median daily rate £550 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +6.82%

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.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,031 2,309 2,634
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 95.10% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,308 1,376 1,810
10th Percentile £268 £276 £288
25th Percentile £363 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +3.09%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £656 £675 £673
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 187 158
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.68 £15.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.94
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +14.20% +34.71%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.29 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the North West

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the North West over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the North West

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Contract 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 Project Manager - Cybersecurity within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 3 £590 -
Cheshire - 1 - - 2
Project Manager - Cybersecurity
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Project Manager - Cybersecurity 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 Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Automotive
4 1 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) CMDB
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Transition Management
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) PMBOK
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Change
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills

Project Manager - Cybersecurity 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 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Change
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMBOK