Security Incident Manager Contract Job Trends in the North West

Security Incident Manager
England > North West

The median Security Incident Manager daily rate in the North West is £554, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Incident Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.051% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 - -
75th Percentile £559 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £554 - £750
% change year-on-year - - +15.38%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 3,541 2,043 2,312
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 92.11% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,027 1,316 1,386
10th Percentile £295 £263 £276
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £600 £564 £588
90th Percentile £687 £663 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 162 200
10th Percentile £17.08 £13.00 £11.07
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.30 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.56 £25.15 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.13% -26.03% +11.33%
75th Percentile £71.91 £50.00 £54.31
90th Percentile £82.28 £72.50 £71.54
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +5.88%

Security Incident Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Security Incident Manager job vacancy trend in the North West

Security Incident Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Security Incident Manager
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 Security Incident Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 August 2026. 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
Cheshire - 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 £554 -
Security Incident Manager
England

Security Incident Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 22 August 2026, Security Incident 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 West region featuring Security Incident Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management

Security Incident Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow