Security Management Contract Job Trends in the North West

Security Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Security Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 114 139
Rank change year-on-year -11 +25 +31
Contract jobs citing Security Management 7 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.32% 0.29% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.35% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £308 - £427
25th Percentile £343 £500 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £465
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +12.90% -22.50%
75th Percentile £647 £565 £509
90th Percentile £745 £616 £516
England median daily rate £600 £555 £616
% change year-on-year +8.11% -9.94% +4.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,938 2,021 2,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.53% 83.48% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,285 1,103 1,711
10th Percentile £268 £295 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £595
90th Percentile £680 £668 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 111 168
10th Percentile £13.82 £16.50 £15.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £29.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £31.77
Median % change year-on-year -40.84% +33.77% +35.83%
75th Percentile £47.12 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.56 £67.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +47.11%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Security Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Security Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Management

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Management in the North West over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in the North West

Security Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Management

Security Management
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 Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 5 October 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 0 3 £700 +7.69% 2
Cheshire -20 3 £315 -38.54% 1
Merseyside - 1 £475 -
Security Management
England

Security Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) MPLS
2 1 (14.29%) Skype
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Assurance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Server Support
2 1 (14.29%) Server Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Information Assurance
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security Management
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) ISMS
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Database Security
3 1 (14.29%) ETL
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Korn
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISM
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
1 3 (42.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) MCSA
3 1 (14.29%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) COBIT
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (14.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Aruba
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
2 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds