Security Manager Contracts in Scotland

Security Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Security Manager daily rate in Scotland is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 123 157
Rank change year-on-year +14 +34 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 7 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.29% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £460 £538 £489
25th Percentile £478 £542 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -11.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £594 £601 £775
90th Percentile £656 £603 -
UK median daily rate £563 £645 £618
% change year-on-year -12.79% +4.45% +12.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in Scotland

Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Manager in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Security Manager in Scotland

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in Scotland

Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow +7 5 £550 -3.51% 3
Edinburgh +2 2 £475 -17.39%
Security Manager
UK

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security 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 Scotland region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
3 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) Project Planning
4 3 (42.86%) Contingency Planning
4 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
4 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
4 3 (42.86%) PMI
4 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
4 3 (42.86%) PRINCE
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
6 1 (14.29%) Programme Governance
6 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
6 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 3 (42.86%) PMI
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Contingency Planning
3 3 (42.86%) PRINCE
3 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 3 (42.86%) Project Planning
3 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (14.29%) Business Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
5 1 (14.29%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft