Project Manager - Cybersecurity Contracts in the South East

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
England > South East

The median Project Manager - Cybersecurity daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 July 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
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 181 213
Rank change year-on-year +21 +32 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager - Cybersecurity 5 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.15% 0.16% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.18% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 3
10th Percentile £435 £553 £493
25th Percentile £470 £563 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £527 £675 £538
90th Percentile £541 - -
England median daily rate £548 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -10.61% -2.00% +13.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,100 5,082 5,496
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 92.33% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,005 3,030 3,798
10th Percentile £213 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £405 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £629 £601
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 472 253
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.25 £21.22
Median hourly rate £27.63 £54.88 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.65% +9.75% +138.10%
75th Percentile £62.24 £70.23 £65.02
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £27.45 £40.33 £44.00
% change year-on-year -31.93% -8.35% +76.00%

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the South East

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the South East

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the South East over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the South East

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
Berkshire +20 3 £500 -23.08%
Thames Valley +17 3 £500 -23.08% 1
West Sussex +2 1 £550 -4.35%
Kent - 1 £470 -
Project Manager - Cybersecurity
England

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 July 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 South East region featuring Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) Network Security
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (40.00%) GRC
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 2 (40.00%) Release Management
4 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (20.00%) Information Security
5 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (20.00%) Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
5 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (20.00%) BCP
5 1 (20.00%) Local Government
5 1 (20.00%) Contract Management

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (40.00%) Release Management
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Static Application Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) BCP
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC