Information Security Manager Contracts in the South East

Information Security Manager
England > South East

The median Information Security Manager daily rate in the South East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 182 202
Rank change year-on-year +22 +20 +59
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 4 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% 0.10% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile - £528 £560
25th Percentile £425 £550 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £475 £738 -
90th Percentile - £745 -
England median daily rate £450 £658 £650
% change year-on-year -31.56% +1.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.75
Median hourly rate - - £31.50
75th Percentile - - £32.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £31.50

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 3,169 4,590 5,383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 92.06% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,055 2,807 3,686
10th Percentile £213 £255 £225
25th Percentile £376 £404 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 381 242
10th Percentile £13.93 £15.96 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £19.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +138.10%
75th Percentile £58.75 £72.33 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +68.63%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in the South East

Information Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Manager in the South East

Information Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Manager in the South East

Information Security Manager
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 Information Security Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Berkshire +14 3 £450 -30.77%
Thames Valley +9 3 £450 -28.00%
Surrey +18 1 £450 -37.93%
Information Security Manager
England

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, Information 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 South East region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) CISMP
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (25.00%) CRISC
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Virgin Media
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (25.00%) CISA
3 1 (25.00%) CISM

Information Security Manager 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISMP
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Virgin Media