Key Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Key Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Key Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 172 201
Rank change year-on-year +10 +29 +71
Contract jobs citing Key Management 3 9 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.085% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.24% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 7
10th Percentile - £456 -
25th Percentile - £472 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -15.38% -
75th Percentile - £663 £675
90th Percentile - £731 -
England median daily rate £530 £575 £620
% change year-on-year -7.83% -7.26% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £91.00 £80.00 £66.50
% change year-on-year +13.75% +20.30% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Key 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,133 3,717 5,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.11% 82.91% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,958 2,216 3,358
10th Percentile £219 £256 £250
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 215 259
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.91 £30.00 £23.79
Median hourly rate £22.19 £58.30 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.94% +11.05% +68.54%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.57 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.47 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.16%

Key Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Key Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Key Management in the South East

Key Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Key Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Key Management

Key Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Key Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Key Management

Key Management
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 Key Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Hampshire +10 2 - - 1
West Sussex - 1 £585 - 4
Key Management
England

Key Management
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 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) AWS KMS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SSL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PKI
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) EMV
2 1 (33.33%) Java Card
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Identity
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Android Development
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Content Management
3 1 (33.33%) iOS Development
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Thales