Security Management Contracts in the South East

Security Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 169 181
Rank change year-on-year +29 +12 +46
Contract jobs citing Security Management 15 22 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.50% 0.40% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.47% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 26
10th Percentile £263 £350 £422
25th Percentile £292 £363 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £685
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -27.68% +19.04%
75th Percentile £598 £529 £750
90th Percentile £688 £675 £795
England median daily rate £550 £625 £594
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £42.00
England median hourly rate £75.00 £81.71 £42.00
% change year-on-year -8.21% +94.54% +52.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,747 4,698 5,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.51% 84.74% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,755 2,739 3,581
10th Percentile £254 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 437 224
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.20 £22.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.55
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the South East

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Management in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Management in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in the South East

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in the South East

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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 Security Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +29 8 £590 -5.60% 8
Berkshire +23 5 £630 - 6
Hampshire +30 2 £638 +59.38% 21
Buckinghamshire +13 2 £436 -30.32% 2
East Sussex - 2 £275 -
West Sussex - 2 £370 - 3
Surrey +15 1 £450 +28.57% 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 - 3
Security Management
England

Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (6.67%) VPN
2 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (6.67%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SAP Data Services
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Military
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Analyst
1 3 (20.00%) Consultant
1 3 (20.00%) Security Consultant
1 3 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Administrator
2 2 (13.33%) Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Security Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Security Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) Service Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Head of Mobile
3 1 (6.67%) Head of Networks
3 1 (6.67%) Information Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (6.67%) IT Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Information Security
2 8 (53.33%) Information Security Management
3 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (40.00%) ITIL
4 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Security Operations
5 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
6 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 3 (20.00%) OWASP
7 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
7 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
7 2 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (13.33%) Security Architecture
7 2 (13.33%) Service Management
7 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) CISM
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) CISSP
3 2 (13.33%) CISA
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) ISACA
3 2 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) CEH
4 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (6.67%) CREST Certified
4 1 (6.67%) CRISC
4 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (6.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) NIST
2 4 (26.67%) GDPR
2 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (20.00%) COBIT
3 3 (20.00%) SLA
4 2 (13.33%) NIST 800
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
5 1 (6.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) SAP