Security Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Security Manager
England > South East

The median Security Manager daily rate in the South East is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 143 169
Rank change year-on-year -38 +26 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 45 26 21
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.67% 0.74% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.82% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 19 20
10th Percentile £470 £425 £498
25th Percentile £513 £485 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £638
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -13.73% +10.87%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £675
90th Percentile £725 £613 £739
England median daily rate £575 £575 £625
% change year-on-year - -8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.50 - -
Median hourly rate £83.00 - -
75th Percentile £85.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £71.45 £53.75 -
% change year-on-year +32.93% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 6,168 3,174 4,568
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 90.69% 91.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,630 2,062 2,786
10th Percentile £303 £208 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £719 £663 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 733 259 382
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.83 £15.96
25th Percentile £26.25 £15.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £53.90 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +114.31% -56.15% +14.70%
75th Percentile £74.95 £58.72 £71.90
90th Percentile £87.16 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.08% -42.22% +5.88%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Security Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the South East

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in the South East

Security Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Manager job vacancies in the South East

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 Security Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 August 2026. 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 -23 42 £557 +0.27% 9
Berkshire -7 37 £557 +3.92% 5
Buckinghamshire - 4 £610 - 4
Hampshire -43 3 £650 +8.33% 8
Oxfordshire -20 1 £460 -31.85%
Security Manager
England

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 6 August 2026, Security Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 26 (57.78%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (37.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 16 (35.56%) NIST
4 15 (33.33%) Change Management
4 15 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 15 (33.33%) SOC 2
4 15 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (31.11%) Cyber Resilience
5 14 (31.11%) Programme Delivery
6 11 (24.44%) GDPR
7 10 (22.22%) Storytelling
7 10 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (20.00%) PMI Certification
8 9 (20.00%) PMP
8 9 (20.00%) Risk Management
9 8 (17.78%) Budget Management
9 8 (17.78%) CISM
9 8 (17.78%) CISSP
9 8 (17.78%) Matrix Organization
10 6 (13.33%) Agile
11 5 (11.11%) BCP
11 5 (11.11%) Data Protection
11 5 (11.11%) Degree
11 5 (11.11%) Project Delivery
11 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
11 5 (11.11%) SIEM
11 5 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
12 4 (8.89%) Acceptance Criteria
12 4 (8.89%) Budgeting

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) Azure
1 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.22%) GitHub
2 1 (2.22%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) Network Security
2 1 (2.22%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) Artifactory
General
1 12 (26.67%) Finance
2 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Legal
5 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Operational Technology
2 4 (8.89%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.44%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (57.78%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (37.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 15 (33.33%) Change Management
3 15 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 15 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (31.11%) Cyber Resilience
4 14 (31.11%) Programme Delivery
5 10 (22.22%) Storytelling
5 10 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 8 (17.78%) Budget Management
7 8 (17.78%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (13.33%) Agile
9 5 (11.11%) BCP
9 5 (11.11%) Data Protection
9 5 (11.11%) Project Delivery
9 5 (11.11%) SIEM
9 5 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
10 4 (8.89%) Regulatory Compliance
10 4 (8.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 9 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 9 (20.00%) PMP
2 8 (17.78%) CISM
2 8 (17.78%) CISSP
3 5 (11.11%) Degree
3 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) CAPM
4 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (35.56%) NIST
2 15 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (33.33%) SOC 2
3 11 (24.44%) GDPR
4 3 (6.67%) PMO
5 2 (4.44%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow