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 £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 147 191
Rank change year-on-year -15 +44 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 24 17 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.54% 0.52% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.56% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 14 12
10th Percentile £280 £513 £513
25th Percentile £363 £514 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% - +17.94%
75th Percentile £713 £641 £645
90th Percentile £750 £784 -
England median daily rate £548 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.75% -7.69% +8.33%

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 4,050 3,050 4,869
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.87% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,630 1,898 3,072
10th Percentile £255 £234 £205
25th Percentile £400 £398 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 106 341
10th Percentile £13.88 £19.00 £13.15
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £20.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -12.19% +14.11%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £63.00
90th Percentile £81.10 £70.00 £76.10
England median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -15.43% -11.50% +13.00%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -3 15 £486 -18.96% 10
Berkshire -7 14 £523 -12.92% 7
Hampshire -20 4 £613 +11.11% 2
West Sussex - 2 £600 - 3
Surrey -4 1 - - 8
East Sussex - 1 £725 - 2
Oxfordshire - 1 £375 - 1
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 January 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 14 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (37.50%) Project Management
3 7 (29.17%) Azure
3 7 (29.17%) Cyber Resilience
3 7 (29.17%) Security Operations
3 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (25.00%) CISSP
5 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
5 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
6 4 (16.67%) Change Management
6 4 (16.67%) Information Security
6 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.67%) NCSC
6 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 4 (16.67%) SIEM
6 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (12.50%) Agile
7 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (12.50%) CEH
7 3 (12.50%) CISM
7 3 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
7 3 (12.50%) CREST Certified
7 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (12.50%) DevOps
7 3 (12.50%) Digital Innovation
7 3 (12.50%) ERP
7 3 (12.50%) Firewall
7 3 (12.50%) Fortinet

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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) IaaS
4 1 (4.17%) PaaS
4 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.17%) Broadband
3 1 (4.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) ADO
1 2 (8.33%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (8.33%) SCADA
4 1 (4.17%) CCTV
4 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (37.50%) Project Management
3 7 (29.17%) Cyber Resilience
3 7 (29.17%) Security Operations
3 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
5 4 (16.67%) Change Management
5 4 (16.67%) Information Security
5 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (16.67%) SIEM
5 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (12.50%) DevOps
6 3 (12.50%) Digital Innovation
6 3 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
6 3 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (12.50%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) CISSP
2 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) CEH
3 3 (12.50%) CISM
3 3 (12.50%) CREST Certified
3 3 (12.50%) GIAC
4 2 (8.33%) APMG
4 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (4.17%) APMP
5 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.17%) Degree
5 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) NCSC
2 2 (8.33%) JSP 440
2 2 (8.33%) PMO
3 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.17%) GDPR
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.17%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 3 (12.50%) Palo Alto