Security Manager Contracts in the South East

Security Manager
England > South East

The median Security Manager daily rate in the South East is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 185 182
Rank change year-on-year +54 -3 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 23 22 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.72% 0.39% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.42% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 11
10th Percentile £425 £501 £513
25th Percentile £493 £541 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £645 £563
Median % change year-on-year -10.85% +14.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £603 £675 £638
90th Percentile £613 - £700
England median daily rate £550 £625 £620
% change year-on-year -12.00% +0.81% +7.83%
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 £50.00 £31.80 £47.75
% change year-on-year +57.23% -33.40% -40.31%

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 2,882 5,259 5,486
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 92.43% 94.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,868 3,097 3,785
10th Percentile £218 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £604
90th Percentile £660 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 537 244
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.35 £21.18
Median hourly rate £28.50 £48.40 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.12% -3.20% +138.10%
75th Percentile £62.24 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.34 £40.00 £43.93
% change year-on-year -29.15% -8.95% +75.72%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the South East

Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Manager 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 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in the South East

Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Manager 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 2 July 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 +21 13 £575 -10.85% 30
Berkshire +16 12 £575 -11.54% 26
Hampshire +34 5 £600 -7.69% 14
Kent - 3 £470 - 4
Surrey +26 2 £475 -34.48% 7
West Sussex +6 1 £550 -4.35% 5
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 -
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 10 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 7 (30.43%) NIST
3 7 (30.43%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (26.09%) Information Security
5 5 (21.74%) Finance
5 5 (21.74%) Project Management
5 5 (21.74%) Azure
6 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (17.39%) Data Protection
6 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.04%) Security Management
7 3 (13.04%) CISSP
7 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
7 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
7 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
7 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
7 3 (13.04%) Security Hardening
7 3 (13.04%) OWASP
7 3 (13.04%) DevOps
7 3 (13.04%) Snyk
7 3 (13.04%) SonarCloud
7 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
7 3 (13.04%) Budget Management
8 2 (8.70%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
8 2 (8.70%) SIEM
8 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (8.70%) Identity Access Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) SonarCloud
3 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Firewall
1 2 (8.70%) Network Security
1 2 (8.70%) VPN
2 1 (4.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Snyk
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Legal
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Automotive
4 1 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Local Government
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
1 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
1 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (30.43%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (26.09%) Information Security
4 5 (21.74%) Project Management
5 4 (17.39%) Data Protection
5 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
6 3 (13.04%) Budget Management
6 3 (13.04%) DevOps
6 3 (13.04%) OWASP
6 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
6 3 (13.04%) Security Hardening
6 3 (13.04%) Security Management
7 2 (8.70%) Agile
7 2 (8.70%) Business Continuity
7 2 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (8.70%) Incident Management
7 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) CISSP
1 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) CISM
2 2 (8.70%) CISMP
2 2 (8.70%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) CISA
3 1 (4.35%) CRISC
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) NIST
2 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.70%) GDPR
4 1 (4.35%) EU AI Act
4 1 (4.35%) HIPAA
4 1 (4.35%) NCSC
4 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.35%) Virgin Media