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 £527, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 152 198
Rank change year-on-year -9 +46 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 12 27 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.31% 0.65% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.71% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 10
10th Percentile £446 £507 £511
25th Percentile £472 £514 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £584 £675 £625
90th Percentile £600 £745 £639
England median daily rate £543 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -9.58% -7.69% +13.04%
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 £53.75 - £31.50
% change year-on-year - - -60.63%

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 3,430 3,822 5,099
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.58% 92.41% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,220 2,289 3,376
10th Percentile £204 £246 £210
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -0.98% +2.50%
75th Percentile £595 £625 £613
90th Percentile £663 £685 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 216 248
10th Percentile £13.38 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.10 £26.81 £21.79
Median hourly rate £20.79 £57.52 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.86% +15.04% +42.86%
75th Percentile £50.00 £72.36 £67.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.66 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.15% -11.37% +52.93%

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 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
Berkshire 0 9 £536 -10.67% 8
Thames Valley -7 9 £536 -10.67% 11
Surrey +4 1 £500 -5.66% 2
Hampshire -5 1 £475 -22.45% 7
West Sussex - 1 £600 - 1
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, 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 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Cyber Resilience
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Azure
3 4 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (33.33%) Change Management
3 4 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) ADO
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Change Control
5 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 2 (16.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 2 (16.67%) GRC
5 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (16.67%) Logistics
5 2 (16.67%) NCSC
5 2 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (16.67%) Network Security
5 2 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (16.67%) NIST
5 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Power BI
5 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Release Management

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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Network Security
1 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (8.33%) Broadband
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) ADO
2 1 (8.33%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) SCADA
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Cyber Resilience
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Change Management
3 4 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Change Control
5 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 2 (16.67%) Logistics
5 2 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Release Management
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) APMG
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GRC
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (16.67%) NCSC
1 2 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 19650
2 1 (8.33%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Virgin Media