Security Project Manager Contracts in the South East

Security Project Manager
England > South East

The median Security Project Manager daily rate in the South East is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 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
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 175 202
Rank change year-on-year +26 +27 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Security Project Manager 16 16 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.45% 0.33% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.35% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 4
10th Percentile £502 £488 £495
25th Percentile £536 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £603 £675 £553
90th Percentile £613 - £581
England median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +13.64%

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 3,209 4,522 5,308
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 92.19% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,075 2,778 3,634
10th Percentile £207 £250 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £634 £612
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 377 232
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +17.05% +122.21%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.75 £64.97
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -43.94% +7.14% +63.55%

Security Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Project Manager in the South East

Security Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Project Manager in the South East

Security Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Project Manager in the South East

Security Project 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 Project Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 August 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 +12 11 £556 -11.12% 1
Thames Valley +11 11 £556 -11.12% 2
Hampshire +13 4 £600 +1.91% 1
West Sussex +4 1 £550 -4.35%
Surrey - 1 £500 -
Security Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Security Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) DevOps
3 6 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (37.50%) Azure
3 6 (37.50%) Project Management
3 6 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (37.50%) NIST
4 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
6 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
6 3 (18.75%) Change Management
6 3 (18.75%) Security Hardening
6 3 (18.75%) Network Security
6 3 (18.75%) OWASP
6 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (18.75%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (18.75%) Snyk
6 3 (18.75%) SonarCloud
6 3 (18.75%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
6 3 (18.75%) Budget Management
7 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
7 2 (12.50%) GRC
7 2 (12.50%) Static Application Security Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Dynamic Application Security Testing

Security Project 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
1 6 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (18.75%) SonarCloud
3 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Network Security
2 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (6.25%) Broadband
3 1 (6.25%) Firewall
3 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Snyk
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
2 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) DevOps
3 6 (37.50%) Project Management
3 6 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
6 3 (18.75%) Budget Management
6 3 (18.75%) Change Management
6 3 (18.75%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (18.75%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (18.75%) OWASP
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) Security Hardening
6 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (12.50%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 2 (12.50%) Static Application Security Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) CISSP
1 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
1 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) NIST
2 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (12.50%) GRC
4 1 (6.25%) EU AI Act
4 1 (6.25%) GDPR
4 1 (6.25%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft