Security Management Contracts in the South West

Security Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 138 156
Rank change year-on-year +46 +18 +9
Contract jobs citing Security Management 18 15 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.07% 0.47% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.57% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 9
10th Percentile £416 - £555
25th Percentile £508 £650 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £688 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% +28.40%
75th Percentile £648 £750 £650
90th Percentile £743 £836 £700
England median daily rate £550 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £83.41 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £81.71 £42.00
% change year-on-year -8.21% +94.54% +52.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,522 2,648 3,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.33% 82.98% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 1,690 2,398
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 335 334
10th Percentile £18.36 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.61 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.50 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.37
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the South West

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Management in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Management in the South West

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Management in the South West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in the South West

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Management in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in the South West

Security Management
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Bristol +23 11 £575 -11.54% 14
Wiltshire +41 6 £600 -27.27% 6
Cornwall - 1 £500 -
Security Management
England

Security Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (11.11%) DNS
2 2 (11.11%) Internet
2 2 (11.11%) Wireless
3 1 (5.56%) 5G
3 1 (5.56%) BIG-IP
3 1 (5.56%) DHCP
3 1 (5.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (5.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (5.56%) Firewall
3 1 (5.56%) SSL
General
1 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Administrator
1 5 (27.78%) Security Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) DevSecOps Architect
3 3 (16.67%) DevSecOps Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Security Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Security Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Security Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Contracts Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Network Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Network Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Compliance Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Information Assurance Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Information Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (27.78%) Mainframe
3 3 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (16.67%) Private Cloud
4 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
4 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (11.11%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (27.78%) Security Auditing
3 4 (22.22%) DevOps
3 4 (22.22%) Network Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) DevSecOps
4 3 (16.67%) Information Security
4 3 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 3 (16.67%) Network Security Management
4 3 (16.67%) OWASP
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (11.11%) ISMS
5 2 (11.11%) Network Design
5 2 (11.11%) Network Management
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (11.11%) Security Operations
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) CISSP
2 6 (33.33%) CISM
2 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) IBM Certification
4 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (16.67%) CCSP
5 3 (16.67%) CEH
5 3 (16.67%) CISA
5 3 (16.67%) OSCP
5 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.56%) CCNP
6 1 (5.56%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.56%) CRISC
6 1 (5.56%) Degree
6 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.56%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (27.78%) NIST
2 3 (16.67%) COBIT
2 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (11.11%) GRC
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.56%) JSP 440
4 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.56%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) OPNET
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) IBM
2 2 (11.11%) F5
3 1 (5.56%) Aruba
3 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (5.56%) Infoblox
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.56%) Ruckus Wireless
3 1 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.56%) Zscaler