Information Security Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Information Security Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Information Security Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 140 143
Rank change year-on-year +40 +3 +21
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 2 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.13% 0.19% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.20% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile - - £551
25th Percentile £425 £513 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £663
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -20.75% +15.22%
75th Percentile £475 £650 £700
90th Percentile - £710 -
South East median daily rate £450 £588 £638
% change year-on-year -23.40% -7.84% +10.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Information Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in the Thames Valley

Information Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Information Security Manager in the Thames Valley

Information Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +28 2 £450 -14.29%
Information Security Manager
South East

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information 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 Thames Valley region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) CISMP
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Law

Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISMP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley