Security Management Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Security Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Security Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 109 142
Rank change year-on-year -12 +33 +9
Contract jobs citing Security Management 13 10 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.62% 0.52% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.58% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £550 £657 -
25th Percentile £613 £720 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £850 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% - -
75th Percentile £648 £875 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £590 £630 £525
% change year-on-year -6.35% +20.00% -19.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £81.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £81.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,831 1,733 2,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.23% 89.38% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,196 1,018 1,449
10th Percentile £263 £272 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £608
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 50 100
10th Percentile £15.32 £19.25 £19.22
25th Percentile £18.00 £29.75 £25.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +12.31% +135.01%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.05 £72.62
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £54.56
% change year-on-year -51.22% -15.46% +45.49%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Security Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Security Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Security Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Security Management

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in the Thames Valley

Security Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Security Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Security Management

Security Management
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 Security Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 December 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 -5 10 £640 +1.63% 2
Buckinghamshire +8 3 - - 1
Security Management
South East

Security Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) OCI
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Burp Suite
1 4 (30.77%) Metasploit
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Consultant
1 4 (30.77%) Penetration Tester
1 4 (30.77%) Tester
2 3 (23.08%) Functional Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.69%) DBA
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (7.69%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Information Security
2 6 (46.15%) Data Migration
2 6 (46.15%) Data Validation
2 6 (46.15%) Information Security Management
2 6 (46.15%) Migration
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (46.15%) Validation
3 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (30.77%) Business Development
4 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
4 4 (30.77%) Commercial Awareness
4 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
4 4 (30.77%) Line Management
4 4 (30.77%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (23.08%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (23.08%) Data Mapping
6 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) CHECK Team Member
3 4 (30.77%) CREST Certified
3 4 (30.77%) Cyber Scheme
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 4 (30.77%) Postgraduate
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (53.85%) QA
3 6 (46.15%) COBIT
3 6 (46.15%) NIST
4 4 (30.77%) GDPR
4 4 (30.77%) PCI DSS
4 4 (30.77%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Nmap
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft