Project Manager - Cybersecurity Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - Cybersecurity daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, 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 321 373 444
Rank change year-on-year +52 +71 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager - Cybersecurity 15 26 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.13% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 15
10th Percentile £479 £500 £510
25th Percentile £506 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £600
90th Percentile £670 £663 £640
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £575
% change year-on-year -10.20% +6.52% +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £31.80 -
UK median hourly rate - £31.80 £64.00
% change year-on-year - -50.31% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +19 4 £563 +12.50% 1
Scotland +15 4 £550 -
South East +44 3 £500 -13.04% 2
Midlands +18 3 £613 -
West Midlands +11 3 £613 -2.00%
Yorkshire +8 3 £550 +10.00% 1
East of England +29 1 £700 -
North West +17 1 £575 +21.05%
Project Manager - Cybersecurity
UK

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Manager - Cybersecurity 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 UK excluding London region featuring Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (93.33%) Project Management
3 9 (60.00%) PMI Certification
4 8 (53.33%) Finance
4 8 (53.33%) Degree
5 7 (46.67%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (40.00%) Roadmaps
6 6 (40.00%) Project Planning
6 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (40.00%) Contingency Planning
6 6 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 6 (40.00%) PRINCE
6 6 (40.00%) PMI
6 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (40.00%) PRINCE2
6 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
7 4 (26.67%) Matrix Organization
7 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
8 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (20.00%) CISSP
8 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (20.00%) Agile
8 3 (20.00%) PMP
8 3 (20.00%) Change Management
9 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (13.33%) Scrum
9 2 (13.33%) Business Continuity
9 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
9 2 (13.33%) Programme Governance
9 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Local Government
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 6 (40.00%) PMI
2 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.67%) CMDB
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (93.33%) Project Management
3 6 (40.00%) Contingency Planning
3 6 (40.00%) PRINCE
3 6 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 6 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 6 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (26.67%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) Change Management
5 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) Business Continuity
6 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Governance
6 2 (13.33%) Project Governance
6 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 2 (13.33%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) PMI Certification
2 8 (53.33%) Degree
3 3 (20.00%) CISSP
3 3 (20.00%) PMP
4 1 (6.67%) CISM
4 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft