Information Security Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £665 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 434 464
Rank change year-on-year +59 +30 -45
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 13 19 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.081% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.086% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 39
10th Percentile £513 £480 £510
25th Percentile £531 £525 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £665 £550 £675
Median % change year-on-year +20.91% -18.52% +35.00%
75th Percentile £698 £638 £763
90th Percentile £738 £690 -
UK median daily rate £600 £618 £588
% change year-on-year -2.83% +5.11% +23.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 18,947 22,165 29,135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.32% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,551 15,483 20,411
10th Percentile £213 £225 £202
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,261 1,134 1,449
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.31
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Information Security Manager
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 Information Security Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
South East +14 7 £600 -4.00% 3
South West +18 6 £668 +21.36% 1
Information Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Risk Management
2 9 (69.23%) Information Security
3 6 (46.15%) Information Assurance
4 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
4 5 (38.46%) CISM
4 5 (38.46%) Project Management
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
5 4 (30.77%) CISSP
5 4 (30.77%) PMI
5 4 (30.77%) PMI Certification
5 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
5 4 (30.77%) Supplier Management
6 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
6 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
7 2 (15.38%) NIST
7 2 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (15.38%) Line Management
7 2 (15.38%) GRC
8 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
8 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (7.69%) Application Security
8 1 (7.69%) Business Strategy
8 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
8 1 (7.69%) SDLC
8 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
8 1 (7.69%) Conflict Management
8 1 (7.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication

Information Security Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
1 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
1 1 (7.69%) Retail
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) PMI
2 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Risk Management
2 9 (69.23%) Information Security
3 6 (46.15%) Information Assurance
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Project Management
5 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
5 4 (30.77%) Supplier Management
6 2 (15.38%) Line Management
6 2 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
7 1 (7.69%) Application Security
7 1 (7.69%) Business Process Mapping
7 1 (7.69%) Business Strategy
7 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (7.69%) Conflict Management
7 1 (7.69%) Data Privacy
7 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
7 1 (7.69%) SDLC
7 1 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CISM
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) CISSP
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GRC
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) COBIT
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001