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 £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 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
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 386 405
Rank change year-on-year +42 +19 +58
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 12 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.080% 0.064% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.070% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 17
10th Percentile £316 £513 £475
25th Percentile £425 £550 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £665 £650
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% +2.31% -3.70%
75th Percentile £475 £670 £700
90th Percentile £565 £740 £825
UK median daily rate £450 £665 £650
% change year-on-year -32.33% +2.31% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.75
Median hourly rate - - £31.50
75th Percentile - - £32.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £31.50

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 13,585 18,593 21,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 92.24% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,357 11,302 14,819
10th Percentile £216 £215 £235
25th Percentile £363 £375 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,150 2,153 1,195
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.88 £13.91
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -38.57% +3.51% +88.33%
75th Percentile £56.33 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.53 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%

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 20 July 2025.

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 20 July 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
South West +37 4 £600 -9.77% 3
South East +31 4 £450 -28.00% 4
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Scotland - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £249 -
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 20 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Information Security
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Legal
3 4 (33.33%) CISSP
3 4 (33.33%) CISM
3 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Information Assurance
3 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) CRISC
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security Governance
4 3 (25.00%) GDPR
4 3 (25.00%) NIST
4 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
4 3 (25.00%) HIPAA
4 3 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) Military
5 2 (16.67%) Benchmarking
5 2 (16.67%) Security Management
5 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (16.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act

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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 4 (33.33%) Legal
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Military
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Automotive
4 1 (8.33%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Information Security
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (33.33%) Information Assurance
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security Governance
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (16.67%) Benchmarking
5 2 (16.67%) Compliance Management
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Register
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Security Management
5 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 2 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (8.33%) Due Diligence
6 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CISM
1 4 (33.33%) CISSP
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) CRISC
3 2 (16.67%) CISMP
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CISA
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (8.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (25.00%) GDPR
2 3 (25.00%) HIPAA
2 3 (25.00%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (16.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (16.67%) GRC
4 1 (8.33%) COBIT
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (8.33%) NCSC
4 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Virgin Media