Security Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 337 336
Rank change year-on-year +93 -1 +64
Contract jobs citing Security Management 90 66 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.32% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.38% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 42 83
10th Percentile £348 £350 £463
25th Percentile £500 £409 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £639 £650 £694
90th Percentile £749 £770 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £66.25 £80.34 £42.93
25th Percentile £68.13 £80.85 £44.31
Median hourly rate £75.00 £81.71 £47.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +72.92% -
75th Percentile £85.63 £82.56 £50.81
90th Percentile £89.75 £83.07 £52.58
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £81.71 £42.00
% change year-on-year -8.21% +94.54% +52.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,553 17,505 21,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.71% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,248 10,459 14,852
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 834 2,060 1,308
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.34 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.19 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.72
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the UK excluding London

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Management in the UK excluding London

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in the UK excluding London

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in the UK excluding London

Security Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Management in the UK excluding London

Security Management
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 Security Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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 +37 32 £550 -4.35% 34
Yorkshire +29 21 £550 -4.35% 7
South West +43 18 £600 -12.73% 28
South East +34 15 £550 +11.11% 49
West Midlands +25 13 £523 -9.09% 12
Midlands +22 13 £523 -0.43% 27
Scotland +9 8 £528 +53.74% 10
North West +14 6 £675 +17.39% 23
North East +2 5 - - 4
East of England +37 4 - - 18
Security Management
UK

Security Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (17.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.33%) Confluence
4 1 (1.11%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.22%) Azure
2 6 (6.67%) AWS
3 4 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.22%) GCP
6 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.11%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (20.00%) DNS
2 9 (10.00%) Firewall
2 9 (10.00%) Network Security
3 5 (5.56%) Internet
4 3 (3.33%) VPN
5 2 (2.22%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (2.22%) LAN
5 2 (2.22%) MPLS
5 2 (2.22%) SD-WAN
5 2 (2.22%) SSL
5 2 (2.22%) WAN
5 2 (2.22%) Wireless
6 1 (1.11%) 5G
6 1 (1.11%) BIG-IP
6 1 (1.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (1.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (1.11%) MQTT
6 1 (1.11%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (18.89%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.11%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.11%) SAP Data Services
General
1 33 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (17.78%) Finance
3 10 (11.11%) Banking
4 6 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.44%) Legal
6 4 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.33%) General Ledger
7 3 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.22%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.22%) Law
8 2 (2.22%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.22%) Military
8 2 (2.22%) Publishing
9 1 (1.11%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.11%) Electronics
9 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (21.11%) Architect
2 13 (14.44%) Consultant
2 13 (14.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (13.33%) Security Architect
3 12 (13.33%) Security Consultant
4 11 (12.22%) Security Engineer
5 10 (11.11%) Security Manager
6 9 (10.00%) DevSecOps Architect
7 8 (8.89%) Administrator
7 8 (8.89%) DevSecOps Consultant
7 8 (8.89%) Engineering Specialist
7 8 (8.89%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 8 (8.89%) IT Engineer
7 8 (8.89%) Senior
8 7 (7.78%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.78%) Network Engineer
9 5 (5.56%) Analyst
9 5 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 5 (5.56%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 5 (5.56%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 17 (18.89%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (14.44%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (10.00%) Private Cloud
5 7 (7.78%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (7.78%) Operational Technology
5 7 (7.78%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (6.67%) Security Posture
7 5 (5.56%) Data Centre
7 5 (5.56%) Mainframe
8 4 (4.44%) CMDB
8 4 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (2.22%) CCTV
10 2 (2.22%) Data Structures
10 2 (2.22%) IBM Mainframe
10 2 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (1.11%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (25.56%) Linux
2 21 (23.33%) Windows
3 17 (18.89%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.56%) zOS
5 2 (2.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (30.00%) Agile
2 27 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (25.56%) Information Security
4 19 (21.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (21.11%) Microservices
5 16 (17.78%) SOA
6 15 (16.67%) Information Security Management
7 13 (14.44%) ITIL
7 13 (14.44%) Roadmaps
7 13 (14.44%) Server Management
8 11 (12.22%) DevOps
8 11 (12.22%) Incident Response
8 11 (12.22%) OWASP
8 11 (12.22%) Risk Management
9 10 (11.11%) Data Protection
9 10 (11.11%) DevSecOps
9 10 (11.11%) ISMS
9 10 (11.11%) Network Architecture
10 9 (10.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.00%) Bash
2 17 (18.89%) SQL
3 16 (17.78%) PL/SQL
3 16 (17.78%) PowerShell
4 15 (16.67%) Perl
5 1 (1.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 26 (28.89%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (26.67%) CISSP
4 23 (25.56%) SC Cleared
5 17 (18.89%) CISM
6 11 (12.22%) CEH
7 8 (8.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (8.89%) CCSP
7 8 (8.89%) CISA
7 8 (8.89%) Degree
7 8 (8.89%) OSCP
8 5 (5.56%) IBM Certification
9 4 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.44%) DV Cleared
10 3 (3.33%) ISACA
10 3 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (2.22%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.22%) CRISC
12 1 (1.11%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (24.44%) NIST
2 18 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (12.22%) COBIT
4 9 (10.00%) PCI DSS
5 6 (6.67%) GDPR
6 4 (4.44%) Data Quality
6 4 (4.44%) NIST 800
7 3 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (3.33%) GRC
7 3 (3.33%) NCSC
7 3 (3.33%) SLA
8 2 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (2.22%) JSP 440
9 1 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.11%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (1.11%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.11%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.11%) RMADS
9 1 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.56%) RACF
3 1 (1.11%) Firmware
3 1 (1.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.22%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.22%) SCCM
2 1 (1.11%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.11%) OPNET
2 1 (1.11%) SELinux
Vendors
1 27 (30.00%) Cisco
2 19 (21.11%) Oracle
3 11 (12.22%) Microsoft
4 9 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 7 (7.78%) ServiceNow
6 6 (6.67%) VMware
7 5 (5.56%) HP
7 5 (5.56%) IBM
7 5 (5.56%) Veeam
8 4 (4.44%) Palo Alto
9 3 (3.33%) Aruba
9 3 (3.33%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.22%) Bloomberg
10 2 (2.22%) F5
10 2 (2.22%) SAP
11 1 (1.11%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.11%) Infoblox
11 1 (1.11%) Juniper
11 1 (1.11%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.11%) Ruckus Wireless