Security Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 324 332
Rank change year-on-year +48 +8 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 54 71 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.35% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.38% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 56 71
10th Percentile £425 £463 £488
25th Percentile £500 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £668 £700
90th Percentile £663 £725 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £618
% change year-on-year -12.00% +1.21% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £31.80 -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £31.80 £64.00
% change year-on-year +10.06% -50.31% -20.50%

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 11,749 18,731 21,611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.50% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,490 11,452 15,051
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.31% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 826 2,272 1,106
10th Percentile £13.93 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.74 £18.04
Median hourly rate £27.13 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.19% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.56 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -18.89% +87.50%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Security Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
South East +53 21 £575 -8.00% 81
South West +23 10 £625 +19.05% 19
North of England +15 8 £550 +10.00% 55
Scotland +9 7 £550 -3.93% 15
Yorkshire +9 5 £550 +10.00% 18
Midlands +4 4 £525 -14.29% 32
West Midlands +3 4 £525 -14.29% 20
North West +9 3 - - 26
East of England +23 2 £384 -30.18% 14
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
Security Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 29 (53.70%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (31.48%) Finance
2 17 (31.48%) Social Skills
3 15 (27.78%) Information Security
4 13 (24.07%) Project Management
4 13 (24.07%) CISSP
4 13 (24.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 12 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 11 (20.37%) NIST
6 11 (20.37%) CISM
6 11 (20.37%) Degree
7 10 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
7 10 (18.52%) Security Management
7 10 (18.52%) Roadmaps
8 9 (16.67%) Management Information System
8 9 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 9 (16.67%) PMI Certification
8 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (14.81%) Regulatory Compliance
10 7 (12.96%) Project Delivery
10 7 (12.96%) Azure
10 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
10 7 (12.96%) Project Planning
11 6 (11.11%) Data Protection
11 6 (11.11%) CRISC
11 6 (11.11%) PRINCE

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) Azure
2 3 (5.56%) SonarCloud
3 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.85%) AWS
4 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) Firewall
1 3 (5.56%) Network Security
2 2 (3.70%) VPN
3 1 (1.85%) 5G
3 1 (1.85%) Internet
3 1 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Snyk
2 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 17 (31.48%) Finance
1 17 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.41%) Legal
5 3 (5.56%) Banking
6 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.85%) Automotive
7 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.85%) Law
7 1 (1.85%) Local Government
7 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Military
7 1 (1.85%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 6 (11.11%) PMI
3 5 (9.26%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.56%) CCTV
5 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.85%) PropTech
6 1 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (53.70%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (27.78%) Information Security
3 13 (24.07%) Project Management
4 12 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 10 (18.52%) Roadmaps
5 10 (18.52%) Security Management
5 10 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (14.81%) Regulatory Compliance
7 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.96%) Project Delivery
8 7 (12.96%) Project Planning
9 6 (11.11%) Contingency Planning
9 6 (11.11%) Data Protection
9 6 (11.11%) PRINCE
10 5 (9.26%) Agile
11 4 (7.41%) Change Management
11 4 (7.41%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 13 (24.07%) CISSP
2 12 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 11 (20.37%) CISM
3 11 (20.37%) Degree
4 9 (16.67%) PMI Certification
5 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
6 6 (11.11%) CRISC
7 4 (7.41%) CISA
8 3 (5.56%) PMP
9 2 (3.70%) CISMP
9 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.70%) ISACA
10 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (20.37%) NIST
3 6 (11.11%) GDPR
4 4 (7.41%) GRC
4 4 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (5.56%) HIPAA
6 2 (3.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (3.70%) NCSC
7 1 (1.85%) COBIT
7 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.85%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (3.70%) AlgoSec
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.85%) Qualys
2 1 (1.85%) SAP
2 1 (1.85%) Virgin Media