Security Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £579, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 328 365
Rank change year-on-year -35 +37 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Security Project Manager 29 27 41
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.20% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 27
10th Percentile £433 £491 £500
25th Percentile £486 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £579 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £632 - £663
90th Percentile £700 £675 £745
UK median daily rate £536 £600 £640
% change year-on-year -10.67% -6.25% +11.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £56.50
UK median hourly rate - - £56.50
% change year-on-year - - -29.38%

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 16,365 13,654 18,188
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 92.40% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,045 8,137 11,891
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,658 773 1,181
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.36 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.24 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +84.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +50.00%

Security Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Security Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Security Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Security Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

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

Security Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Security Project 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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 December 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 -34 12 £613 +24.43% 1
South East -23 9 £520 -7.92% 1
Yorkshire - 8 £613 - 1
West Midlands -27 5 £600 -
Midlands -39 5 £600 -
North West -27 4 £569 +15.54%
Scotland +7 2 £651 -
East of England -19 1 £750 +3.45%
Security Project Manager
UK

Security Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Security Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Security Project Manager in the job title.

1 21 (72.41%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (68.97%) Project Management
3 14 (48.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (41.38%) Project Delivery
5 7 (24.14%) Change Management
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (20.69%) Azure
6 6 (20.69%) DevOps
7 5 (17.24%) Agile
7 5 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (17.24%) Change Control
7 5 (17.24%) Cyber Resilience
7 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
7 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
8 4 (13.79%) Project Planning
8 4 (13.79%) Supplier Management
9 3 (10.34%) Business Process Improvement
9 3 (10.34%) CISM
9 3 (10.34%) CISSP
9 3 (10.34%) Contingency Planning
9 3 (10.34%) Cryptography
9 3 (10.34%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (10.34%) Information Security
9 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (10.34%) Network Architecture
9 3 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
9 3 (10.34%) Network Security
9 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
9 3 (10.34%) Programme Governance
9 3 (10.34%) Programme Management

Security Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Network Security
2 2 (6.90%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.45%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 12 (41.38%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Retail
4 2 (6.90%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Automotive
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) ADO
1 2 (6.90%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.45%) CCTV
2 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (72.41%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (68.97%) Project Management
3 14 (48.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (41.38%) Project Delivery
5 7 (24.14%) Change Management
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (20.69%) DevOps
7 5 (17.24%) Agile
7 5 (17.24%) Change Control
7 5 (17.24%) Cyber Resilience
7 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
8 4 (13.79%) Project Planning
8 4 (13.79%) Supplier Management
9 3 (10.34%) Cryptography
9 3 (10.34%) Information Security
9 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
9 3 (10.34%) Release Management
9 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
9 3 (10.34%) Scrum
9 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) CISM
1 3 (10.34%) CISSP
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) APMP
3 1 (3.45%) CIMA
3 1 (3.45%) CISA
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GRC
1 2 (6.90%) JSP 440
1 2 (6.90%) NCSC
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.45%) NIST
2 1 (3.45%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft