Project Manager - Cybersecurity Contracts

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
UK

The median Project Manager - Cybersecurity daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 530 624
Rank change year-on-year +42 +94 +117
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager - Cybersecurity 32 52 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 38 66
10th Percentile £457 £500 £500
25th Percentile £493 £513 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +6.52% +12.36%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £610 £670 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £30.70 £62.00
Median hourly rate - £31.80 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year - -50.31% -
75th Percentile - £32.90 £66.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £31.80 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the UK

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the UK

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the UK

Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager - Cybersecurity within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +31 21 £550 -10.20% 4
UK excluding London +52 15 £550 -4.35% 4
Work from Home +37 14 £575 -8.00% 2
London +26 9 £558 -14.23% 1
North of England +19 4 £563 +12.50% 1
Scotland +15 4 £550 -
South East +44 3 £500 -13.04% 1
Midlands +18 3 £613 -
West Midlands +11 3 £613 -2.00%
Yorkshire +8 3 £550 +10.00% 1
East of England +29 1 £700 -
North West +17 1 £575 +21.05%

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Manager - Cybersecurity 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 featuring Project Manager - Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (78.13%) Project Management
3 14 (43.75%) Finance
4 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
5 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (28.13%) PMI Certification
6 9 (28.13%) Degree
7 8 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
8 7 (21.88%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (18.75%) Project Planning
9 6 (18.75%) PMI
9 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (18.75%) PRINCE2
9 6 (18.75%) PRINCE
9 6 (18.75%) Agile
9 6 (18.75%) Management Information System
9 6 (18.75%) Project Delivery
9 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
9 6 (18.75%) Regulatory Compliance
9 6 (18.75%) Contingency Planning
10 5 (15.63%) Privileged Access Management
10 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
10 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
10 5 (15.63%) Change Management
10 5 (15.63%) Banking
10 5 (15.63%) Change Control
11 4 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (12.50%) PMP
11 4 (12.50%) NIST

Project Manager - Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 14 (43.75%) Finance
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Banking
5 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Retail
7 1 (3.13%) Legal
7 1 (3.13%) Local Government
7 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Management Information System
1 6 (18.75%) PMI
2 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.25%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.13%) CMDB
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (78.13%) Project Management
3 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (18.75%) Agile
6 6 (18.75%) Contingency Planning
6 6 (18.75%) PRINCE
6 6 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 6 (18.75%) Project Delivery
6 6 (18.75%) Project Planning
6 6 (18.75%) Regulatory Compliance
6 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
7 5 (15.63%) Change Control
7 5 (15.63%) Change Management
7 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
7 5 (15.63%) Privileged Access Management
7 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
8 4 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
1 9 (28.13%) PMI Certification
2 4 (12.50%) PMP
3 3 (9.38%) CISSP
4 1 (3.13%) CISM
4 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) CyberArk
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Okta