IT Security Manager Contracts

IT Security Manager
UK

The median IT Security Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, 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 508 550 670
Rank change year-on-year +42 +120 +148
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 12 32 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.073% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.079% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 28 40
10th Percentile £505 £556 £461
25th Percentile £513 £589 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £688 - £678
90th Percentile £740 £783 £853
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £606 £500
% change year-on-year -15.46% +21.25% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager.

Daily rate trend for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Security Manager.

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Manager in the UK

IT Security Manager
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Manager 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 +36 11 £575 -14.81% 10
Work from Home +38 8 £550 -18.52% 7
London +23 6 £675 - 8
UK excluding London +58 5 £513 -15.46% 5
South East +46 3 - - 2
Midlands +21 1 £500 -17.53% 1
West Midlands +13 1 £500 -17.53%
North of England - 1 £525 -
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -

IT Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 featuring IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Agile
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Finance
3 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (33.33%) CISSP
4 4 (33.33%) Information Security
4 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) NIST
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (25.00%) SIEM
5 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (25.00%) CISM
6 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
6 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (16.67%) Firewall
6 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
6 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 2 (16.67%) Security Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Network Security
6 2 (16.67%) Time Management
6 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Impact Analysis

IT Security Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
1 2 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (8.33%) Internet
2 1 (8.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Life Science
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 4 (33.33%) Information Security
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (25.00%) SIEM
6 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 2 (16.67%) Business Impact Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) Security Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Time Management
6 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CISSP
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) CISM
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CEH
4 1 (8.33%) CISA
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) GCIA
4 1 (8.33%) GCIH
4 1 (8.33%) GIAC
4 1 (8.33%) GSEC
4 1 (8.33%) ISEB
4 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
4 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (16.67%) GRC
4 1 (8.33%) COBIT
4 1 (8.33%) GDPR
4 1 (8.33%) QA
4 1 (8.33%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (8.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Qualys