Operational Security Manager Contracts

Operational Security Manager
UK

The median Operational Security Manager daily rate in the UK is £750, 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 514 569 702
Rank change year-on-year +55 +133 +120
Contract jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 6 13 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.030% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.032% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 12
10th Percentile £515 £510 £525
25th Percentile £594 £575 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £775 £620
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +25.00% -0.80%
75th Percentile £800 £800 £775
90th Percentile £815 £803 £786
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £600 £750
% change year-on-year -20.83% -20.00% +15.38%

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%

Operational Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational 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 +49 5 £775 - 14
Work from Home +40 5 £750 -6.25%
London +32 5 £775 -1.59% 9
UK excluding London +62 1 £475 -20.83% 8
Scotland - 1 £475 -

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

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

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) CISSP
3 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 4 (66.67%) SLA
3 4 (66.67%) Network Security
3 4 (66.67%) SIEM
3 4 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (66.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 4 (66.67%) Security Posture
4 3 (50.00%) Azure
4 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (50.00%) CCSP
5 2 (33.33%) Security Management
5 2 (33.33%) GCIH
5 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 2 (33.33%) CEH
5 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (33.33%) French Language
5 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation

Operational 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) French Language
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 4 (66.67%) SIEM
3 4 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Due Diligence
4 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Security Management
4 2 (33.33%) SOAR
4 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security Management
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CEH
3 2 (33.33%) GCIH
3 2 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CISA
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) SLA
3 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft