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 16 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 684 812
Rank change year-on-year +113 +128 -86
Contract jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 13 13 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.023% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.025% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 27
10th Percentile £515 £522 £508
25th Percentile £600 £528 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £620 £638
Median % change year-on-year +20.97% -2.75% +20.51%
75th Percentile £775 £630 £688
90th Percentile £779 £698 £790
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £663 £638
% change year-on-year -9.43% +3.92% +21.43%

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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

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 16 June 2024.

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 16 June 2024. 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 +87 13 £750 +20.97% 6
London +84 12 £750 +20.97% 2
Work from Home +115 3 £500 -9.09% 3
UK excluding London +27 1 £600 -9.43% 3
South West - 1 £600 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 2024, 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 8 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (61.54%) Security Operations
2 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
2 5 (38.46%) CISSP
2 5 (38.46%) CISM
3 4 (30.77%) Information Security
3 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Privileged Access Management
3 4 (30.77%) NIST
4 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
4 3 (23.08%) Coaching
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (23.08%) Azure
4 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) SaaS
5 2 (15.38%) PaaS
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) IaaS
5 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
5 2 (15.38%) SIEM
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Identity
6 1 (7.69%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (7.69%) CCSK
6 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
6 1 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence

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 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) IaaS
2 2 (15.38%) PaaS
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
General
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Banking
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
1 1 (7.69%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (61.54%) Security Operations
2 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
3 4 (30.77%) Information Security
3 4 (30.77%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (23.08%) Coaching
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Identity
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) SIEM
5 2 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (7.69%) Change Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
6 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
6 1 (7.69%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.69%) Resource Management
6 1 (7.69%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CISM
1 5 (38.46%) CISSP
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CCSK
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) GCIA
4 1 (7.69%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
2 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft