Operational Security Manager
UK
The median Operational Security Manager daily rate in the UK is £763, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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 4 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 546 | 555 | 670 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | +115 | +161 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager | 7 | 15 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.021% | 0.038% | 0.022% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.023% | 0.041% | 0.024% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 12 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £638 | £529 | £521 |
| 25th Percentile | £694 | £572 | £527 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £763 | £750 | £585 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.67% | +28.21% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £816 | £775 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | £821 | - | £647 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £600 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +9.09% | -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 | 30,107 | 36,433 | 50,404 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.41% | 92.93% | 94.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19,087 | 23,537 | 34,777 |
| 10th Percentile | £282 | £300 | £306 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | -0.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +2.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,495 | 2,061 | 1,513 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.62 | £14.16 | £14.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £20.12 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.51% | - | +67.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.99 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.05 | £75.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.90 | £38.95 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.71% | +12.71% | +83.08% |
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.
Operational Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Security Manager.
Operational Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Security Manager over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.
Operational Security Manager
Top 3 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 4 August 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 |
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| England | +4 | 6 | £750 | - | 12 |
| London | -8 | 5 | £750 | - | 10 |
| Work from Home | +27 | 4 | £775 | +55.00% | 8 |
Operational Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 August 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.
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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: