Security Management Contracts

Security Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 491 538
Rank change year-on-year +35 +47 -63
Contract jobs citing Security Management 142 226 322
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.38% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.42% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 163 236
10th Percentile £350 £461 £400
25th Percentile £513 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £738 £702 £639
90th Percentile £808 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +12.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £80.34 £36.40 £25.85
25th Percentile £80.85 £38.50 £26.00
Median hourly rate £81.71 £42.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.54% +52.73% -27.25%
75th Percentile £82.56 £47.88 £28.75
90th Percentile £83.07 £51.40 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.71 £47.25 -
% change year-on-year +72.92% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,562 53,490 80,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.88% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,188 37,115 56,434
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,451 1,742 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +67 111 £625 +4.17% 107
UK excluding London -7 68 £575 -4.17% 74
Work from Home +89 66 £575 -4.17% 57
London +75 53 £650 +18.18% 39
South East +2 22 £495 -27.68% 23
South West +18 15 £688 +10.00% 11
Scotland +28 13 £350 -41.67% 8
North of England +26 12 £575 +15.00% 14
North West +25 7 £575 +15.00% 9
Midlands +7 5 £525 -12.50% 11
West Midlands +6 4 £575 -4.17% 6
Yorkshire +23 3 £575 +21.05% 2
East of England +10 2 £550 - 7
North East - 2 £423 - 3
East Midlands - 1 £250 - 5

Security Management
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 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
3 1 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (7.75%) Teamcenter
2 3 (2.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (1.41%) HFM
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.70%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.20%) Azure
2 16 (11.27%) AWS
3 12 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.52%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.82%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (1.41%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.70%) GCP
7 1 (0.70%) GitHub
7 1 (0.70%) IaaS
7 1 (0.70%) PaaS
7 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (24.65%) Network Security
2 17 (11.97%) Firewall
3 8 (5.63%) DNS
4 6 (4.23%) TCP/IP
4 6 (4.23%) VoIP
4 6 (4.23%) VPN
5 5 (3.52%) NAS
5 5 (3.52%) SAN
5 5 (3.52%) VLAN
6 4 (2.82%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (2.82%) IP Telephony
6 4 (2.82%) iSCSI
6 4 (2.82%) SSL
7 3 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.41%) AMQP
8 2 (1.41%) DHCP
8 2 (1.41%) DMZ
8 2 (1.41%) Modbus
8 2 (1.41%) MQTT
8 2 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.38%) Oracle Database
2 17 (11.97%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.52%) Metadata
4 4 (2.82%) Oracle Database 12c
4 4 (2.82%) Oracle8/8i Database
5 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.41%) Essbase
6 2 (1.41%) Oracle BI EE
6 2 (1.41%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (1.41%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (1.41%) Tableau
7 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.70%) Power BI
7 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) GitLab
1 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 27 (19.01%) Public Sector
2 23 (16.20%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.08%) Finance
4 16 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.93%) Billing
5 7 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.23%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.11%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.11%) Marketing
8 3 (2.11%) Police
9 2 (1.41%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Law
10 1 (0.70%) Legal
10 1 (0.70%) Military
10 1 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (30.99%) Architect
2 25 (17.61%) Consultant
2 25 (17.61%) Security Architect
3 20 (14.08%) Lead
3 20 (14.08%) Security Consultant
4 13 (9.15%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 11 (7.75%) Oracle Architect
6 9 (6.34%) Analyst
6 9 (6.34%) Security Engineer
6 9 (6.34%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.93%) Information Security Officer
7 7 (4.93%) Security Officer
8 6 (4.23%) Chief Information Security Officer
8 6 (4.23%) Chief Security Officer
8 6 (4.23%) DBA
9 5 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.52%) Lead Architect
9 5 (3.52%) Oracle DBA
9 5 (3.52%) Security Analyst
9 5 (3.52%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.82%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 3 (2.11%) PyTorch
2 3 (2.11%) scikit-learn
2 3 (2.11%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.41%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (1.41%) JSON
3 2 (1.41%) Web Services
3 2 (1.41%) XML
3 2 (1.41%) XSLT
4 1 (0.70%) LDAP
4 1 (0.70%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 29 (20.42%) Management Information System
2 13 (9.15%) Blog
2 13 (9.15%) Data Centre
2 13 (9.15%) Replication
3 7 (4.93%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.52%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (3.52%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.82%) PKI
6 3 (2.11%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.11%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.11%) NHS
7 2 (1.41%) IoT
7 2 (1.41%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.70%) Clustering
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.68%) Linux
2 13 (9.15%) Windows
3 11 (7.75%) Unix
4 5 (3.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.70%) CentOS
5 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.70%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (57.04%) Information Security
2 73 (51.41%) Information Security Management
3 60 (42.25%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (28.87%) Risk Management
5 28 (19.72%) Data Protection
6 25 (17.61%) ISMS
7 22 (15.49%) Risk Assessment
8 21 (14.79%) Identity Access Management
8 21 (14.79%) Information Assurance
8 21 (14.79%) ITIL
8 21 (14.79%) Security Architecture
9 20 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (11.97%) Architectural Patterns
11 16 (11.27%) Disaster Recovery
12 15 (10.56%) Migration
13 14 (9.86%) Cloud Security
13 14 (9.86%) Decision-Making
14 13 (9.15%) Capacity Management
14 13 (9.15%) SABSA
14 13 (9.15%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.38%) SQL
2 13 (9.15%) PL/SQL
3 6 (4.23%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.82%) Shell Script
5 3 (2.11%) Python
6 2 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.70%) Java
7 1 (0.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 53 (37.32%) Security Cleared
2 46 (32.39%) SC Cleared
3 41 (28.87%) CISSP
4 36 (25.35%) CISM
5 23 (16.20%) Degree
6 22 (15.49%) CISA
7 14 (9.86%) DV Cleared
8 12 (8.45%) CRISC
9 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (5.63%) CREST Certified
10 8 (5.63%) ISACA
10 8 (5.63%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (4.93%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (3.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (3.52%) Master's Degree
13 5 (3.52%) SAP Certification
14 4 (2.82%) CCNA
14 4 (2.82%) CGEIT
14 4 (2.82%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (32.39%) NIST
2 40 (28.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (19.72%) NCSC
4 17 (11.97%) COBIT
5 16 (11.27%) GDPR
6 13 (9.15%) GRC
7 6 (4.23%) Government Security Classifications
8 5 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (3.52%) NIST 800
9 4 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (2.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (2.11%) PCI DSS
10 3 (2.11%) SLA
11 2 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.70%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.70%) QA
12 1 (0.70%) RMADS
System Software
1 21 (14.79%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.52%) Firmware
4 4 (2.82%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (2.82%) vSphere
5 2 (1.41%) Docker
5 2 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.41%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.70%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) Data Guard
1 4 (2.82%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.41%) Grafana
3 2 (1.41%) SCCM
3 2 (1.41%) Terraform
3 2 (1.41%) WSUS
4 1 (0.70%) Avamar
Vendors
1 36 (25.35%) Microsoft
2 23 (16.20%) Oracle
3 11 (7.75%) SAP
4 9 (6.34%) VMware
5 6 (4.23%) Genesys
6 4 (2.82%) Cisco
7 3 (2.11%) Citrix
7 3 (2.11%) Sophos
7 3 (2.11%) Sparx
8 2 (1.41%) CA
8 2 (1.41%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.41%) Informatica
8 2 (1.41%) Meraki
8 2 (1.41%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.41%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.70%) Cadence
9 1 (0.70%) EMC
9 1 (0.70%) HP
9 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.70%) Sage