Security Management Contracts

Security Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 439 483
Rank change year-on-year +52 +44 +66
Contract jobs citing Security Management 136 135 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.32% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.37% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 96 169
10th Percentile £385 £350 £463
25th Percentile £500 £509 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £725
90th Percentile £695 £816 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £66.25 £80.34 £36.40
25th Percentile £68.13 £80.85 £38.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £81.71 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +94.54% +52.73%
75th Percentile £85.63 £82.56 £47.88
90th Percentile £89.75 £83.07 £51.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £81.71 £47.25
% change year-on-year -8.21% +72.92% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,555 36,687 51,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.98% 86.22% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,047 23,611 35,552
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,084 2,428 1,693
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.77
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

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 16 May 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Management in the UK

Security Management
Top 14 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 16 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 +87 127 £550 -12.00% 238
UK excluding London +76 91 £550 -4.35% 173
Work from Home +5 45 £527 -8.39% 225
London +10 36 £538 -14.00% 91
North of England +39 30 £550 -4.35% 43
South East +53 21 £600 +21.21% 54
Yorkshire +32 20 £550 -4.35% 9
South West +43 17 £600 -12.73% 30
Midlands +21 12 £523 +2.00% 17
West Midlands +20 12 £523 -0.43% 11
Scotland +4 6 £528 +53.74% 6
East of England +27 5 £475 -13.64% 19
North West +7 5 £588 +2.17% 26
North East +3 5 - - 8

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 16 (11.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.21%) Confluence
4 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.74%) CMS
5 1 (0.74%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.91%) Azure
2 12 (8.82%) AWS
3 9 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.94%) Serverless
5 3 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (2.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 3 (2.21%) Amazon S3
5 3 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.21%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.47%) Azure AKS
6 2 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.47%) GCP
6 2 (1.47%) OCI
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 25 (18.38%) Firewall
2 23 (16.91%) DNS
3 17 (12.50%) Network Security
4 7 (5.15%) VPN
5 6 (4.41%) DHCP
5 6 (4.41%) Internet
5 6 (4.41%) WAN
6 5 (3.68%) SSL
7 4 (2.94%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.94%) LAN
7 4 (2.94%) MPLS
7 4 (2.94%) SD-WAN
7 4 (2.94%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.94%) Wireless
8 2 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.47%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (1.47%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (1.47%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.47%) MQTT
8 2 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.50%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.74%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
General
1 45 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 23 (16.91%) Finance
3 22 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.88%) Banking
4 8 (5.88%) Legal
5 7 (5.15%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (4.41%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.68%) Law
7 5 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.21%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.21%) Military
8 3 (2.21%) Police
8 3 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.47%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.47%) Publishing
9 2 (1.47%) Retail
10 1 (0.74%) Local Government
10 1 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (17.65%) Security Engineer
2 21 (15.44%) Architect
3 16 (11.76%) Consultant
4 15 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (11.03%) Network Engineer
4 15 (11.03%) Security Architect
5 12 (8.82%) Security Consultant
6 10 (7.35%) Security Manager
7 9 (6.62%) Lead
8 8 (5.88%) Engineering Specialist
8 8 (5.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 8 (5.88%) IT Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Senior
9 7 (5.15%) Administrator
9 7 (5.15%) Analyst
9 7 (5.15%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Network Security Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) DevSecOps Architect
11 5 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.74%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.74%) ISPF
2 1 (0.74%) LDAP
2 1 (0.74%) OAuth
2 1 (0.74%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.85%) Management Information System
2 17 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
3 15 (11.03%) Security Posture
4 12 (8.82%) Operational Technology
5 9 (6.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (5.15%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (4.41%) CMDB
8 6 (4.41%) Mainframe
9 5 (3.68%) Data Centre
9 5 (3.68%) Private Cloud
10 4 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (2.21%) CCTV
11 3 (2.21%) Cloud Native
11 3 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (2.21%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.47%) IBM Mainframe
12 2 (1.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 25 (18.38%) Linux
1 25 (18.38%) Windows
2 20 (14.71%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.41%) zOS
4 4 (2.94%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (33.82%) Information Security
2 42 (30.88%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (28.68%) Cybersecurity
4 34 (25.00%) Agile
5 32 (23.53%) Information Security Management
6 23 (16.91%) Risk Management
7 21 (15.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (15.44%) ITIL
8 19 (13.97%) Microservices
9 18 (13.24%) Incident Response
9 18 (13.24%) ISMS
9 18 (13.24%) Roadmaps
10 17 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (11.76%) Change Management
11 16 (11.76%) Security Operations
11 16 (11.76%) SOA
12 13 (9.56%) Server Management
13 12 (8.82%) Cloud Security
13 12 (8.82%) Migration
13 12 (8.82%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.18%) SQL
2 21 (15.44%) Bash
3 19 (13.97%) PowerShell
4 16 (11.76%) PL/SQL
5 15 (11.03%) Perl
6 5 (3.68%) Python
7 1 (0.74%) Assembly Language
7 1 (0.74%) Bicep
7 1 (0.74%) CLIST
7 1 (0.74%) JCL
7 1 (0.74%) REXX
7 1 (0.74%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (32.35%) Security Cleared
2 30 (22.06%) CISSP
2 30 (22.06%) SC Cleared
3 27 (19.85%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (14.71%) CISM
5 14 (10.29%) Degree
6 13 (9.56%) CISA
7 7 (5.15%) CEH
8 6 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (3.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (3.68%) CCNP
9 5 (3.68%) CCSP
9 5 (3.68%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.68%) IBM Certification
10 4 (2.94%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.94%) OSCP
11 3 (2.21%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.21%) ISACA
11 3 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (27.94%) NIST
2 36 (26.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (8.82%) COBIT
3 12 (8.82%) GDPR
4 7 (5.15%) NIST 800
4 7 (5.15%) PCI DSS
5 6 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (4.41%) GRC
6 5 (3.68%) Data Quality
6 5 (3.68%) HIPAA
6 5 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (3.68%) NCSC
6 5 (3.68%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.47%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.47%) JSP 440
7 2 (1.47%) SLA
8 1 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 23 (16.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.68%) RACF
2 5 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.74%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.74%) Docker
4 1 (0.74%) Firmware
4 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.74%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.74%) XenApp
4 1 (0.74%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (8.82%) SCCM
2 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.94%) Cisco Prime
3 4 (2.94%) Terraform
3 4 (2.94%) WSUS
4 3 (2.21%) CASB
5 2 (1.47%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.47%) Nagios
5 2 (1.47%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.74%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.74%) OMEGAMON
6 1 (0.74%) OPNET
6 1 (0.74%) SELinux
6 1 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (22.06%) Cisco
2 23 (16.91%) Oracle
3 22 (16.18%) Microsoft
4 11 (8.09%) Fortinet
5 9 (6.62%) ServiceNow
6 7 (5.15%) Aruba
6 7 (5.15%) VMware
7 6 (4.41%) IBM
7 6 (4.41%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.68%) HP
8 5 (3.68%) Qualys
8 5 (3.68%) SolarWinds
8 5 (3.68%) Veeam
9 4 (2.94%) F5
10 3 (2.21%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.21%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (2.21%) Infoblox
10 3 (2.21%) Rapid7
10 3 (2.21%) Ruckus Wireless
10 3 (2.21%) Zscaler