Security Product Manager Contract Job Trends

Security Product Manager
UK

The median Security Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 - 604
Rank change year-on-year - - +197
Contract jobs requiring a Security Product Manager 6 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.017% - 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £606 - -
25th Percentile £616 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £587
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.09%
75th Percentile £741 - £658
90th Percentile £750 - £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 - £662

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 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

Security Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Product Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Security Product Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Security Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Product Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Product Manager job vacancies in the UK

Security Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Product Manager over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Product Manager in the UK

Security Product Manager
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Product Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 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 - 6 £663 - 3
Work from Home - 5 £675 - 1
UK excluding London - 3 £750 - 1
South East - 3 £750 - 1
London - 2 £625 - 2

Security Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, Security Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Security Product Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Product Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 3 (50.00%) Digital Innovation
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (50.00%) Product Vision
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
5 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
5 1 (16.67%) CCNA
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) Co-Creation
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Confluence
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) GTM Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) JIRA
5 1 (16.67%) NCSC
5 1 (16.67%) Network Security
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum

Security Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Product Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 3 (50.00%) Digital Innovation
3 3 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (50.00%) Product Vision
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
5 1 (16.67%) Co-Creation
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
5 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) Technical Debt
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 3 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Spotify
3 1 (16.67%) Zscaler