Cybersecurity Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cybersecurity Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 314 425
Rank change year-on-year +31 +111 +114
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 21 31 52
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 25 39
10th Percentile £458 £450 £486
25th Percentile £491 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £688
90th Percentile £645 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -10.20% +2.08% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.31 - £62.00
Median hourly rate £47.44 - £64.00
75th Percentile £48.57 - £66.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.44 £31.80 £64.00
% change year-on-year +49.18% -50.31% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Cybersecurity Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Cybersecurity Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cybersecurity Manager.

Cybersecurity Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cybersecurity Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cybersecurity Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cybersecurity 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (47.62%) Project Management
3 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
6 5 (23.81%) NIST
6 5 (23.81%) Privileged Access Management
6 5 (23.81%) Finance
7 4 (19.05%) Change Management
7 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
7 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
7 4 (19.05%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
8 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
8 3 (14.29%) Operational Technology
8 3 (14.29%) Degree
8 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (14.29%) CyberArk
8 3 (14.29%) CISM
8 3 (14.29%) CISSP
8 3 (14.29%) Security Management
8 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
8 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
8 3 (14.29%) Information Security
9 2 (9.52%) Retail
9 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
9 2 (9.52%) PMI
9 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
9 2 (9.52%) SAML

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
1 2 (9.52%) Network Security
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Retail
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 3 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (9.52%) PMI
2 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Life Science
3 1 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (47.62%) Project Management
3 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 5 (23.81%) Privileged Access Management
6 4 (19.05%) Change Management
6 4 (19.05%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
6 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
7 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
7 3 (14.29%) Information Security
7 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 3 (14.29%) Security Management
7 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (9.52%) Contingency Planning
8 2 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
8 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
8 2 (9.52%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) CISM
1 3 (14.29%) CISSP
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.76%) CEH
3 1 (4.76%) CISA
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) GCIA
3 1 (4.76%) GCIH
3 1 (4.76%) GIAC
3 1 (4.76%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) NIST
2 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.76%) GDPR
3 1 (4.76%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) CyberArk
2 2 (9.52%) Okta
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft