Hybrid/Remote Cybersecurity Manager Contract Job Trends

Cybersecurity Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £568, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 297 325
Rank change year-on-year +22 +28 +178
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 33 28 48
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.24% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.26% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 28
10th Percentile £411 £493 £501
25th Percentile £510 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% - -
75th Percentile £600 £675 £675
90th Percentile £746 £720 £756
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.75 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £62.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 - -

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,476 10,969 16,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 93.14% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,182 6,942 11,190
10th Percentile £326 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 202 362
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.62 £23.50 £26.24
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% -28.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.38
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies

Cybersecurity Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cybersecurity Manager over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Cybersecurity Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cybersecurity Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Cybersecurity Manager job vacancies

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Cybersecurity 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (42.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (33.33%) Project Management
4 10 (30.30%) Agile
5 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (18.18%) Azure
6 6 (18.18%) Change Management
6 6 (18.18%) CISSP
6 6 (18.18%) Cyber Resilience
6 6 (18.18%) Firewall
6 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2
7 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (15.15%) Change Control
7 5 (15.15%) DevOps
7 5 (15.15%) Information Security
7 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (15.15%) Network Security
7 5 (15.15%) NIST
7 5 (15.15%) Programme Management
7 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
7 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.12%) Degree
8 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
8 4 (12.12%) Scrum
8 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
8 4 (12.12%) SIEM
8 4 (12.12%) Waterfall
9 3 (9.09%) CISM
9 3 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
9 3 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
4 1 (3.03%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) Firewall
2 5 (15.15%) Network Security
3 2 (6.06%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.03%) DNS
4 1 (3.03%) HTTP
4 1 (3.03%) SMTP
4 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 21 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 16 (48.48%) Finance
3 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Military
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Automotive
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Local Government
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Reinsurance
3 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (42.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (33.33%) Project Management
4 10 (30.30%) Agile
5 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (18.18%) Change Management
6 6 (18.18%) Cyber Resilience
6 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2
7 5 (15.15%) Change Control
7 5 (15.15%) DevOps
7 5 (15.15%) Information Security
7 5 (15.15%) Programme Management
7 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
7 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.12%) Scrum
8 4 (12.12%) SIEM
8 4 (12.12%) Waterfall
9 3 (9.09%) Cryptography
9 3 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (9.09%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Bash
1 1 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) CISSP
2 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.09%) CISM
3 3 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 3 (9.09%) PMP
4 1 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (3.03%) APMG
4 1 (3.03%) CCNA
4 1 (3.03%) CCSP
4 1 (3.03%) CEH
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.03%) CRISC
4 1 (3.03%) GCIH
4 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (3.03%) OSCP
4 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (15.15%) NIST
2 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (9.09%) NCSC
3 2 (6.06%) GDPR
3 2 (6.06%) GRC
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.03%) PMBOK
4 1 (3.03%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
1 3 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 2 (6.06%) Ariba
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.03%) Darktrace
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) SAP