Hybrid/Remote Information Security Manager Contract Job Trends

Information Security Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Security Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 329 376
Rank change year-on-year +26 +47 +175
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager 5 7 28
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.051% 0.057% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.061% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 21
10th Percentile £291 £438 £600
25th Percentile £362 £494 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £570 £700
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -18.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £490 £601 £760
90th Percentile £496 £612 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £595 £663
% change year-on-year -15.97% -10.19% +1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.75
Median hourly rate - - £31.50
75th Percentile - - £32.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £31.50

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 9,178 11,506 17,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 93.40% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,016 7,271 12,624
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 227 389
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.84 £16.93
25th Percentile £20.50 £27.11 £24.97
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.94%

Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Information Security Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Information Security Manager over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

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

Information Security Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Information Security 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 Information Security Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (20.00%) Application Security
4 1 (20.00%) Ariba
4 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (20.00%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) COBIT
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (20.00%) EBIOS
4 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) FinOps
4 1 (20.00%) GCP

Information Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Control Tower
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) EBIOS
3 1 (20.00%) FinOps
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) ISMS
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) OWASP
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) OSCP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) COBIT
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) IASME
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC
2 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Ariba
1 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft