IT Security Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Security Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Security Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £550, 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 296 334 460
Rank change year-on-year +38 +126 +150
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 8 11 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.072% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.077% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 16
10th Percentile £518 £563 £500
25th Percentile £525 £624 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £747 £850
90th Percentile £583 £783 £863
UK median daily rate £575 £675 £550
% change year-on-year -14.81% +22.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 - -

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%

IT Security Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Security Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Security 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 IT Security Manager.

IT Security Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Security 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 IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) Information Security
4 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (37.50%) SIEM
4 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (37.50%) NIST
5 2 (25.00%) GRC
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Time Management
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (25.00%) CISM
5 2 (25.00%) CISSP
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL
6 1 (12.50%) ISEB
6 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery

IT Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Life Science
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) SIEM
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Time Management
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Business Impact Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CISM
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) CEH
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) GCIA
2 1 (12.50%) GCIH
2 1 (12.50%) GIAC
2 1 (12.50%) GSEC
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) GRC
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) QA
3 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Qualys