Hybrid/Remote IT Security Manager Contract Job Trends

IT Security Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Security Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £679, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 305 340
Rank change year-on-year -59 +35 +92
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Manager 3 7 10
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.022% 0.069% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.074% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 8
10th Percentile £555 £518 £544
25th Percentile £598 £525 £624
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £679 £550 £738
Median % change year-on-year +23.41% -25.42% +13.46%
75th Percentile £763 £575 £775
90th Percentile £808 £583 £783
UK median daily rate £675 £525 £638
% change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 12,449 9,517 13,653
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 93.91% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,904 6,415 9,185
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -2.33%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £635
90th Percentile £725 £760 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 649 275 542
10th Percentile £17.01 £13.91 £14.14
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.01 £22.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.65 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.95% -19.42% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £64.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.59 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +61.03% -29.47% -12.79%

IT Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

IT Security Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

IT Security Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

IT Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IT Security Manager over the 6 months to 7 July 2026.

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

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 2026, IT 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 IT Security Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Governance
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

IT 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Insider Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Governance
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST