Security Operations Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Operations Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Operations Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 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
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 337 447
Rank change year-on-year +32 +110 +161
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 4 3 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.020% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.022% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £730 £435 £526
25th Percentile £738 £450 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% -9.09% -18.52%
75th Percentile £813 £550 £625
90th Percentile £820 £565 £655
UK median daily rate £750 £750 £620
% change year-on-year - +20.97% -2.75%

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 9,154 13,731 22,674
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.60% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,163 9,234 16,090
10th Percentile £330 £325 £357
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £635 £633 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 566 528
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.00 £22.59 £25.00
Median hourly rate £33.94 £43.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.99% -13.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £66.05
90th Percentile £75.25 £75.00 £76.15
UK median hourly rate £27.40 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.93% -16.67% +80.00%

Security Operations Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Security Operations 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 Security Operations Manager.

Security Operations Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 2025, Security Operations 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 Security Operations Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SLA
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 4 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 4 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) SOAR
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) French Language

Security Operations 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) French Language
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) SOAR
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) GCIH
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft