Security Project Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Project Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 307 358
Rank change year-on-year +21 +51 +118
Contract jobs requiring a Security Project Manager 28 40 98
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.27% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.29% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 33 71
10th Percentile £457 £480 £500
25th Percentile £507 £513 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% -2.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £752
90th Percentile £603 £785 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £618
% change year-on-year -12.00% +1.21% +16.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.00
Median hourly rate - - £64.00
75th Percentile - - £66.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £31.80 £64.00
% change year-on-year - -50.31% -20.00%

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 9,557 13,653 23,058
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.71% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,414 9,187 16,273
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £650
90th Percentile £760 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 543 550
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.16 £16.98
25th Percentile £17.21 £22.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.13 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £79.02
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £37.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -29.47% -14.05% +74.52%

Security Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Security Project 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 Project Manager.

Security Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Project Manager over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Security Project Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Project Manager.

Security Project Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, Security Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 20 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
1 20 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 15 (53.57%) Project Management
3 13 (46.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (42.86%) Finance
4 12 (42.86%) Project Delivery
5 7 (25.00%) NIST
6 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
6 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
6 6 (21.43%) Agile
7 5 (17.86%) PMI Certification
7 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (17.86%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (17.86%) Privileged Access Management
8 4 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (14.29%) DevOps
8 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (14.29%) Azure
9 3 (10.71%) SIEM
9 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (10.71%) Project Planning
9 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
9 3 (10.71%) OWASP
9 3 (10.71%) Banking
9 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
9 3 (10.71%) PMP
9 3 (10.71%) Change Management
9 3 (10.71%) Snyk
9 3 (10.71%) SonarCloud

Security Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) SonarCloud
3 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Snyk
2 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 20 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 12 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Banking
3 3 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Local Government
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) SailPoint
1 2 (7.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Operational Technology
2 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) PMI
3 1 (3.57%) CCTV
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (53.57%) Project Management
3 13 (46.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (42.86%) Project Delivery
5 6 (21.43%) Agile
5 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
6 5 (17.86%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (17.86%) Privileged Access Management
6 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (14.29%) DevOps
7 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (10.71%) Change Management
8 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
8 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
8 3 (10.71%) OWASP
8 3 (10.71%) Project Planning
8 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.71%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) PMI Certification
2 3 (10.71%) PMP
3 2 (7.14%) CISSP
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.57%) CISM
4 1 (3.57%) CRISC
4 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) GIAC
4 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) NIST
2 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.57%) EU AI Act
4 1 (3.57%) GDPR
4 1 (3.57%) GxP
4 1 (3.57%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) CyberArk
3 2 (7.14%) Okta
4 1 (3.57%) Ariba
4 1 (3.57%) Proofpoint
4 1 (3.57%) SAP
4 1 (3.57%) Workday