Hybrid/Remote Security Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Security Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Project Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 297 346
Rank change year-on-year +12 +49 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Security Project Manager 22 40 61
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.31% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.34% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 32 43
10th Percentile £437 £514 £513
25th Percentile £512 £530 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £716
90th Percentile £638 £775 £824
UK median daily rate £545 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -9.17% - +9.09%

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 9,232 11,907 18,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.46% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,085 7,637 13,405
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 295 439
10th Percentile £13.36 £19.42 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +4.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.35
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Security Project Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Security Project Manager job vacancies

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 18 September 2025.

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

Security Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Security Project Manager job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Security Project Manager job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Security Project Manager in the job title.

1 19 (86.36%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
3 12 (54.55%) Finance
4 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (50.00%) Project Management
5 10 (45.45%) Agile
6 6 (27.27%) Azure
6 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (27.27%) DevOps
7 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
7 5 (22.73%) Change Control
7 5 (22.73%) Change Management
8 4 (18.18%) Scrum
8 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
8 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
8 4 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
9 3 (13.64%) Cyber Resilience
9 3 (13.64%) Data Loss Prevention
9 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (13.64%) Network Architecture
9 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
9 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
9 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
9 3 (13.64%) Migration
9 3 (13.64%) Firewall
10 2 (9.09%) Risk Management
10 2 (9.09%) Banking

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 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) Network Security
2 2 (9.09%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) ADO
2 1 (4.55%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (86.36%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (50.00%) Project Management
2 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (45.45%) Agile
4 6 (27.27%) DevOps
4 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (22.73%) Change Control
5 5 (22.73%) Change Management
5 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
6 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 4 (18.18%) Scrum
6 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
7 3 (13.64%) Cyber Resilience
7 3 (13.64%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (13.64%) Migration
7 3 (13.64%) Network Architecture
7 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
7 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
1 1 (4.55%) CISM
1 1 (4.55%) CISSP
1 1 (4.55%) CRISC
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
1 1 (4.55%) GIAC
1 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.55%) PMP
1 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GRC
1 2 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) GxP
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Ariba
2 2 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.55%) Proofpoint