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 £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 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
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 298 352
Rank change year-on-year +21 +54 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Security Project Manager 30 38 72
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.30% 0.30% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.32% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 53
10th Percentile £451 £500 £503
25th Percentile £512 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +20.93%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £760
90th Percentile £619 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £618
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.83% +12.27%

All DemandTrendContract 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 9,299 11,982 19,783
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 93.54% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,117 7,892 13,960
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -2.75%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 325 475
10th Percentile £13.15 £17.90 £16.99
25th Percentile £18.54 £30.12 £24.67
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £79.68
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 23 (76.67%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (73.33%) Social Skills
3 16 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (46.67%) Project Management
5 12 (40.00%) Finance
6 11 (36.67%) Agile
7 10 (33.33%) Project Delivery
8 7 (23.33%) DevOps
8 7 (23.33%) Azure
9 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (20.00%) Change Control
10 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (16.67%) Scrum
10 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
10 5 (16.67%) PRINCE2
10 5 (16.67%) NIST
11 4 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (13.33%) Change Management
11 4 (13.33%) Programme Management
11 4 (13.33%) Privileged Access Management
11 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
11 4 (13.33%) Waterfall
12 3 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (10.00%) Cyber Resilience
12 3 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
12 3 (10.00%) Cryptography
12 3 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
12 3 (10.00%) Network Architecture

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 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.33%) AWS
4 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.33%) SAP Fieldglass
4 1 (3.33%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Snyk
General
1 22 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 12 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Automotive
6 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) ADO
1 2 (6.67%) SailPoint
1 2 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.33%) CCTV
2 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.33%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (76.67%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (46.67%) Project Management
4 11 (36.67%) Agile
5 10 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 7 (23.33%) DevOps
7 6 (20.00%) Change Control
7 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 5 (16.67%) Scrum
9 4 (13.33%) Change Management
9 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
9 4 (13.33%) Privileged Access Management
9 4 (13.33%) Programme Management
9 4 (13.33%) Waterfall
10 3 (10.00%) Cyber Resilience
10 3 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
10 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) CISSP
1 2 (6.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.33%) CISM
2 1 (3.33%) CRISC
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) GIAC
2 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) NIST
2 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.67%) GRC
4 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.33%) GDPR
4 1 (3.33%) GxP
4 1 (3.33%) NCSC
4 1 (3.33%) PMBOK
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) Ariba
2 2 (6.67%) CyberArk
2 2 (6.67%) Okta
2 2 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (3.33%) Proofpoint
3 1 (3.33%) Workday