Operational Security Manager Contracts in England

Operational Security Manager
UK > England

The median Operational Security Manager daily rate in England is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 625 738
Rank change year-on-year +102 +113 -103
Contract jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 14 12 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.025% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.027% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 22
10th Percentile £515 £521 £575
25th Percentile £600 £527 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £620 £644
Median % change year-on-year +20.97% -3.69% +22.62%
75th Percentile £775 £641 £719
90th Percentile £779 £709 £793
UK median daily rate £750 £620 £644
% change year-on-year +20.97% -3.69% +22.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,105 44,948 67,278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.59% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,534 31,954 48,043
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.91%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,538 1,319 1,809
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +91.49% +9.30%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

Operational Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Operational Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Security Manager in England

Operational Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Security Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Operational Security Manager in England

Operational Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Security Manager in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Security Manager in England

Operational Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Security Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +87 12 £750 +20.97% 3
South West - 2 £600 -
Operational Security Manager
UK

Operational Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Operational Security 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 job ads across the England region featuring Operational Security Manager in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Security Operations
2 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) CISSP
3 5 (35.71%) CISM
3 5 (35.71%) Information Security
3 5 (35.71%) Cloud Security
4 4 (28.57%) NIST
4 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 4 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
5 3 (21.43%) Coaching
5 3 (21.43%) Azure
5 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
6 2 (14.29%) SIEM
6 2 (14.29%) Incident Response
6 2 (14.29%) Digital Identity
6 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
6 2 (14.29%) Project Management
6 2 (14.29%) Agile
6 2 (14.29%) IaaS
6 2 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) SaaS
6 2 (14.29%) PaaS
6 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
7 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills

Operational Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 2 (14.29%) IaaS
2 2 (14.29%) PaaS
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
General
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.14%) Banking
1 1 (7.14%) Finance
1 1 (7.14%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Security Operations
2 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) Cloud Security
3 5 (35.71%) Information Security
4 4 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
5 3 (21.43%) Coaching
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Agile
6 2 (14.29%) Digital Identity
6 2 (14.29%) Incident Response
6 2 (14.29%) Project Management
6 2 (14.29%) SIEM
6 2 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (7.14%) Change Management
7 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
7 1 (7.14%) IT Strategy
7 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 1 (7.14%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) CISM
1 5 (35.71%) CISSP
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.14%) CCSK
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) GCIA
4 1 (7.14%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
2 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft