Security Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Security Manager
England > Midlands

The median Security Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £613 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 139 168
Rank change year-on-year +21 +29 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 13 14 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.48% 0.43% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.45% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 31
10th Percentile £551 - £480
25th Percentile £563 £500 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £703 £619 £700
90th Percentile £784 £788 £800
England median daily rate £625 £620 £575
% change year-on-year +0.81% +7.83% +15.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,484 3,085 4,836
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 94.60% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 2,168 3,528
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +14.20%
75th Percentile £577 £588 £560
90th Percentile £680 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 117 167
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.70
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.00 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% +17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £32.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.34 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
% change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the Midlands

Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Manager in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Security Manager in the Midlands

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in the Midlands

Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Manager in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Security Manager in the Midlands

Security Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
West Midlands +17 13 £613 +11.36% 8
Security Manager
England

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Privileged Access Management
4 4 (30.77%) Programme Management
5 3 (23.08%) Java
5 3 (23.08%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (15.38%) NIST
6 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
6 2 (15.38%) Software Deployment
6 2 (15.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
6 2 (15.38%) Budgeting
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 2 (15.38%) Service Management
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security
6 2 (15.38%) Validation
6 2 (15.38%) Migration

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.69%) tcpdump
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
1 1 (7.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Hive
1 1 (7.69%) Hadoop
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (15.38%) Law
4 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) CCTV
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Privileged Access Management
4 4 (30.77%) Programme Management
5 3 (23.08%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (15.38%) Change Control
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) ITSM
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
6 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) Service Management
6 2 (15.38%) SIEM
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
1 2 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk