Operational Security Manager Contracts

Operational Security Manager
UK

The median Operational Security Manager daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 687 821
Rank change year-on-year +125 +134 -127
Contract jobs requiring an Operational Security Manager 11 13 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.023% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.024% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 27
10th Percentile £489 £524 £533
25th Percentile £553 £533 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £620 £625
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -0.80% +18.15%
75th Percentile £775 £664 £688
90th Percentile £790 £794 £790
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £663 £650
% change year-on-year -9.43% +1.92% +23.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 39,476 54,050 83,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,679 37,739 58,629
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,507 2,053
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.88
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.70 £76.10 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Operational Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Security Manager over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Security Manager in the UK

Operational Security Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England +95 11 £700 +12.90% 8
London +100 9 £725 +16.94% 5
Work from Home +124 2 £450 -25.00% 3
UK excluding London +50 2 £600 -9.43% 4
South West - 2 £600 -

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 featuring Operational Security Manager in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Security Operations
2 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Cloud Security
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (36.36%) CISM
4 4 (36.36%) Azure
4 4 (36.36%) CISSP
4 4 (36.36%) Information Security
5 3 (27.27%) SIEM
5 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) NIST
5 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
6 2 (18.18%) IaaS
6 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
6 2 (18.18%) Coaching
6 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
6 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) SaaS
6 2 (18.18%) PaaS
6 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Project Management
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
6 2 (18.18%) Agile
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 2 (18.18%) Firewall
7 1 (9.09%) Security Management
7 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
7 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi

Operational Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 2 (18.18%) IaaS
2 2 (18.18%) PaaS
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
2 1 (9.09%) VoIP
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Banking
1 1 (9.09%) Finance
1 1 (9.09%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Security Operations
2 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Cloud Security
4 4 (36.36%) Information Security
5 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
5 3 (27.27%) SIEM
6 2 (18.18%) Agile
6 2 (18.18%) Coaching
6 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
6 2 (18.18%) Project Management
6 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
7 1 (9.09%) Change Management
7 1 (9.09%) Migration
7 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
7 1 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
7 1 (9.09%) Security Management
7 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CISM
1 4 (36.36%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (9.09%) CCSK
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) GCIA
4 1 (9.09%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
2 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Meraki
2 1 (9.09%) Sophos