Security Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Security Manager
England > Midlands

The median Security Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 137 169
Rank change year-on-year +10 +32 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 14 21 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.47% 0.65% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.69% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 32
10th Percentile £550 £500 £489
25th Percentile £563 £525 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £581
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.08% +22.37%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £713
90th Percentile £788 £748 £800
England median daily rate £625 £620 £575
% change year-on-year +0.81% +7.83% +14.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +11 12 £600 +4.35% 8
East Midlands +7 2 - - 8
Security Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
5 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (21.43%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (21.43%) NIST
5 3 (21.43%) Information Security
5 3 (21.43%) Programme Management
5 3 (21.43%) Java
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 2 (14.29%) Law
6 2 (14.29%) Validation
6 2 (14.29%) Migration
6 2 (14.29%) CCTV
6 2 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 2 (14.29%) QA
6 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (14.29%) Change Control
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 2 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (14.29%) Budgeting
6 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills

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 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) tcpdump
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Apache Hive
1 1 (7.14%) Hadoop
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (14.29%) Law
4 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) CCTV
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
5 3 (21.43%) Information Security
5 3 (21.43%) Programme Management
5 3 (21.43%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
6 2 (14.29%) Budgeting
6 2 (14.29%) Change Control
6 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 2 (14.29%) Migration
6 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) SIEM
6 2 (14.29%) Software Deployment
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (14.29%) Validation
7 1 (7.14%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) CISA
1 1 (7.14%) CISM
1 1 (7.14%) CISSP
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) NIST
2 2 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Google
2 1 (7.14%) Splunk