Security Operations Manager
UK
The median Security Operations Manager daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 January 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 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 515 | 583 | 750 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +68 | +167 | +80 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager | 5 | 22 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.016% | 0.050% | 0.019% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.017% | 0.053% | 0.020% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 19 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £480 | £530 | £625 |
| 25th Percentile | £506 | £631 | £650 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £725 | £750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.24% | -3.33% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £643 | £800 | £784 |
| 90th Percentile | £647 | £803 | £819 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £700 | £750 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.21% | -6.67% | -3.23% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 29,210 | 41,311 | 64,424 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.85% | 93.10% | 94.68% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,855 | 27,350 | 44,827 |
| 10th Percentile | £293 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £411 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £738 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £477 | £495 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.64% | -1.00% | +10.62% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 859 | 2,166 | 1,619 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.98 | £13.25 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | £17.00 | £17.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £36.50 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.96% | +4.29% | +62.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.89 | £73.75 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £31.76 | £37.50 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.31% | +25.00% | +62.16% |
Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Security Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Manager.
Security Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Manager over the 6 months to 30 January 2025.
Security Operations Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 January 2025. 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 |
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| England | +50 | 4 | £618 | -13.33% | |
| UK excluding London | +52 | 3 | £538 | -23.21% | |
| Work from Home | +42 | 3 | £538 | -28.33% | |
| London | +26 | 2 | £635 | -12.41% | |
| South East | - | 2 | £600 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £475 | - |
Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 January 2025, Security Operations 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 Security Operations Manager in the job title.
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Security Operations 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: