Security Operations Manager
UK
The median Security Operations Manager daily rate in the UK is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 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 18 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 548 | 581 | 675 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +33 | +94 | +172 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager | 5 | 15 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | 0.036% | 0.025% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.017% | 0.038% | 0.027% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 12 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £625 | £529 | £524 |
| 25th Percentile | £663 | £572 | £533 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £750 | £750 | £620 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.97% | -4.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £800 | £775 | £664 |
| 90th Percentile | £815 | - | £698 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £600 | £663 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.43% | +1.92% |
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 | 29,882 | 39,182 | 52,718 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.65% | 93.03% | 94.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19,009 | 25,295 | 36,541 |
| 10th Percentile | £285 | £288 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -1.20% | +2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,416 | 2,570 | 1,574 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £13.25 | £14.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £17.50 | £19.02 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.28 | £40.00 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.81% | -5.88% | +65.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £63.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £74.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.72 | £39.03 |
| % change year-on-year | -38.24% | +4.34% | +85.83% |
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 18 July 2025.
Security Operations Manager
Top 3 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 18 July 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 | +43 | 5 | £750 | - | 18 |
| London | +19 | 5 | £750 | - | 9 |
| Work from Home | +38 | 4 | £775 | +55.00% | 10 |
Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 July 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: