Security Operations Manager Contracts

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 10 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
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 574 671
Rank change year-on-year +25 +97 +165
Contract jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 5 14 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.032% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.035% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 10
10th Percentile £625 £525 £524
25th Percentile £663 £625 £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 29,779 40,145 54,063
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.99% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,981 25,838 37,549
10th Percentile £288 £288 £313
25th Percentile £401 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,369 2,770 1,583
10th Percentile £13.75 £12.88 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.79 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.32 £37.50 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -29.81% -14.05% +71.10%
75th Percentile £56.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.35 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.80
% change year-on-year -37.13% +0.50% +96.64%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Manager in the UK

Security Operations Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Manager in the UK

Security Operations Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Manager over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Manager in the UK

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 10 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
England +29 5 £750 - 13
London +26 5 £750 - 7
Work from Home +36 4 £775 +55.00% 9

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (80.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) NIST
2 4 (80.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (80.00%) Network Security
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) SLA
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) SIEM
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) SOAR
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (40.00%) CCSP
4 2 (40.00%) GCIH
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) French Language
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (60.00%) SIEM
4 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) SOAR
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) CEH
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) GCIH
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft