Security Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Security Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 103 115
Rank change year-on-year +47 +12 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 71 13 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.55% 0.71% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.77% 0.75% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 9
10th Percentile £78 £597 £545
25th Percentile £413 £650 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% - +10.97%
75th Percentile - £750 £738
90th Percentile £632 £783 £793
South East median daily rate £650 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% +1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 0
10th Percentile £81.86 - -
25th Percentile £81.88 - -
Median hourly rate £87.46 - -
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile £87.53 - -
South East median hourly rate £87.46 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,885 1,733 2,299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 94.75% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,001 1,110 1,479
10th Percentile £213 £331 £206
25th Percentile £375 £415 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 58 41
10th Percentile £18.80 £17.38 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £21.99 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70.50 £73.90 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.19 £80.25 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +128.95% -13.40%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Berkshire

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Berkshire

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Berkshire

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in Berkshire

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Reading +10 34 £425 -40.79% 2
Bracknell - 27 £500 -
Slough +12 1 £610 -6.15%
Security Architect
South East

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Security Architect 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 Berkshire region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 54 (76.06%) Security Cleared
2 47 (66.20%) Security Architecture
3 34 (47.89%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (47.89%) Firewall
4 33 (46.48%) DevOps
4 33 (46.48%) DV Cleared
5 31 (43.66%) Intrusion Detection
6 19 (26.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (25.35%) Public Sector
7 18 (25.35%) Presales
8 7 (9.86%) Risk Management
9 6 (8.45%) ITIL
10 5 (7.04%) Information Security
10 5 (7.04%) Network Security
10 5 (7.04%) Azure
10 5 (7.04%) Identity Access Management
11 4 (5.63%) GDPR
11 4 (5.63%) Conflict Resolution
11 4 (5.63%) NIST
11 4 (5.63%) Application Security
11 4 (5.63%) ISACA
11 4 (5.63%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (5.63%) Capacity Management
11 4 (5.63%) Data Centre
11 4 (5.63%) OWASP
11 4 (5.63%) Project Planning
11 4 (5.63%) COBIT
11 4 (5.63%) Information Security Management
11 4 (5.63%) Security Management
11 4 (5.63%) Budget Management

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 5 (7.04%) Azure
2 3 (4.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (47.89%) Firewall
2 31 (43.66%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (7.04%) Network Security
4 1 (1.41%) SSL
General
1 18 (25.35%) Public Sector
2 1 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (1.41%) Social Skills
2 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) OAuth
1 1 (1.41%) OpenID
1 1 (1.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.63%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.82%) CSOC
3 1 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (1.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.41%) iPad
3 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (66.20%) Security Architecture
2 34 (47.89%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (46.48%) DevOps
4 19 (26.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (25.35%) Presales
6 7 (9.86%) Risk Management
7 6 (8.45%) ITIL
8 5 (7.04%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (7.04%) Information Security
9 4 (5.63%) Application Security
9 4 (5.63%) Budget Management
9 4 (5.63%) Budgeting
9 4 (5.63%) Capacity Management
9 4 (5.63%) Conflict Resolution
9 4 (5.63%) Information Security Management
9 4 (5.63%) OWASP
9 4 (5.63%) Project Planning
9 4 (5.63%) Roadmaps
9 4 (5.63%) Security Management
9 4 (5.63%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 54 (76.06%) Security Cleared
2 33 (46.48%) DV Cleared
3 4 (5.63%) ISACA
4 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) CISSP
5 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) COBIT
1 4 (5.63%) GDPR
1 4 (5.63%) NIST
2 1 (1.41%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto