The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architect
Rank 190 187 240
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +53
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 13 31 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.204% 0.394% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.221% 0.431% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 3
Average daily rate £550 £550 £460
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +19.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £475 £412
10% offered a daily rate of more than £720 £643 £572
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £488 £450
% change year-on-year
-2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5894 7192 8993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.40% 91.44% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4333 5169 6545
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 186 197
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.00 £41.28 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Architect
London

Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Architect across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Architect across the City of London region.

City of London Security Architect Daily Rate Trend

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Architect across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Security Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Security Architect in their job title.

1 15 (60.00%) Information Security
2 13 (52.00%) Security Architecture
3 10 (40.00%) Finance
4 9 (36.00%) Firewall
5 8 (32.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
6 7 (28.00%) Network Security
6 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
7 6 (24.00%) Information Assurance
7 6 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (24.00%) Project Management
7 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
7 6 (24.00%) Juniper
7 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
7 6 (24.00%) Windows
8 5 (20.00%) Identity Management
8 5 (20.00%) Load Balancing
8 5 (20.00%) PKI
8 5 (20.00%) Migration
8 5 (20.00%) Banking
8 5 (20.00%) TOGAF
8 5 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
8 5 (20.00%) UAG
8 5 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (16.00%) Riverbed
9 4 (16.00%) Asset Management
9 4 (16.00%) Legal
9 4 (16.00%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (16.00%) CISSP

Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Security Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) Firewall
2 7 (28.00%) Network Security
3 4 (16.00%) LAN
3 4 (16.00%) WAN
3 4 (16.00%) VPN
4 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (12.00%) Wireless
5 1 (4.000%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 10 (40.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Banking
3 4 (16.00%) Legal
4 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.000%) Law
5 1 (4.000%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) PKI
2 2 (8.000%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (8.000%) Freedom of Information Act
2 2 (8.000%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (4.000%) Smartcard
3 1 (4.000%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Information Security
2 13 (52.00%) Security Architecture
3 8 (32.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (24.00%) Information Assurance
5 6 (24.00%) Project Management
5 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
6 5 (20.00%) Identity Management
6 5 (20.00%) Load Balancing
6 5 (20.00%) Migration
6 5 (20.00%) TOGAF
6 5 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (16.00%) Asset Management
7 4 (16.00%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (12.00%) ITIL
8 3 (12.00%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 3 (12.00%) OWASP
8 3 (12.00%) SIEM
9 2 (8.000%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) CISSP
3 3 (12.00%) CCIE
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (12.00%) JNCIE
3 3 (12.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.000%) CISA
5 1 (4.000%) Postgraduate
5 1 (4.000%) CISM
5 1 (4.000%) MBCS
5 1 (4.000%) CITP
5 1 (4.000%) GIAC
5 1 (4.000%) CEH
5 1 (4.000%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (8.000%) SLA
4 1 (4.000%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
2 5 (20.00%) UAG
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Juniper
2 4 (16.00%) Riverbed
2 4 (16.00%) Cisco
3 2 (8.000%) IronPort
3 2 (8.000%) Blue Coat
3 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.000%) SAP
4 1 (4.000%) F5
4 1 (4.000%) Twitter
City of London
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