Security Architect Contracts in the City of London

Security Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Security Architect daily rate in the City of London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 145 169
Rank change year-on-year +42 +24 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 22 27 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.00% 0.74% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.78% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 21
10th Percentile £563 £588 £505
25th Percentile £631 £625 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £725 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -4.41%
75th Percentile £719 £825 £750
90th Percentile £839 £975 £840
Central London median daily rate £650 £725 £625
% change year-on-year -10.34% +16.00% -8.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,091 3,462 4,000
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 95.19% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 2,355 3,014
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £791 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £586 £560
% change year-on-year -6.18% +4.69% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 51
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £17.56 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -5.41% +105.84%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £44.10 £87.64 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +105.84%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the City of London

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in the City of London

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the City of London

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 27 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 City of London region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 17 (77.27%) Finance
2 14 (63.64%) Security Architecture
3 8 (36.36%) Azure
3 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (27.27%) SABSA
5 6 (27.27%) XACML
5 6 (27.27%) OpenID
5 6 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (27.27%) Okta
5 6 (27.27%) SAML
5 6 (27.27%) Business Strategy
5 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
6 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (22.73%) CISSP
6 5 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (22.73%) Python
6 5 (22.73%) IBM
6 5 (22.73%) Financial Institution
6 5 (22.73%) WhatsApp
6 5 (22.73%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (22.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (22.73%) Ansible
7 4 (18.18%) Network Architecture
7 4 (18.18%) PKI
7 4 (18.18%) Banking
7 4 (18.18%) TOGAF
7 4 (18.18%) Zero Trust

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 8 (36.36%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) WhatsApp
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
General
1 17 (77.27%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Financial Institution
3 4 (18.18%) Banking
4 3 (13.64%) Local Government
4 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) OpenID
1 6 (27.27%) SAML
1 6 (27.27%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) PKI
1 4 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 3 (13.64%) Credit Risk
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Security Architecture
2 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) Business Strategy
3 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
3 6 (27.27%) SABSA
4 5 (22.73%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (18.18%) Network Architecture
5 4 (18.18%) TOGAF
5 4 (18.18%) Zero Trust
6 3 (13.64%) Business Case
6 3 (13.64%) Business Impact Analysis
6 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
6 3 (13.64%) Impact Analysis
6 3 (13.64%) Information Security
6 3 (13.64%) Performance Management
6 3 (13.64%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (9.09%) PRINCE2
7 2 (9.09%) Process Architecture
7 2 (9.09%) SFIA
8 1 (4.55%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (22.73%) CISSP
3 4 (18.18%) CCSK
4 2 (9.09%) Degree
5 1 (4.55%) CCSP
5 1 (4.55%) CEH
5 1 (4.55%) CISA
5 1 (4.55%) CRISC
5 1 (4.55%) FFIEC
5 1 (4.55%) GIAC
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.55%) SANS
5 1 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (18.18%) NIST
3 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (13.64%) NCSC
4 2 (9.09%) GDPR
4 2 (9.09%) ISO 22301
4 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (22.73%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Okta
3 5 (22.73%) IBM
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle