Information Security Architect Contracts in England

Information Security Architect
UK > England

The median Information Security Architect daily rate in England is £738 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 627 755
Rank change year-on-year +91 +128 -156
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Architect 5 41 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.080% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.084% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 41 12
10th Percentile £666 £563 £518
25th Percentile £672 £638 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £675 £646
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% +4.45% -7.68%
75th Percentile £778 £835 £750
90th Percentile £784 - £788
UK median daily rate £738 £675 £688
% change year-on-year +9.26% -1.82% -1.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,525 48,539 68,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,000 34,387 48,854
10th Percentile £275 £308 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,382 1,454 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.25 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% +94.12% -0.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.43 £61.73
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.88
% change year-on-year -22.22% +96.68% -0.52%

Information Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Architect in England

Information Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Architect in England

Information Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security Architect in England

Information Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London +79 4 £738 +9.26% 3
South West +18 1 - -
Information Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Information 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 England region featuring Information Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Google
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) GCP
4 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management

Information Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) CCSP
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
1 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google