IT Security Architect Contracts in England

IT Security Architect
UK > England

The median IT Security Architect daily rate in England is £700 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 544 637 775
Rank change year-on-year +93 +138 -168
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Architect 6 28 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.055% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.058% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 22 9
10th Percentile - £675 £475
25th Percentile £675 £680 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £693 £683
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% +1.47% +3.84%
75th Percentile £731 £750 £740
90th Percentile £735 - £758
UK median daily rate £700 £693 £710
% change year-on-year +1.08% -2.46% +7.98%

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 34,508 48,174 68,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.56% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,974 34,135 48,471
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £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 2,404 1,457 1,922
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.33 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

IT Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Architect in England

IT Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Security Architect in England

IT 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 IT Security Architect within the England 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
London +89 4 £700 -6.67% 1
South West - 2 £713 - 1
IT Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, IT 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 IT Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
2 4 (66.67%) SABSA
2 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) CCSK
3 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (50.00%) CRISC
3 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (50.00%) GIAC
3 3 (50.00%) CISA
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) IaaS
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
5 1 (16.67%) Architectural Design
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
5 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (16.67%) SANS
5 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) SABSA
2 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Communications Security
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Information Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) CCSK
2 3 (50.00%) CISA
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CRISC
2 3 (50.00%) GIAC
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) FFIEC
4 1 (16.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) COBIT
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware