The first table below looks at the demand for Security Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England 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 Architecture
Rank 410 429 527
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +98
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 103 130 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.248% 0.244% 0.078%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.347% 0.356% 0.115%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 72 24
Average daily rate £535 £500 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £391 £403 £373
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £593
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £513 £425
% change year-on-year
-17.07% +20.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.92% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29704 36492 38199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.42% 67.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18148 21397 22087
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1197 1399
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.21 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Architecture across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Security Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Architecture across the England region.

England Security Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Security Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Architecture across the England region.

England Security Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Security Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +28 72 £550 +15.78%
North West +17 10 £420 -32.80%
South East +11 9 £475 -
South West +12 4 £525 +31.25%
West Midlands - 4 £590 -
East of England +19 3 £450 -
Yorkshire +2 1 £425 -
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Security Architecture also 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 that cited Security Architecture.

1 48 (29.81%) CISSP
2 42 (26.09%) Finance
3 39 (24.22%) Information Security
4 37 (22.98%) Firewall
5 33 (20.50%) TOGAF
6 32 (19.88%) Windows
7 31 (19.25%) Risk Management
8 27 (16.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (16.15%) Data Protection
9 26 (16.15%) PCI DSS
10 24 (14.91%) Penetration Testing
10 24 (14.91%) Network Security
11 23 (14.29%) Java
12 22 (13.66%) Project Management
13 21 (13.04%) Cisco
13 21 (13.04%) Microsoft
14 20 (12.42%) Legal
14 20 (12.42%) Security Cleared
15 19 (11.80%) Linux
16 18 (11.18%) .NET
17 16 (9.938%) Risk Assessment
17 16 (9.938%) Data Protection Act
18 15 (9.317%) CISM
18 15 (9.317%) Android
19 14 (8.696%) SC Cleared
19 14 (8.696%) Information Assurance
19 14 (8.696%) VPN
19 14 (8.696%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 14 (8.696%) CESG
20 13 (8.075%) Banking

Security Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Security Architecture also 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 that cited Security Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (11.18%) .NET
2 13 (8.075%) Web Services
3 11 (6.832%) SOAP
3 11 (6.832%) REST
4 8 (4.969%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.863%) Apache Flex
5 3 (1.863%) Flash
5 3 (1.863%) HTML
5 3 (1.863%) HTML5
6 2 (1.242%) JSP
6 2 (1.242%) J2EE
7 1 (0.621%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.621%) Spring
7 1 (0.621%) Spring Security
7 1 (0.621%) JSON
7 1 (0.621%) Application Packaging
7 1 (0.621%) XML Schema
7 1 (0.621%) CSS
7 1 (0.621%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (3.727%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.242%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.621%) SAP EP
3 1 (0.621%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.621%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.727%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.242%) MS Office
2 2 (1.242%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.621%) Maximo
1 1 (0.621%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 37 (22.98%) Firewall
2 24 (14.91%) Network Security
3 14 (8.696%) VPN
4 10 (6.211%) Internet
5 8 (4.969%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.106%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (3.106%) WAN
6 5 (3.106%) Kerberos
7 4 (2.484%) MPLS
8 3 (1.863%) Wireless
8 3 (1.863%) LDAP
8 3 (1.863%) LAN
9 2 (1.242%) SAN
9 2 (1.242%) HTTP
9 2 (1.242%) VoIP
9 2 (1.242%) NGN
9 2 (1.242%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.621%) IPsec
10 1 (0.621%) NFC
10 1 (0.621%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.484%) SAP Data Services
1 4 (2.484%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.863%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.242%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.242%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.242%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.242%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (0.621%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (0.621%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (0.621%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.621%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.621%) DB2
4 1 (0.621%) OLAP
4 1 (0.621%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.621%) Xcelsius
4 1 (0.621%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.727%) Subversion
2 4 (2.484%) GitHub
3 2 (1.242%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.242%) Ant
4 1 (0.621%) ERwin
General
1 42 (26.09%) Finance
2 20 (12.42%) Legal
3 13 (8.075%) Banking
4 9 (5.590%) Law
5 5 (3.106%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.484%) Retail
7 3 (1.863%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.242%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.621%) Billing
9 1 (0.621%) Military
9 1 (0.621%) Back Office
9 1 (0.621%) Electronics
9 1 (0.621%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.621%) Marketing
9 1 (0.621%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 90 (55.90%) Architect
2 73 (45.34%) Security Architect
3 26 (16.15%) Consultant
4 16 (9.938%) Security Consultant
5 12 (7.453%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (7.453%) Enterprise Architect
6 11 (6.832%) Analyst
7 9 (5.590%) Applications Architect
7 9 (5.590%) Security Engineer
7 9 (5.590%) Security Solutions Architect
8 8 (4.969%) IT Security Architect
8 8 (4.969%) IT Architect
9 7 (4.348%) Security Analyst
9 7 (4.348%) Infrastructure Architect
9 7 (4.348%) Security Manager
9 7 (4.348%) Information Architect
9 7 (4.348%) Information Security Architect
10 6 (3.727%) Risk Consultant
11 5 (3.106%) Penetration Tester
11 5 (3.106%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.938%) Data Protection Act
2 14 (8.696%) CESG
3 13 (8.075%) Mobile App
4 11 (6.832%) Blackberry
5 9 (5.590%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.969%) RMADS
7 7 (4.348%) PKI
7 7 (4.348%) SaaS
8 5 (3.106%) Cryptography
9 4 (2.484%) Mobile Banking
9 4 (2.484%) CESG CLAS
10 3 (1.863%) RIA
11 2 (1.242%) Video on Demand
11 2 (1.242%) New Media
11 2 (1.242%) DataPower
11 2 (1.242%) Freedom of Information Act
11 2 (1.242%) Freedom of Information
11 2 (1.242%) Statistics
12 1 (0.621%) Handset
12 1 (0.621%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.88%) Windows
2 19 (11.80%) Linux
3 15 (9.317%) Android
4 11 (6.832%) Apple iOS
5 7 (4.348%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.863%) UNIX
6 3 (1.863%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.863%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (1.863%) Windows Phone
7 1 (0.621%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.22%) Information Security
2 33 (20.50%) TOGAF
3 31 (19.25%) Risk Management
4 27 (16.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (16.15%) Data Protection
6 24 (14.91%) Penetration Testing
7 22 (13.66%) Project Management
8 16 (9.938%) Risk Assessment
9 14 (8.696%) Information Assurance
10 12 (7.453%) Security Management
11 11 (6.832%) PRINCE2
11 11 (6.832%) Waterfall
11 11 (6.832%) SIEM
12 10 (6.211%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 10 (6.211%) Identity Management
13 9 (5.590%) Enterprise Architecture
14 8 (4.969%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (4.969%) Technical Architecture
15 7 (4.348%) Security Testing
15 7 (4.348%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.29%) Java
2 11 (6.832%) SQL
3 6 (3.727%) C
3 6 (3.727%) C++
4 5 (3.106%) Objective-C
5 3 (1.863%) ActionScript
6 2 (1.242%) Assembly Language
6 2 (1.242%) Korn
7 1 (0.621%) Ruby
7 1 (0.621%) VBScript
7 1 (0.621%) Perl
7 1 (0.621%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (29.81%) CISSP
2 20 (12.42%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.317%) CISM
4 14 (8.696%) SC Cleared
5 11 (6.832%) Degree
5 11 (6.832%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.727%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.727%) CCSP
7 5 (3.106%) CCNA
7 5 (3.106%) CISA
8 4 (2.484%) ISSAP
9 3 (1.863%) JNCIE
9 3 (1.863%) CCIE
9 3 (1.863%) CCNP
10 2 (1.242%) CSSLP
10 2 (1.242%) CCSE
10 2 (1.242%) CCSA
11 1 (0.621%) GIAC
11 1 (0.621%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.621%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.15%) PCI DSS
2 14 (8.696%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (5.590%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (4.348%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 3 (1.863%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.863%) COBIT
6 2 (1.242%) SLA
7 1 (0.621%) QA
System Software
1 12 (7.453%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.727%) UAG
2 6 (3.727%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (1.863%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.621%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.621%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.621%) Snort
4 1 (0.621%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (4.348%) Tivoli
2 3 (1.863%) Netcool
3 2 (1.242%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.621%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 21 (13.04%) Cisco
1 21 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.211%) Oracle
3 8 (4.969%) Teradata
4 7 (4.348%) VMware
5 5 (3.106%) Juniper
5 5 (3.106%) F5
6 4 (2.484%) CA
6 4 (2.484%) IBM
7 3 (1.863%) Informatica
7 3 (1.863%) NCR
7 3 (1.863%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.863%) Citrix
7 3 (1.863%) Riverbed
8 2 (1.242%) MobileIron
8 2 (1.242%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.242%) TippingPoint
8 2 (1.242%) McAfee
8 2 (1.242%) Mercator
8 2 (1.242%) Symantec
London
Required to provide input and produce detailed architectural documentation for an Online and mobile banking payments solution... Skills & Experience Required The candidate will need to be degree educated...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Security Analyst: Key Skills and Background CISSP or equivelant experience in a large enterprise environment/CISM, CISA Experience in project security risk assessment and compliance checking Risk management...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
IT Enterprise Security Architect Based in North West or London3 month contract role, possible scope for extensionIT Enterprise Security Architect required to deliver key work in a limited...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Ideal candidates must be experienced with performing security reviews and risk assessments, including security architecture reviews and the review of vulnerability scans and penetration test reports... As well...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
Familiarity with strengths and weaknesses of recent technologies, to include most or all of: Virtualisation technologies, Microsoft Forefront UAG / TMG, Sharepoint, Cisco UCS, Cloud, firewalls and IPS/IDS.
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
All security designs are created to support SLA and are therefore optimized to support business continuity... Potential Responsibilities Security Architecture... Required Qualifications/Skills : Extensive experience of hands on,...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 20 May 2013