Security Architecture Contracts in England

Security Architecture
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 261 318
Rank change year-on-year +33 +57 -18
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 379 472 611
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.02% 1.00% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.11% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 344 428
10th Percentile £500 £522 £506
25th Percentile £604 £605 £574
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £800 £775 £757
90th Percentile £850 £850 £825
UK median daily rate £700 £681 £650
% change year-on-year +2.87% +4.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 0
10th Percentile - £70.99 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £71.20 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £73.42 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.13% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £90.94 -
90th Percentile - £95.63 -
UK median hourly rate £87.46 £72.84 -
% change year-on-year +20.08% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,926 42,491 64,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.54% 89.97% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,742 29,811 46,026
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,532 1,720
10th Percentile £12.81 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.51
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +10.45%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in England

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in England

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in England

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in England

Security Architecture
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 Security Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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 +4 172 £725 +3.57% 31
South East +6 69 £570 -15.56% 12
North of England +56 63 £800 +6.67% 8
North West +62 62 £800 +6.67% 5
South West -3 37 £625 -10.71% 4
Midlands +31 26 £688 +1.85% 5
West Midlands +25 24 £688 -3.51% 5
East of England +2 5 £625 -21.88% 7
East Midlands +10 2 £625 +19.05%
Yorkshire +8 1 - - 3
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
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 7 (1.85%) Confluence
2 3 (0.79%) Apache
3 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 67 (17.68%) AWS
2 62 (16.36%) Azure
3 44 (11.61%) SaaS
4 35 (9.23%) IaaS
5 23 (6.07%) PaaS
6 17 (4.49%) GCP
7 15 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (3.96%) Serverless
8 11 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (2.37%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.32%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.06%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (1.06%) Azure API Management
12 4 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.79%) Azure Event Grid
13 3 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 106 (27.97%) Firewall
2 80 (21.11%) Network Security
3 49 (12.93%) VPN
4 46 (12.14%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (2.64%) Cisco ISE
6 8 (2.11%) SSL
7 7 (1.85%) WAN
8 6 (1.58%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.32%) DNS
9 5 (1.32%) LAN
10 4 (1.06%) SAN
11 3 (0.79%) DHCP
12 2 (0.53%) 4G
12 2 (0.53%) Internet
13 1 (0.26%) 5G
13 1 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
13 1 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
13 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
13 1 (0.26%) tcpdump
13 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.28%) Big Data
2 3 (0.79%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.26%) HDInsight
4 1 (0.26%) Metadata
4 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (1.85%) JIRA
1 7 (1.85%) Robot Framework
1 7 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.53%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 74 (19.53%) Finance
2 57 (15.04%) Public Sector
3 50 (13.19%) Social Skills
4 47 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.96%) Banking
6 12 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.64%) Military
9 9 (2.37%) Legal
10 7 (1.85%) Publishing
11 5 (1.32%) Police
11 5 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.53%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.53%) Marketing
14 1 (0.26%) Automotive
14 1 (0.26%) French Language
14 1 (0.26%) Retail
14 1 (0.26%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 274 (72.30%) Architect
2 203 (53.56%) Security Architect
3 51 (13.46%) Technical Architect
4 41 (10.82%) Lead
4 41 (10.82%) Senior
5 37 (9.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 35 (9.23%) Lead Architect
7 33 (8.71%) Senior Architect
8 30 (7.92%) Technical Leader
9 28 (7.39%) Senior Security Architect
10 23 (6.07%) Cloud Architect
11 21 (5.54%) Consultant
12 19 (5.01%) Security Consultant
12 19 (5.01%) Security Engineer
13 16 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (3.69%) AWS Architect
15 13 (3.43%) AWS Security Architect
16 10 (2.64%) Cloud Security Architect
16 10 (2.64%) Enterprise Architect
16 10 (2.64%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (11.35%) Node.js
2 18 (4.75%) Apache NiFi
3 14 (3.69%) SAML
4 13 (3.43%) OpenID
5 11 (2.90%) XACML
6 5 (1.32%) Kafka
7 3 (0.79%) .NET
7 3 (0.79%) OAuth
7 3 (0.79%) REST
7 3 (0.79%) Web Services
8 2 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.53%) Google JAX
8 2 (0.53%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.53%) React Native
8 2 (0.53%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.53%) SPML
8 2 (0.53%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.26%) JWT
9 1 (0.26%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.61%) Public Cloud
2 35 (9.23%) Management Information System
3 29 (7.65%) Security Posture
4 26 (6.86%) Cyber Defence
5 21 (5.54%) Mobile App
6 19 (5.01%) PKI
7 18 (4.75%) Distributed Applications
7 18 (4.75%) Security Operations Centre
8 16 (4.22%) IoT
9 13 (3.43%) Cyber Threat
10 12 (3.17%) Product Ownership
11 8 (2.11%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.85%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.58%) Mainframe
14 5 (1.32%) Cloud Native
15 4 (1.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 4 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
16 3 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
16 3 (0.79%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 81 (21.37%) Windows
2 62 (16.36%) Apple iOS
3 61 (16.09%) Android
4 52 (13.72%) Windows Server
5 35 (9.23%) Linux
6 16 (4.22%) Unix
7 8 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.53%) zOS
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (37.47%) Cybersecurity
2 91 (24.01%) Information Security
3 87 (22.96%) Risk Management
4 85 (22.43%) Agile
5 77 (20.32%) DevOps
6 73 (19.26%) Cloud Security
7 66 (17.41%) SIEM
8 59 (15.57%) Zero Trust
9 51 (13.46%) CI/CD
9 51 (13.46%) Design Patterns
10 48 (12.66%) Mobile Device Management
11 46 (12.14%) Threat Intelligence
12 45 (11.87%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 39 (10.29%) Application Security
14 38 (10.03%) DevSecOps
15 37 (9.76%) Security Operations
16 35 (9.23%) Business Strategy
17 32 (8.44%) Roadmaps
18 26 (6.86%) Microservices
18 26 (6.86%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.80%) Python
2 12 (3.17%) Java
3 9 (2.37%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.11%) C++
5 6 (1.58%) C#
6 3 (0.79%) C
6 3 (0.79%) PHP
6 3 (0.79%) Ruby
7 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.53%) R
8 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 182 (48.02%) Security Cleared
2 89 (23.48%) SC Cleared
3 79 (20.84%) DV Cleared
4 57 (15.04%) CISSP
5 47 (12.40%) CISM
6 24 (6.33%) CISA
7 15 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (3.96%) CRISC
8 13 (3.43%) SANS
9 12 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 11 (2.90%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (2.11%) CREST Certified
11 8 (2.11%) Degree
12 7 (1.85%) CCSP
12 7 (1.85%) CTC Cleared
13 6 (1.58%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.58%) CCSK
13 6 (1.58%) GIAC
14 5 (1.32%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.32%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (23.22%) NIST
2 57 (15.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.54%) NCSC
3 21 (5.54%) NIST 800
4 20 (5.28%) GDPR
4 20 (5.28%) PCI DSS
5 19 (5.01%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (1.85%) RMADS
8 6 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.32%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.32%) ISO 31000
10 4 (1.06%) QA
11 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.79%) COBIT
11 3 (0.79%) GPG13
12 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.26%) GRC
13 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
System Software
1 15 (3.96%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.58%) RACF
3 6 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.32%) Docker
5 3 (0.79%) Firmware
5 3 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) Snort
Systems Management
1 22 (5.80%) Terraform
2 20 (5.28%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (4.22%) Ansible
4 10 (2.64%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.58%) zSecure
6 4 (1.06%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.79%) SCCM
8 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.53%) WSUS
9 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.26%) Kibana
9 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.26%) QRadar
9 1 (0.26%) SCOM
9 1 (0.26%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 52 (13.72%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.75%) VMware
3 14 (3.69%) Google
3 14 (3.69%) IBM
3 14 (3.69%) Okta
3 14 (3.69%) Red Hat
4 13 (3.43%) Cisco
5 11 (2.90%) Splunk
6 6 (1.58%) Apple
6 6 (1.58%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.06%) Qualys
8 3 (0.79%) Rapid7
8 3 (0.79%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.53%) CA
9 2 (0.53%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.53%) Databricks
9 2 (0.53%) F5
9 2 (0.53%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.53%) SAP
9 2 (0.53%) Sophos