The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Architect in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Lancashire 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 Architect
Rank 32 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 2 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.948% 2.670% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.995% 2.895% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 0
Average daily rate - £508 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £488 £450
% change year-on-year
-2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
201 380 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 95.26% 92.23% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 202 88
Average daily rate £285 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.00% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £273 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 22 33
Average hourly rate £19.02 £18.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.66% -52.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Architect
North West

Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Architect across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Lancashire Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Security Architect Daily Rate Trend

Security Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Lancashire 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
Blackpool +3 2 - -
Security Architect
North West

Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region that cited Security Architect in their job title 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 with Security Architect in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 2 (50.00%) RMADS
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) JSP
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) RAD
3 1 (25.00%) SSADM
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (25.00%) DSDM
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) ATM
3 1 (25.00%) ISDN
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA

Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region that cited Security Architect in their job title 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 with Security Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) JSP
2 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (25.00%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) ATM
1 1 (25.00%) ISDN
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) FWSM
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) RMADS
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) CESG
2 1 (25.00%) CESG CLAS
2 1 (25.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) MVS
1 1 (25.00%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) RAD
3 1 (25.00%) SSADM
3 1 (25.00%) DSDM
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CCSA
3 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) TippingPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) ArcSight