The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Architect
Rank 376 404 -
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Architect 1 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.022% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.024% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £475 £596 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £550 -
% change year-on-year
-13.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19937 24898 29250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.14% 92.45% 92.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13430 16056 18793
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 620 684
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Information Security Architect
England

Information Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Information Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Information Security Architect Daily Rate Trend

Information 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 Information Security Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hounslow - 1 £475 -
Information Security Architect
England

Information Security Architect
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Information 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 Information Security Architect in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Information Security
2 12 (85.71%) Firewall
2 12 (85.71%) SIEM
3 10 (71.43%) Risk Management
3 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
3 10 (71.43%) VPN
4 9 (64.29%) Finance
4 9 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 8 (57.14%) Windows
5 8 (57.14%) Linux
5 8 (57.14%) OWASP
6 7 (50.00%) Security Architecture
6 7 (50.00%) CISSP
7 5 (35.71%) CISA
7 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
8 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (14.29%) Banking
9 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
9 2 (14.29%) McAfee
10 1 (7.143%) Financial Institution
10 1 (7.143%) Law
10 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
10 1 (7.143%) Hedge funds
10 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
10 1 (7.143%) Investment Banking

Information Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Information 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 Information Security Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) Firewall
2 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 10 (71.43%) VPN
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (7.143%) Financial Institution
3 1 (7.143%) Law
3 1 (7.143%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
1 8 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Information Security
2 12 (85.71%) SIEM
3 10 (71.43%) Risk Management
4 8 (57.14%) OWASP
5 7 (50.00%) Security Architecture
6 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
7 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
9 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CISSP
2 5 (35.71%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 17799
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) McAfee
City of London
Security Architect: Key Skills and BackgroundPrevious experience working in a Security Architect role (or similar).Good understanding of systems in general as well a broad spectrum of security...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £600 - £750 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
ITIL Version 3... SABSA, CISSP, CISM, GIAC and/or CEH... It would be of advantage if Candidates have current SC clearance but must be willing and eligible to...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £600 - £750 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013