The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Security Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architect
Rank 336 305 425
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +120
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 49 101 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.227% 0.377% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.246% 0.407% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 72 5
Average daily rate £550 £594 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.36% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £447 £457 £424
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £641 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £488 £488
% change year-on-year
-2.56% -
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
19929 24797 28916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.30% 92.59% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13475 15993 18573
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 450 606 683
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Security Architect
England

Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Security Architect Daily Rate Trend

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Architect across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Security Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Security Architect Hourly 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 London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London -8 8 £435 -20.90%
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -
Security Architect
England

Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 49 (56.98%) Security Architecture
2 38 (44.19%) Finance
3 30 (34.88%) CISSP
3 30 (34.88%) Information Security
4 29 (33.72%) Firewall
5 23 (26.74%) TOGAF
6 21 (24.42%) Risk Management
7 19 (22.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (20.93%) SIEM
9 16 (18.60%) Enterprise Architecture
9 16 (18.60%) PCI DSS
9 16 (18.60%) Windows
10 14 (16.28%) VPN
11 13 (15.12%) Java
12 12 (13.95%) Web Services
12 12 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 12 (13.95%) Network Security
13 11 (12.79%) .NET
13 11 (12.79%) Linux
14 10 (11.63%) SOAP
14 10 (11.63%) TCP/IP
14 10 (11.63%) Identity Management
14 10 (11.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (11.63%) Juniper
14 10 (11.63%) PKI
14 10 (11.63%) Banking
14 10 (11.63%) REST
15 9 (10.47%) Legal
15 9 (10.47%) Security Cleared
15 9 (10.47%) OWASP

Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 12 (13.95%) Web Services
2 11 (12.79%) .NET
3 10 (11.63%) SOAP
3 10 (11.63%) REST
4 7 (8.140%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.326%) Spring
6 1 (1.163%) J2EE
6 1 (1.163%) JSON
6 1 (1.163%) Spring Security
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.163%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.326%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 29 (33.72%) Firewall
2 14 (16.28%) VPN
3 12 (13.95%) Network Security
4 10 (11.63%) TCP/IP
5 7 (8.140%) LAN
5 7 (8.140%) WAN
6 5 (5.814%) Wireless
7 2 (2.326%) HTTP
8 1 (1.163%) Kerberos
8 1 (1.163%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.163%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.163%) DB2
1 1 (1.163%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.163%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.326%) Ant
General
1 38 (44.19%) Finance
2 10 (11.63%) Banking
3 9 (10.47%) Legal
4 6 (6.977%) Law
5 4 (4.651%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.488%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.488%) Retail
7 1 (1.163%) Billing
7 1 (1.163%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.163%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) PKI
2 5 (5.814%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (5.814%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.651%) SaaS
3 4 (4.651%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (2.326%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (2.326%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (2.326%) DataPower
4 2 (2.326%) Statistics
5 1 (1.163%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.163%) AS400
5 1 (1.163%) Cryptography
5 1 (1.163%) RMADS
5 1 (1.163%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.163%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (18.60%) Windows
2 11 (12.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (56.98%) Security Architecture
2 30 (34.88%) Information Security
3 23 (26.74%) TOGAF
4 21 (24.42%) Risk Management
5 19 (22.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (20.93%) SIEM
7 16 (18.60%) Enterprise Architecture
8 10 (11.63%) Identity Management
9 9 (10.47%) OWASP
10 8 (9.302%) Load Balancing
10 8 (9.302%) Security Management
11 7 (8.140%) Penetration Testing
11 7 (8.140%) Migration
11 7 (8.140%) Waterfall
12 6 (6.977%) Information Assurance
13 5 (5.814%) GAP Analysis
13 5 (5.814%) Data Protection
14 4 (4.651%) Security Testing
14 4 (4.651%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 3 (3.488%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) Java
2 2 (2.326%) SQL
3 1 (1.163%) PowerHouse
3 1 (1.163%) Ruby
3 1 (1.163%) Perl
Qualifications
1 30 (34.88%) CISSP
2 9 (10.47%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.302%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.302%) Degree
4 6 (6.977%) JNCIE
4 6 (6.977%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (6.977%) CCIE
5 5 (5.814%) CISA
6 2 (2.326%) CSSLP
7 1 (1.163%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.163%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.163%) MBCS
7 1 (1.163%) CITP
7 1 (1.163%) CISM
7 1 (1.163%) GIAC
7 1 (1.163%) CEH
7 1 (1.163%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.163%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.60%) PCI DSS
2 12 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (11.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (10.47%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 2 (2.326%) SLA
6 1 (1.163%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (6.977%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.814%) Forefront TMG
2 5 (5.814%) UAG
3 1 (1.163%) RACF
Vendors
1 10 (11.63%) Juniper
2 7 (8.140%) Cisco
3 6 (6.977%) McAfee
3 6 (6.977%) Riverbed
4 4 (4.651%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.488%) F5
5 3 (3.488%) Blue Coat
5 3 (3.488%) IronPort
6 2 (2.326%) SAP
7 1 (1.163%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.163%) HP
7 1 (1.163%) Teradata
7 1 (1.163%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.163%) Mercator
7 1 (1.163%) Twitter
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
London
Required to provide input and produce detailed architectural documentation for an Online and mobile banking payments solution. The candidate will be required to design and document components and...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
The Senior Consultant - Information Assurance will be expected to support and deliver Information Assurance and IT Security services directly to our clients... He/she will have at least...
ANSON MCCADE
Rate: From £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
IT Security Architect - CISSP - Cyber - Prince2 - Contract - London Excellent Rates My global asset management client is looking for an IT Security Architect /Project Manager to deliver a step...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £650/day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Ideal candidates will have either CISSP or CISM qualifications, educated to degree level and have experience in both network and applications based IT Security Architecture... Knowledge of the...
Networking People
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Skills: CISSP, Financial Services... This is a business critical role where the successful Security Solution Architect will be responsible for designing highly creative technology solutions in a hybrid...
ComputAppoint
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hounslow, Middlesex
Our client is setting up a new business unit acting as a service bureau for 3 rd party customers. You will lead the implementation of the security plan...
@ITS
Rate: From £475 to £525 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
The successful candidate will demonstrate: - Degree level education... - Strong proven security architecture background... Prince2 Financial Services experience, particularly Asset or Wealth Management experience will be required for this...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
A leading Global Asset Management Company is seeking an IT Security Architect/Project Manager for their London office. You will be required to deliver a step change in...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £550 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013