The first table below looks at the demand for Security Architecture skills 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 Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
Security Architecture
Rank 306 327 417
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +90
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 71 83 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.328% 0.308% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.439% 0.429% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 53 15
Average daily rate £550 £475 £505
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.78% -5.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £425 £460
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £630
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £513 £425
% change year-on-year
-18.04% +20.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16159 19342 22494
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.68% 71.82% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11074 12704 14813
Average daily rate £450 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 336 351
Average hourly rate £30.50 £26.36 £27.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.69% -3.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £110.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 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
City of London +7 13 £450 -14.28%
Kingston Upon Thames - 2 - -
Canary Wharf - 1 £325 -
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 34 (34.69%) CISSP
2 33 (33.67%) Finance
3 24 (24.49%) Firewall
3 24 (24.49%) TOGAF
4 23 (23.47%) Java
5 22 (22.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (22.45%) Penetration Testing
6 21 (21.43%) Information Security
6 21 (21.43%) Risk Management
7 18 (18.37%) .NET
7 18 (18.37%) Windows
8 16 (16.33%) Linux
8 16 (16.33%) Project Management
9 15 (15.31%) Data Protection
10 14 (14.29%) Legal
11 13 (13.27%) VPN
11 13 (13.27%) Web Services
11 13 (13.27%) PCI DSS
12 11 (11.22%) SOAP
12 11 (11.22%) Network Security
12 11 (11.22%) Degree
12 11 (11.22%) REST
12 11 (11.22%) Mobile App
13 10 (10.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 10 (10.20%) Cisco
13 10 (10.20%) Risk Assessment
14 9 (9.184%) Banking
14 9 (9.184%) Security Management
14 9 (9.184%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (9.184%) SIEM

Security Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 (18.37%) .NET
2 13 (13.27%) Web Services
3 11 (11.22%) SOAP
3 11 (11.22%) REST
4 8 (8.163%) .NET Framework
5 3 (3.061%) Flash
5 3 (3.061%) HTML5
5 3 (3.061%) Apache Flex
6 1 (1.020%) J2EE
6 1 (1.020%) HTML
6 1 (1.020%) Spring Security
6 1 (1.020%) Spring
6 1 (1.020%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.020%) IIS
1 1 (1.020%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.041%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.020%) MS Office
2 1 (1.020%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 24 (24.49%) Firewall
2 13 (13.27%) VPN
3 11 (11.22%) Network Security
4 7 (7.143%) TCP/IP
4 7 (7.143%) Internet
5 5 (5.102%) WAN
6 3 (3.061%) MPLS
6 3 (3.061%) Kerberos
6 3 (3.061%) LAN
6 3 (3.061%) Wireless
7 2 (2.041%) NGN
7 2 (2.041%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (2.041%) BIG-IP
7 2 (2.041%) VoIP
7 2 (2.041%) HTTP
8 1 (1.020%) DMZ
8 1 (1.020%) BGP
8 1 (1.020%) LDAP
8 1 (1.020%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.061%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.041%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.020%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.020%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.122%) Subversion
2 4 (4.082%) GitHub
3 2 (2.041%) Ant
4 1 (1.020%) ERwin
General
1 33 (33.67%) Finance
2 14 (14.29%) Legal
3 9 (9.184%) Banking
4 7 (7.143%) Law
5 4 (4.082%) Retail
6 3 (3.061%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.061%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.041%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.020%) Billing
8 1 (1.020%) Back Office
8 1 (1.020%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 65 (66.33%) Architect
2 55 (56.12%) Security Architect
3 12 (12.24%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (10.20%) Consultant
4 10 (10.20%) Enterprise Architect
5 9 (9.184%) Applications Architect
5 9 (9.184%) Security Solutions Architect
6 8 (8.163%) IT Security Architect
6 8 (8.163%) IT Architect
7 7 (7.143%) Information Architect
7 7 (7.143%) Security Consultant
7 7 (7.143%) Information Security Architect
8 5 (5.102%) Penetration Tester
8 5 (5.102%) Tester
8 5 (5.102%) Analyst
9 4 (4.082%) Security Manager
9 4 (4.082%) Software Architect
9 4 (4.082%) Security Engineer
10 3 (3.061%) Infrastructure Architect
10 3 (3.061%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.22%) Mobile App
2 6 (6.122%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (5.102%) PKI
4 4 (4.082%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (3.061%) SaaS
5 3 (3.061%) RIA
6 2 (2.041%) Statistics
6 2 (2.041%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.041%) Cryptography
6 2 (2.041%) Freedom of Information Act
6 2 (2.041%) Video on Demand
6 2 (2.041%) New Media
6 2 (2.041%) DataPower
6 2 (2.041%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.020%) EMV
7 1 (1.020%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.020%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.020%) RMADS
7 1 (1.020%) Smart Meter
7 1 (1.020%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (18.37%) Windows
2 16 (16.33%) Linux
3 4 (4.082%) Android
4 3 (3.061%) UNIX
5 2 (2.041%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.020%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.49%) TOGAF
2 22 (22.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (22.45%) Penetration Testing
3 21 (21.43%) Information Security
3 21 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 16 (16.33%) Project Management
5 15 (15.31%) Data Protection
6 10 (10.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 10 (10.20%) Risk Assessment
7 9 (9.184%) Security Management
7 9 (9.184%) SIEM
7 9 (9.184%) Waterfall
8 8 (8.163%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (8.163%) PRINCE2
9 7 (7.143%) Identity Management
9 7 (7.143%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (6.122%) Risk Analysis
10 6 (6.122%) OWASP
10 6 (6.122%) Information Assurance
10 6 (6.122%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.47%) Java
2 6 (6.122%) SQL
3 5 (5.102%) Objective-C
4 4 (4.082%) C
4 4 (4.082%) C++
5 3 (3.061%) ActionScript
6 2 (2.041%) Korn
7 1 (1.020%) Perl
7 1 (1.020%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (34.69%) CISSP
2 11 (11.22%) Degree
3 7 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (6.122%) CISM
5 4 (4.082%) CCNA
6 3 (3.061%) CCIE
6 3 (3.061%) CISA
6 3 (3.061%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.061%) JNCIE
7 2 (2.041%) CSSLP
7 2 (2.041%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.041%) CCSP
7 2 (2.041%) CCNP
8 1 (1.020%) SSCP
8 1 (1.020%) ISEB
8 1 (1.020%) CCDA
8 1 (1.020%) CCDP
8 1 (1.020%) Postgraduate
8 1 (1.020%) GIAC
8 1 (1.020%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.27%) PCI DSS
2 9 (9.184%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (6.122%) ISO/IEC 17799
4 5 (5.102%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.041%) COBIT
6 1 (1.020%) SLA
6 1 (1.020%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.082%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.061%) Forefront TMG
2 3 (3.061%) UAG
Vendors
1 10 (10.20%) Cisco
2 6 (6.122%) Teradata
3 4 (4.082%) F5
3 4 (4.082%) Juniper
4 3 (3.061%) Informatica
4 3 (3.061%) NCR
4 3 (3.061%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.061%) VMware
4 3 (3.061%) Riverbed
5 2 (2.041%) MobileIron
5 2 (2.041%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.020%) CA
6 1 (1.020%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.020%) 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
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
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
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
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