Security Architecture Contracts in London

Security Architecture
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 270 303
Rank change year-on-year +45 +33 -17
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 176 241 338
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.99% 0.89% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.98% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 167 218
10th Percentile £500 £500 £513
25th Percentile £613 £623 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £780 £788 £770
90th Percentile £835 £875 £865
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +9.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £82.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.66% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,674 24,676 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.50% 91.13% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 17,739 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 281 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £63.75 £50.68
90th Percentile £66.30 £78.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +47 26 £738 -1.67% 2
East London -5 9 £770 +2.67% 1
West London +4 3 £686 -1.96% 2
South London - 1 - -
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (1.70%) Confluence
2 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.70%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 40 (22.73%) AWS
2 39 (22.16%) Azure
3 36 (20.45%) SaaS
4 27 (15.34%) IaaS
5 17 (9.66%) Serverless
6 16 (9.09%) PaaS
7 15 (8.52%) GCP
8 11 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.70%) WhatsApp
10 2 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.57%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.57%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.57%) GitHub
11 1 (0.57%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.57%) OCI
11 1 (0.57%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.50%) Firewall
2 21 (11.93%) Network Security
3 6 (3.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (3.41%) SAN
3 6 (3.41%) SSL
4 3 (1.70%) DNS
4 3 (1.70%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.14%) 4G
6 1 (0.57%) DHCP
6 1 (0.57%) Internet
6 1 (0.57%) LAN
6 1 (0.57%) SNA
6 1 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.57%) VPN
6 1 (0.57%) WAN
6 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.57%) Metadata
1 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.57%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.70%) JIRA
General
1 62 (35.23%) Finance
2 23 (13.07%) Social Skills
3 20 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.55%) Banking
4 8 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.84%) Local Government
5 5 (2.84%) Police
6 4 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.70%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.57%) French Language
9 1 (0.57%) Law
9 1 (0.57%) Legal
9 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (79.55%) Architect
2 117 (66.48%) Security Architect
3 26 (14.77%) Senior
4 23 (13.07%) Senior Architect
4 23 (13.07%) Senior Security Architect
5 17 (9.66%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (8.52%) Consultant
6 15 (8.52%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 15 (8.52%) Security Consultant
7 14 (7.95%) Cloud Architect
8 12 (6.82%) Cloud Security Architect
9 11 (6.25%) Lead
10 9 (5.11%) AWS Architect
10 9 (5.11%) CISSP Architect
10 9 (5.11%) Enterprise Architect
10 9 (5.11%) Enterprise Security Architect
11 8 (4.55%) AWS Security Architect
12 7 (3.98%) Lead Architect
12 7 (3.98%) Senior Cloud Architect
12 7 (3.98%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.95%) OpenID
1 14 (7.95%) SAML
2 12 (6.82%) XACML
3 3 (1.70%) REST
4 2 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.14%) Kafka
4 2 (1.14%) OAuth
4 2 (1.14%) SPML
5 1 (0.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.20%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.95%) IoT
3 13 (7.39%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (7.39%) Mobile App
4 12 (6.82%) Security Posture
5 8 (4.55%) PKI
5 8 (4.55%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.41%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.27%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.70%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.70%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.14%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.57%) Life Science
10 1 (0.57%) Mobile Payment
10 1 (0.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.80%) Windows
2 17 (9.66%) Linux
3 3 (1.70%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.70%) Unix
4 1 (0.57%) Android
4 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (32.39%) Cloud Security
3 37 (21.02%) Information Security
4 33 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 29 (16.48%) SABSA
6 25 (14.20%) Agile
6 25 (14.20%) DevSecOps
7 23 (13.07%) Architectural Patterns
7 23 (13.07%) TOGAF
8 22 (12.50%) Application Security
9 19 (10.80%) Business Strategy
9 19 (10.80%) Enterprise Architecture
10 17 (9.66%) Risk Assessment
11 16 (9.09%) DevOps
11 16 (9.09%) SDLC
11 16 (9.09%) SIEM
12 15 (8.52%) Data Loss Prevention
12 15 (8.52%) Design Patterns
12 15 (8.52%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (8.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.55%) Python
2 4 (2.27%) Java
3 3 (1.70%) C++
3 3 (1.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.57%) C
4 1 (0.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 51 (28.98%) Security Cleared
2 50 (28.41%) CISSP
3 42 (23.86%) SC Cleared
4 41 (23.30%) CISM
5 31 (17.61%) CISA
6 20 (11.36%) CRISC
7 19 (10.80%) DV Cleared
7 19 (10.80%) SANS
8 18 (10.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 18 (10.23%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (7.39%) CCSK
10 9 (5.11%) Degree
10 9 (5.11%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (4.55%) CREST Certified
11 8 (4.55%) GIAC
12 6 (3.41%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (1.70%) CCSP
13 3 (1.70%) FFIEC
13 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (32.39%) NIST
2 33 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (11.36%) NCSC
4 15 (8.52%) NIST 800
5 12 (6.82%) PCI DSS
6 9 (5.11%) GDPR
6 9 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (3.98%) ISO 31000
8 6 (3.41%) Accessibility
8 6 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (2.27%) QA
10 3 (1.70%) GPG13
10 3 (1.70%) ISO 22301
10 3 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (1.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.57%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.27%) RACF
3 2 (1.14%) Docker
3 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.57%) Firmware
4 1 (0.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (7.95%) Terraform
2 13 (7.39%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (5.68%) Ansible
4 5 (2.84%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.27%) zSecure
6 2 (1.14%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.14%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.57%) Puppet
7 1 (0.57%) SCCM
7 1 (0.57%) vRealize
7 1 (0.57%) VxRail
7 1 (0.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.39%) Okta
3 11 (6.25%) IBM
4 8 (4.55%) VMware
5 6 (3.41%) Google
6 4 (2.27%) Splunk
7 3 (1.70%) AlienVault
7 3 (1.70%) ArcSight
7 3 (1.70%) Oracle
8 2 (1.14%) Apple
8 2 (1.14%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.14%) CA
8 2 (1.14%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.57%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.57%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.57%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.57%) Qualys
9 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.57%) Talend
9 1 (0.57%) Varonis