Security Architect Contracts in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £745 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 232 250
Rank change year-on-year +32 +18 0
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 209 303 422
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.18% 1.16% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.21% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 222 268
10th Percentile £575 £563 £538
25th Percentile £650 £638 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £745 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% +3.70% +2.66%
75th Percentile £780 £800 £788
90th Percentile £825 £849 £875
England median daily rate £700 £700 £675
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +24.94% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,468 24,945 36,702
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 95.22% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,900 18,104 26,876
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 282 440
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.79 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +11.64%
75th Percentile £46.48 £62.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.02 £79.80 £68.19
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
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 Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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 +42 23 £650 -10.34%
East London -7 8 £770 +2.67%
West London +7 5 £661 -19.85%
South London +7 1 - -
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 125 (59.81%) Security Architecture
2 76 (36.36%) Finance
3 65 (31.10%) Cloud Security
4 64 (30.62%) Cybersecurity
5 62 (29.67%) NIST
6 55 (26.32%) CISSP
7 46 (22.01%) Information Security
8 45 (21.53%) AWS
9 44 (21.05%) Security Cleared
10 42 (20.10%) SC Cleared
11 40 (19.14%) Azure
12 39 (18.66%) CISM
13 32 (15.31%) TOGAF
14 31 (14.83%) SABSA
15 30 (14.35%) SaaS
15 30 (14.35%) DevSecOps
16 28 (13.40%) Social Skills
17 27 (12.92%) Architectural Patterns
17 27 (12.92%) Application Security
17 27 (12.92%) IaaS
17 27 (12.92%) Risk Management
17 27 (12.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 27 (12.92%) CISA
18 26 (12.44%) Firewall
18 26 (12.44%) Network Security
19 25 (11.96%) Microsoft
20 24 (11.48%) Threat Modelling
20 24 (11.48%) Data Loss Prevention
21 23 (11.00%) Enterprise Architecture
22 21 (10.05%) Risk Assessment

Security Architect Skill Set
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 2 (0.96%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.96%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.48%) nginx
2 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 45 (21.53%) AWS
2 40 (19.14%) Azure
3 30 (14.35%) SaaS
4 27 (12.92%) IaaS
5 21 (10.05%) GCP
6 14 (6.70%) Serverless
7 13 (6.22%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (6.22%) PaaS
8 5 (2.39%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.44%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.44%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.96%) Akamai
10 2 (0.96%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (0.96%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (0.96%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.96%) GitHub
10 2 (0.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.44%) Firewall
1 26 (12.44%) Network Security
2 8 (3.83%) SSL
3 7 (3.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (2.39%) SAN
5 4 (1.91%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.44%) LAN
6 3 (1.44%) WAN
6 3 (1.44%) Wireless
7 2 (0.96%) DNS
7 2 (0.96%) HTTP
8 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.48%) Internet
8 1 (0.48%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.48%) Modbus
8 1 (0.48%) SCCP
8 1 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.91%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
2 2 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.96%) Apache Hive
2 2 (0.96%) Big Data
2 2 (0.96%) BigQuery
2 2 (0.96%) Bigtable
2 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.96%) DynamoDB
2 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.96%) Hadoop
2 2 (0.96%) HBase
2 2 (0.96%) IBM BigInsights
2 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.96%) Parquet
2 2 (0.96%) PolyBase
2 2 (0.96%) Sqoop
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (2.87%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.91%) GitLab
3 2 (0.96%) JIRA
3 2 (0.96%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
General
1 76 (36.36%) Finance
2 28 (13.40%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.05%) Public Sector
4 19 (9.09%) Banking
5 9 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.83%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.39%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.39%) Local Government
8 4 (1.91%) Legal
9 2 (0.96%) Front Office
9 2 (0.96%) Retail
9 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Law
10 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.22%) OpenID
2 12 (5.74%) SAML
3 11 (5.26%) XACML
4 3 (1.44%) OAuth
4 3 (1.44%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.96%) Apache Avro
5 2 (0.96%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (0.96%) Kafka
5 2 (0.96%) SPML
6 1 (0.48%) gRPC
6 1 (0.48%) JSON
6 1 (0.48%) RESTful
6 1 (0.48%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.70%) IoT
3 13 (6.22%) Mobile App
3 13 (6.22%) PKI
4 11 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.35%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.87%) Mainframe
6 6 (2.87%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.39%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.44%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.96%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.96%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.96%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.83%) Windows
2 4 (1.91%) Unix
3 3 (1.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (59.81%) Security Architecture
2 65 (31.10%) Cloud Security
3 64 (30.62%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (22.01%) Information Security
5 32 (15.31%) TOGAF
6 31 (14.83%) SABSA
7 30 (14.35%) DevSecOps
8 27 (12.92%) Application Security
8 27 (12.92%) Architectural Patterns
8 27 (12.92%) Risk Management
9 24 (11.48%) Data Loss Prevention
9 24 (11.48%) Threat Modelling
10 23 (11.00%) Enterprise Architecture
11 21 (10.05%) Risk Assessment
12 20 (9.57%) SIEM
13 19 (9.09%) Business Strategy
13 19 (9.09%) Roadmaps
14 18 (8.61%) DevOps
14 18 (8.61%) Infrastructure as Code
15 16 (7.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.26%) Python
2 5 (2.39%) C++
2 5 (2.39%) Java
3 2 (0.96%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.96%) SQL
3 2 (0.96%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (26.32%) CISSP
2 44 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 42 (20.10%) SC Cleared
4 39 (18.66%) CISM
5 27 (12.92%) CISA
6 18 (8.61%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (7.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 16 (7.66%) SANS
8 12 (5.74%) CCSK
8 12 (5.74%) CRISC
9 9 (4.31%) Degree
9 9 (4.31%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (3.83%) CREST Certified
10 8 (3.83%) GIAC
11 5 (2.39%) CEH
11 5 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.39%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.44%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (29.67%) NIST
2 27 (12.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (10.05%) NCSC
4 14 (6.70%) GDPR
5 7 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 7 (3.35%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.87%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.91%) QA
8 3 (1.44%) COBIT
8 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.44%) GPG13
8 3 (1.44%) ISO 22301
8 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.48%) ISA99
System Software
1 6 (2.87%) RACF
2 3 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (7.66%) Terraform
2 11 (5.26%) Ansible
2 11 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (2.87%) zSecure
4 2 (0.96%) Ambari
4 2 (0.96%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.96%) Oozie
5 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.48%) QRadar
5 1 (0.48%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 25 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.18%) IBM
3 11 (5.26%) Okta
4 10 (4.78%) Google
5 4 (1.91%) CyberArk
5 4 (1.91%) LogRhythm
6 2 (0.96%) CA
6 2 (0.96%) Databricks
6 2 (0.96%) ForeScout
6 2 (0.96%) Oracle
6 2 (0.96%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.96%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.96%) Thales
7 1 (0.48%) AlgoSec
7 1 (0.48%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (0.48%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.48%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.48%) Sparx
7 1 (0.48%) Tanium
7 1 (0.48%) Zscaler