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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 252 311
Rank change year-on-year +37 +59 -23
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 178 260 339
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.01% 0.99% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.09% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 182 218
10th Percentile £500 £521 £513
25th Percentile £613 £625 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £780 £800 £770
90th Percentile £826 £873 £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 15,694 23,906 35,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 90.95% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,256 17,189 26,035
10th Percentile £340 £375 £389
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 £680 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 270 421
10th Percentile £15.97 £18.45 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +6.85% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.19 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.30 £80.23 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

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 8 May 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 8 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 +50 26 £725 -3.33% 3
East London -8 7 £770 +2.67%
West London -5 3 £686 -16.82%
South London - 1 - - 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 2 (1.12%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.72%) AWS
2 39 (21.91%) Azure
3 37 (20.79%) SaaS
4 28 (15.73%) IaaS
5 17 (9.55%) Serverless
6 16 (8.99%) PaaS
7 14 (7.87%) GCP
8 12 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (6.18%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.69%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (0.56%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.56%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.56%) OCI
11 1 (0.56%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.56%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.92%) Firewall
2 21 (11.80%) Network Security
3 7 (3.93%) SSL
4 6 (3.37%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (2.81%) SAN
6 4 (2.25%) DNS
6 4 (2.25%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.12%) DHCP
8 1 (0.56%) 4G
8 1 (0.56%) Internet
8 1 (0.56%) LAN
8 1 (0.56%) SNA
8 1 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.56%) VPN
8 1 (0.56%) WAN
8 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.56%) Metadata
1 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.12%) JIRA
General
1 63 (35.39%) Finance
2 25 (14.04%) Social Skills
3 20 (11.24%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.49%) Banking
4 8 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.81%) Local Government
5 5 (2.81%) Police
6 3 (1.69%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.56%) French Language
8 1 (0.56%) Law
8 1 (0.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 143 (80.34%) Architect
2 122 (68.54%) Security Architect
3 24 (13.48%) Senior
4 21 (11.80%) Senior Architect
4 21 (11.80%) Senior Security Architect
5 16 (8.99%) Cloud Architect
6 15 (8.43%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 15 (8.43%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (7.30%) Consultant
7 13 (7.30%) Security Consultant
8 12 (6.74%) AWS Architect
8 12 (6.74%) Cloud Security Architect
9 11 (6.18%) AWS Security Architect
10 10 (5.62%) Lead
11 8 (4.49%) Enterprise Architect
11 8 (4.49%) Enterprise Security Architect
11 8 (4.49%) Technical Architect
12 7 (3.93%) CISSP Architect
12 7 (3.93%) Senior Cloud Architect
13 6 (3.37%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.87%) OpenID
1 14 (7.87%) SAML
2 12 (6.74%) XACML
3 3 (1.69%) REST
4 2 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.12%) Kafka
4 2 (1.12%) OAuth
4 2 (1.12%) SPML
5 1 (0.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.36%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.87%) IoT
3 13 (7.30%) Mobile App
4 11 (6.18%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (6.18%) Security Posture
5 8 (4.49%) PKI
5 8 (4.49%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.37%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.37%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.81%) Mainframe
8 4 (2.25%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.56%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.55%) Windows
2 16 (8.99%) Linux
3 3 (1.69%) Unix
4 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (36.52%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (31.46%) Cloud Security
3 41 (23.03%) Information Security
4 30 (16.85%) Risk Management
5 25 (14.04%) DevSecOps
5 25 (14.04%) SABSA
6 24 (13.48%) TOGAF
7 23 (12.92%) Application Security
7 23 (12.92%) Architectural Patterns
8 22 (12.36%) Agile
9 20 (11.24%) Business Strategy
9 20 (11.24%) Enterprise Architecture
10 18 (10.11%) SIEM
11 16 (8.99%) Data Loss Prevention
11 16 (8.99%) Risk Assessment
11 16 (8.99%) Roadmaps
11 16 (8.99%) SDLC
12 15 (8.43%) Deployment Automation
12 15 (8.43%) Design Patterns
12 15 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.49%) Python
2 5 (2.81%) Java
3 4 (2.25%) C++
4 3 (1.69%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.56%) C
5 1 (0.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 51 (28.65%) Security Cleared
2 48 (26.97%) CISSP
3 41 (23.03%) SC Cleared
4 40 (22.47%) CISM
5 25 (14.04%) CISA
6 18 (10.11%) DV Cleared
7 16 (8.99%) SANS
8 15 (8.43%) CRISC
9 13 (7.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 13 (7.30%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (5.62%) CCSK
11 9 (5.06%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (4.49%) CREST Certified
12 8 (4.49%) Degree
13 7 (3.93%) CTC Cleared
14 5 (2.81%) GIAC
15 3 (1.69%) CCSP
15 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
16 2 (1.12%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (30.90%) NIST
2 31 (17.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (10.67%) NCSC
4 11 (6.18%) NIST 800
5 10 (5.62%) GDPR
5 10 (5.62%) PCI DSS
6 8 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (2.81%) Accessibility
8 5 (2.81%) ISO 31000
9 4 (2.25%) QA
10 3 (1.69%) GPG13
10 3 (1.69%) ISO 22301
10 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (1.12%) COBIT
12 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (2.81%) RACF
2 4 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.56%) Docker
4 1 (0.56%) Firmware
4 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (7.87%) Terraform
2 13 (7.30%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (5.62%) Ansible
4 5 (2.81%) zSecure
5 4 (2.25%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.12%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.12%) SCCM
6 2 (1.12%) WSUS
7 1 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.56%) Puppet
7 1 (0.56%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.56%) vRealize
7 1 (0.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 35 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.30%) Okta
3 12 (6.74%) IBM
4 7 (3.93%) VMware
5 6 (3.37%) Google
6 4 (2.25%) Splunk
7 3 (1.69%) AlienVault
7 3 (1.69%) ArcSight
7 3 (1.69%) Oracle
7 3 (1.69%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.12%) CA
8 2 (1.12%) Sophos
9 1 (0.56%) Apple
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco
9 1 (0.56%) Dell
9 1 (0.56%) Informatica
9 1 (0.56%) Qualys
9 1 (0.56%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.56%) TOWER Software