Security Architect Contracts in Manchester

Security Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Security Architect daily rate in Manchester is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 97 123
Rank change year-on-year +10 +26 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 14 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.91% 1.00% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.04% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 14
10th Percentile £588 £613 £541
25th Percentile £613 £622 £602
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £813 £769 £669
90th Percentile £930 £805 £684
North West median daily rate £669 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -4.43% +12.00% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
North West median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,468 1,829 2,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.76% 96.62% 97.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,019 1,360 1,993
10th Percentile £313 £313 £214
25th Percentile £394 £410 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £579 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £663 £650
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 55 62
10th Percentile £12.07 £14.10 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.82
Median hourly rate £25.10 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% +100.00% +8.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £48.13 £23.69
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.40 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.49
% change year-on-year -13.59% +49.05% +11.72%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Manchester

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Manchester

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Manchester region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) CISSP
1 8 (57.14%) Network Security
2 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 6 (42.86%) Cisco
3 5 (35.71%) Firewall
3 5 (35.71%) AWS
3 5 (35.71%) Security Architecture
3 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 4 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 4 (28.57%) CCIE
4 4 (28.57%) CCNP
4 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (28.57%) CCIE Security
5 3 (21.43%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (21.43%) Design Patterns
5 3 (21.43%) TOGAF
5 3 (21.43%) CISM
5 3 (21.43%) Information Security
5 3 (21.43%) IaaS
5 3 (21.43%) SaaS
5 3 (21.43%) PaaS
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (14.29%) Rapid7
6 2 (14.29%) Agile
6 2 (14.29%) PKI
6 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) AWS
3 3 (21.43%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (21.43%) IaaS
3 3 (21.43%) PaaS
3 3 (21.43%) SaaS
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Network Security
2 5 (35.71%) Firewall
3 4 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (7.14%) VPN
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) PKI
1 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (35.71%) Security Architecture
2 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 4 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 3 (21.43%) Design Patterns
3 3 (21.43%) Information Security
3 3 (21.43%) TOGAF
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
4 2 (14.29%) Identity Management
4 2 (14.29%) Zero Trust
5 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) DevSecOps
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.14%) Security Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) CISSP
2 4 (28.57%) CCIE
2 4 (28.57%) CCIE Security
2 4 (28.57%) CCNP
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (21.43%) CISM
4 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) NetIQ
3 2 (14.29%) Rapid7
4 1 (7.14%) Darktrace
4 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.14%) Sophos
4 1 (7.14%) VMware