Security Architecture Contracts in Manchester

Security Architecture
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 97 127
Rank change year-on-year +47 +30 -45
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 49 18 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.20% 0.95% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 1.02% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 13 15
10th Percentile - £624 £543
25th Percentile £775 £675 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £750 £635
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +18.11% +9.96%
75th Percentile - £800 £688
90th Percentile - £838 £770
North West median daily rate £800 £725 £625
% change year-on-year +10.34% +16.00% +5.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,332 1,758 2,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.06% 92.33% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 1,287 1,803
10th Percentile £313 £313 £258
25th Percentile £406 £413 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £663 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 66 49
10th Percentile £12.41 £15.75 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.15 £36.15 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.21% +141.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £46.89 £23.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £34.00
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Manchester

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Manchester

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Manchester over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Manchester

Security Architecture
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 5 (10.20%) AWS
1 5 (10.20%) Azure
2 3 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.04%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 41 (83.67%) Firewall
2 40 (81.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (12.24%) Legal
1 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.04%) Banking
3 1 (2.04%) Finance
3 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (95.92%) Architect
2 38 (77.55%) Technical Architect
3 28 (57.14%) Lead
3 28 (57.14%) Lead Architect
3 28 (57.14%) Technical Leader
4 8 (16.33%) Cloud Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Digital Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Digital Technical Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Security Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Lead Cloud Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Mobile Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Firewall Architect
7 1 (2.04%) Information Security Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
7 1 (2.04%) IT Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) IT Security Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Lead Security Architect
7 1 (2.04%) Security Technical Architect
7 1 (2.04%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (85.71%) Node.js
2 2 (4.08%) React Native
3 1 (2.04%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 29 (59.18%) Public Cloud
2 9 (18.37%) Product Ownership
3 7 (14.29%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.08%) PKI
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.04%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 44 (89.80%) Windows
2 43 (87.76%) Android
2 43 (87.76%) Apple iOS
3 42 (85.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.08%) Linux
5 1 (2.04%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (87.76%) Zero Trust
2 42 (85.71%) CI/CD
2 42 (85.71%) Risk Management
3 41 (83.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 41 (83.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 41 (83.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 31 (63.27%) Agile
4 31 (63.27%) DevOps
5 27 (55.10%) Design Patterns
6 13 (26.53%) Microservices
7 10 (20.41%) Roadmaps
8 9 (18.37%) Product Strategy
8 9 (18.37%) Strategic Roadmap
9 7 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
9 7 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (14.29%) User Experience
10 4 (8.16%) Containerisation
11 2 (4.08%) API Design
11 2 (4.08%) Decision-Making
11 2 (4.08%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 28 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 27 (55.10%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) CISM
3 1 (2.04%) CISSP
3 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (4.08%) NIST
2 1 (2.04%) GDPR
2 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.04%) NCSC
2 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) Apple
1 5 (10.20%) Google
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.08%) NetIQ
4 1 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.04%) F5
4 1 (2.04%) Qualys
4 1 (2.04%) Splunk