Security Architecture Contracts in the North of England

Security Architecture
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 184 218
Rank change year-on-year +66 +34 -69
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 67 26 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.43% 0.45% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 0.49% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 20 30
10th Percentile £639 £603 £500
25th Percentile £669 £649 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +12.00% +6.84%
75th Percentile £850 £800 £688
90th Percentile - £839 £716
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +9.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,027 5,253 6,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.79% 90.66% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,466 3,653 4,642
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 209 259
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.25 £12.86
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.30 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year -39.52% +56.81% +2.51%
75th Percentile £44.74 £47.00 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £51.91
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the North of England

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the North of England

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the North of England

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the North of England

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 4 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
North West +63 64 £800 +6.67% 5
Yorkshire +17 3 - - 1
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 7 (10.45%) Azure
2 6 (8.96%) AWS
3 3 (4.48%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.49%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
5 1 (1.49%) IaaS
5 1 (1.49%) PaaS
5 1 (1.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (67.16%) Firewall
2 43 (64.18%) VPN
3 13 (19.40%) Network Security
4 3 (4.48%) LAN
4 3 (4.48%) WAN
5 1 (1.49%) DHCP
5 1 (1.49%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (16.42%) Public Sector
2 6 (8.96%) Legal
3 2 (2.99%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.49%) Automotive
4 1 (1.49%) Banking
4 1 (1.49%) Finance
4 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 63 (94.03%) Architect
2 38 (56.72%) Technical Architect
3 30 (44.78%) Lead
4 28 (41.79%) Lead Architect
4 28 (41.79%) Technical Leader
5 21 (31.34%) Security Architect
6 8 (11.94%) Cloud Architect
7 5 (7.46%) Digital Architect
7 5 (7.46%) Digital Technical Architect
8 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 2 (2.99%) Lead Cloud Architect
9 2 (2.99%) Mobile Architect
9 2 (2.99%) Network Architect
9 2 (2.99%) Network Security Architect
9 2 (2.99%) Security Engineer
10 1 (1.49%) Information Security Engineer
10 1 (1.49%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
10 1 (1.49%) IT Security Engineer
10 1 (1.49%) Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.49%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (62.69%) Node.js
2 2 (2.99%) React Native
3 1 (1.49%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 29 (43.28%) Public Cloud
2 9 (13.43%) Product Ownership
3 7 (10.45%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.48%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.99%) PKI
6 1 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.49%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 44 (65.67%) Windows
2 43 (64.18%) Android
2 43 (64.18%) Apple iOS
3 42 (62.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.99%) Linux
5 1 (1.49%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (77.61%) Risk Management
2 43 (64.18%) Zero Trust
3 42 (62.69%) CI/CD
4 41 (61.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 41 (61.19%) Mobile Device Management
4 41 (61.19%) Threat Intelligence
5 32 (47.76%) Agile
6 31 (46.27%) DevOps
7 27 (40.30%) Design Patterns
8 13 (19.40%) Business Strategy
8 13 (19.40%) Information Security
8 13 (19.40%) Microservices
9 11 (16.42%) Cryptography
9 11 (16.42%) Penetration Testing
10 10 (14.93%) IT Strategy
10 10 (14.93%) Project Delivery
10 10 (14.93%) Roadmaps
10 10 (14.93%) Service Delivery
10 10 (14.93%) Technology Strategy
11 9 (13.43%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.99%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 34 (50.75%) Security Cleared
2 33 (49.25%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) CISM
3 3 (4.48%) CISSP
4 2 (2.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.99%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.99%) ISACA
5 1 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (17.91%) NIST
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.99%) IASME
2 2 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.49%) GDPR
3 1 (1.49%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.49%) NCSC
3 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (7.46%) Apple
1 5 (7.46%) Google
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.99%) NetIQ
3 1 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.49%) F5
3 1 (1.49%) Qualys
3 1 (1.49%) Splunk