Security Architect Contracts in the North West

Security Architect
England > North West

The median Security Architect daily rate in the North West is £669 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 141 146
Rank change year-on-year +35 +5 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 33 25 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.20% 0.79% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 0.83% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 14 21
10th Percentile £530 £486 £525
25th Percentile £613 £613 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £669 £694 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +11.00% +4.38%
75th Percentile £735 £758 £650
90th Percentile £805 £793 £688
England median daily rate £700 £700 £675
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +24.94% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,591 3,016 3,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 94.87% 96.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 2,161 2,862
10th Percentile £283 £300 £208
25th Percentile £390 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 131 174
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +12.47%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.25 £43.50
90th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the North West

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in the North West

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the North West

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in the North West

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +18 15 £750 +7.14% 2
Cumbria -15 10 £669 +37.65%
Cheshire +9 7 £534 -27.91%
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 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 North West region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 21 (63.64%) Network Security
2 20 (60.61%) Security Architecture
3 15 (45.45%) Risk Management
4 14 (42.42%) Business Strategy
5 13 (39.39%) Information Security
6 12 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (33.33%) Project Delivery
7 11 (33.33%) NIST
8 10 (30.30%) IT Strategy
8 10 (30.30%) Technology Strategy
8 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
8 10 (30.30%) Azure
8 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared
8 10 (30.30%) Cryptography
8 10 (30.30%) Penetration Testing
8 10 (30.30%) Service Delivery
9 8 (24.24%) Firewall
9 8 (24.24%) CISSP
10 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
10 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (18.18%) AWS
11 6 (18.18%) Cisco
11 6 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
12 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
13 4 (12.12%) Design Patterns
13 4 (12.12%) CCIE Security
13 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
13 4 (12.12%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (12.12%) CCIE
13 4 (12.12%) CCNP

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) AWS
3 3 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (9.09%) IaaS
3 3 (9.09%) PaaS
3 3 (9.09%) SaaS
4 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (63.64%) Network Security
2 8 (24.24%) Firewall
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (12.12%) VPN
4 3 (9.09%) LAN
4 3 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.03%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 2 (6.06%) PKI
3 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Android
2 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (60.61%) Security Architecture
2 15 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 14 (42.42%) Business Strategy
4 13 (39.39%) Information Security
5 11 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 10 (30.30%) Cryptography
6 10 (30.30%) IT Strategy
6 10 (30.30%) Penetration Testing
6 10 (30.30%) Service Delivery
6 10 (30.30%) Technology Strategy
7 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (12.12%) Agile
9 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
9 4 (12.12%) Design Patterns
10 3 (9.09%) Architectural Design
10 3 (9.09%) Test Scripting
10 3 (9.09%) TOGAF
11 2 (6.06%) Application Security
11 2 (6.06%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared
1 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 8 (24.24%) CISSP
3 4 (12.12%) CCIE
3 4 (12.12%) CCIE Security
3 4 (12.12%) CCNP
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (9.09%) CISM
5 2 (6.06%) Degree
5 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (6.06%) NetIQ
3 2 (6.06%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.03%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.03%) Sophos
4 1 (3.03%) VMware