The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architect
Rank 112 120 122
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 5 14 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.209% 0.461% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.224% 0.503% 0.108%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 3
Average daily rate £330 £538 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.60% +43.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £480 £525 £404
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +30.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2232 2786 2784
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.51% 91.71% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1055 1409 1431
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 169 209
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.42 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.88% +4.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Security Architect
England

Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Architect across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Architect across the North West region.

North West Security Architect Daily Rate Trend

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Architect across the North West region.

North West Security Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Security Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Manchester - - - - 2
Cheshire - - - - 1
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England

Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Security Architect in their job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Information Security
1 7 (53.85%) TOGAF
2 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Security Management
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 4 (30.77%) CISSP
4 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle
5 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
5 3 (23.08%) Citrix
5 3 (23.08%) UNIX
5 3 (23.08%) Firewall
5 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
5 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (15.38%) Local Government
6 2 (15.38%) PKI
6 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) BC Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) JSP 440
6 2 (15.38%) RMADS
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 2 (15.38%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (15.38%) CESG
6 2 (15.38%) CESG CLAS
6 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security Management
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco
6 2 (15.38%) SAN
6 2 (15.38%) JSP

Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Security Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) JSP
1 2 (15.38%) Middleware
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (7.692%) SAML
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) SAN
2 2 (15.38%) VPN
3 1 (7.692%) ATM
3 1 (7.692%) ISDN
3 1 (7.692%) VoIP
3 1 (7.692%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.692%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (7.692%) RDBMS
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (15.38%) Local Government
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
2 2 (15.38%) RMADS
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
2 2 (15.38%) CESG
2 2 (15.38%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) UNIX
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
3 1 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.692%) MVS
3 1 (7.692%) Windows
3 1 (7.692%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Information Security
1 7 (53.85%) TOGAF
2 4 (30.77%) Security Management
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security Management
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance
4 1 (7.692%) Cyber Security
4 1 (7.692%) SAP Security
4 1 (7.692%) SIEM
4 1 (7.692%) UML
4 1 (7.692%) RAD
4 1 (7.692%) SSADM
4 1 (7.692%) DSDM
4 1 (7.692%) CRM
4 1 (7.692%) SOA
4 1 (7.692%) Workflow
4 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) CISSP
4 2 (15.38%) BC Cleared
5 1 (7.692%) CRISC
5 1 (7.692%) CISA
5 1 (7.692%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Citrix
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
4 1 (7.692%) ArcSight
4 1 (7.692%) SAP
4 1 (7.692%) Red Hat
4 1 (7.692%) IBM
4 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.692%) TippingPoint
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