Security Architecture Contracts in the North West

Security Architecture
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 138 154
Rank change year-on-year +60 +16 -35
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 63 20 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.27% 0.62% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 0.68% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 14 21
10th Percentile £638 £613 £550
25th Percentile £670 £670 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £725 £625
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +16.00% +5.04%
75th Percentile £850 £800 £675
90th Percentile - £838 £688
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +9.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,400 2,922 3,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.42% 90.97% 88.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,555 2,080 2,592
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £406 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 149 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.73 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.16 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £45.00 £48.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £54.00 £65.15 £59.38
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the North West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the North West

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 April 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 +51 49 £850 +13.33% 2
Cumbria - 10 £669 -
Cheshire +6 3 £475 - 2
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
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 6 (9.52%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) AWS
3 3 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.59%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 44 (69.84%) Firewall
2 43 (68.25%) VPN
3 13 (20.63%) Network Security
4 3 (4.76%) LAN
4 3 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (17.46%) Public Sector
2 6 (9.52%) Legal
3 2 (3.17%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.59%) Banking
4 1 (1.59%) Finance
4 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 61 (96.83%) Architect
2 38 (60.32%) Technical Architect
3 28 (44.44%) Lead
3 28 (44.44%) Lead Architect
3 28 (44.44%) Technical Leader
4 19 (30.16%) Security Architect
5 8 (12.70%) Cloud Architect
6 5 (7.94%) Digital Architect
6 5 (7.94%) Digital Technical Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Lead Cloud Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Mobile Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Network Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Security Engineer
8 1 (1.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
8 1 (1.59%) Information Security Engineer
8 1 (1.59%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 1 (1.59%) IT Security Engineer
8 1 (1.59%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (66.67%) Node.js
2 2 (3.17%) React Native
3 1 (1.59%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 29 (46.03%) Public Cloud
2 9 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 7 (11.11%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.17%) PKI
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.59%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 44 (69.84%) Windows
2 43 (68.25%) Android
2 43 (68.25%) Apple iOS
3 42 (66.67%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.17%) Linux
5 1 (1.59%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (82.54%) Risk Management
2 43 (68.25%) Zero Trust
3 42 (66.67%) CI/CD
4 41 (65.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 41 (65.08%) Mobile Device Management
4 41 (65.08%) Threat Intelligence
5 31 (49.21%) Agile
5 31 (49.21%) DevOps
6 27 (42.86%) Design Patterns
7 13 (20.63%) Business Strategy
7 13 (20.63%) Microservices
8 11 (17.46%) Cryptography
8 11 (17.46%) Information Security
8 11 (17.46%) Penetration Testing
9 10 (15.87%) IT Strategy
9 10 (15.87%) Project Delivery
9 10 (15.87%) Roadmaps
9 10 (15.87%) Service Delivery
9 10 (15.87%) Technology Strategy
10 9 (14.29%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.17%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 34 (53.97%) Security Cleared
2 33 (52.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.59%) CISM
4 1 (1.59%) CISSP
4 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.59%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (19.05%) NIST
2 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.59%) GDPR
3 1 (1.59%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.59%) NCSC
3 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (7.94%) Apple
1 5 (7.94%) Google
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.17%) NetIQ
3 1 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.59%) F5
3 1 (1.59%) Qualys
3 1 (1.59%) Splunk