Security Architect Contracts in Reading

Security Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Architect daily rate in Reading is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 79 87
Rank change year-on-year +23 +8 -36
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 35 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.94% 0.77% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.15% 0.80% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £78 £649 £563
25th Percentile £162 £658 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £718 £675
Median % change year-on-year -35.56% +6.33% +10.97%
75th Percentile £500 £784 £738
90th Percentile £600 £793 £783
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £663 £675
% change year-on-year -24.53% -1.85% +14.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £82.44 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £87.46 - -
75th Percentile £87.53 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £87.46 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,112 996 1,298
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 95.68% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 664 884
10th Percentile £213 £363 £181
25th Percentile £413 £453 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £651 £595
90th Percentile £688 £721 £655
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.09% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.45 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £51.48 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.20 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +4.60% +170.88% -1.29%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Reading

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Reading

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Reading over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Reading

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in Reading

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 Reading region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 28 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (77.14%) DV Cleared
3 26 (74.29%) Firewall
4 25 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (71.43%) DevOps
5 24 (68.57%) Intrusion Detection
6 16 (45.71%) Security Architecture
7 12 (34.29%) Public Sector
8 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (20.00%) Risk Management
10 5 (14.29%) ITIL
11 4 (11.43%) Information Security
11 4 (11.43%) Network Security
11 4 (11.43%) Identity Access Management
12 3 (8.57%) GDPR
12 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
12 3 (8.57%) ISACA
12 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management
12 3 (8.57%) Capacity Management
12 3 (8.57%) Conflict Resolution
12 3 (8.57%) NIST
12 3 (8.57%) Application Security
12 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
12 3 (8.57%) Budget Management
12 3 (8.57%) Budgeting
12 3 (8.57%) COBIT
12 3 (8.57%) OWASP
12 3 (8.57%) Azure
12 3 (8.57%) Project Planning
12 3 (8.57%) Information Security Management

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (8.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 26 (74.29%) Firewall
2 24 (68.57%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (11.43%) Network Security
4 1 (2.86%) SSL
General
1 12 (34.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (2.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) OAuth
1 2 (5.71%) OpenID
1 2 (5.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.71%) CSOC
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.86%) iPad
3 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
1 25 (71.43%) DevOps
2 16 (45.71%) Security Architecture
3 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (14.29%) ITIL
6 4 (11.43%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (11.43%) Information Security
7 3 (8.57%) Application Security
7 3 (8.57%) Budget Management
7 3 (8.57%) Budgeting
7 3 (8.57%) Capacity Management
7 3 (8.57%) Conflict Resolution
7 3 (8.57%) Information Security Management
7 3 (8.57%) OWASP
7 3 (8.57%) Project Planning
7 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
7 3 (8.57%) Security Management
7 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (5.71%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 28 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (77.14%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) ISACA
4 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) COBIT
1 3 (8.57%) GDPR
1 3 (8.57%) NIST
2 1 (2.86%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto