The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 24 May 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Architect
Rank 61 - 84
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 9 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.078% - 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.184% - 0.109%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £475 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £488 £450
% change year-on-year
-2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
760 1028 917
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.02% 92.20% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 347 409
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 61 42
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.58 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.56% +24.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £22.60 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Security Architect
Berkshire

Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Security Architect Daily Rate Trend

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Security Architect across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading Security Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Security Architect
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 (77.78%) Information Security
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) CESG
2 6 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 6 (66.67%) Network Security
2 6 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) CESG CLAS
3 5 (55.56%) TOGAF
3 5 (55.56%) Ethical Hacking
3 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (55.56%) Firewall
3 5 (55.56%) CISA
3 5 (55.56%) CISM
3 5 (55.56%) Oracle
3 5 (55.56%) CISSP
3 5 (55.56%) CA
3 5 (55.56%) Tivoli
4 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) OWASP
5 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) C++
5 1 (11.11%) Java
5 1 (11.11%) .NET
5 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) ClearCase
5 1 (11.11%) Eclipse

Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (11.11%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Network Security
2 5 (55.56%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
1 1 (11.11%) ClearCase
1 1 (11.11%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) CESG
2 5 (55.56%) CESG CLAS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Information Security
2 6 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
3 5 (55.56%) TOGAF
3 5 (55.56%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) OWASP
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C++
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) CISA
3 5 (55.56%) CISM
3 5 (55.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Oracle
1 5 (55.56%) CA