Security Architect Contracts in Reading

Security Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Architect daily rate in Reading is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 75 91
Rank change year-on-year +18 +16 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 38 11 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.23% 1.06% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.50% 1.11% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 2
10th Percentile £78 £621 £569
25th Percentile £329 £646 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £693 £688
Median % change year-on-year -27.82% +0.76% +16.22%
75th Percentile £663 £768 £772
90th Percentile £700 £789 £796
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -23.08% -3.70% +14.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £82.44 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.61% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £87.46 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year +16.61% - -

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 1,087 989 1,301
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 95.37% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 599 647 862
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £458 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £498
Median % change year-on-year - +10.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £592
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 24 8
10th Percentile £40.60 £45.75 £12.73
25th Percentile £54.33 £60.73 £19.44
Median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +135.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £87.46 £75.19 £33.10
90th Percentile £97.50 £79.19 £34.92
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.00 £64.68 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.68% +207.98% -2.33%

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 May 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 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 Reading region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 28 (73.68%) Security Cleared
2 27 (71.05%) DV Cleared
3 26 (68.42%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (68.42%) DevOps
3 26 (68.42%) Firewall
4 24 (63.16%) Intrusion Detection
5 18 (47.37%) Security Architecture
6 12 (31.58%) Public Sector
7 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
9 5 (13.16%) ITIL
9 5 (13.16%) Network Security
9 5 (13.16%) Identity Access Management
10 4 (10.53%) GDPR
10 4 (10.53%) NIST
10 4 (10.53%) Application Security
10 4 (10.53%) COBIT
10 4 (10.53%) Information Security
10 4 (10.53%) Azure
10 4 (10.53%) Threat Modelling
11 3 (7.89%) Data Centre
11 3 (7.89%) OWASP
11 3 (7.89%) ISACA
11 3 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
11 3 (7.89%) Capacity Management
11 3 (7.89%) Project Planning
11 3 (7.89%) Use Case
11 3 (7.89%) Telecoms
11 3 (7.89%) Information Security Management
11 3 (7.89%) 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 4 (10.53%) Azure
2 1 (2.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (68.42%) Firewall
2 24 (63.16%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (13.16%) Network Security
4 1 (2.63%) 4G
4 1 (2.63%) 5G
4 1 (2.63%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 12 (31.58%) Public Sector
2 3 (7.89%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) OAuth
1 2 (5.26%) OpenID
1 2 (5.26%) SAML
2 1 (2.63%) Google JAX
2 1 (2.63%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.63%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.26%) CSOC
2 2 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (5.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.63%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.63%) IoT
3 1 (2.63%) iPad
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) PKI
3 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (68.42%) Cybersecurity
1 26 (68.42%) DevOps
2 18 (47.37%) Security Architecture
3 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
5 5 (13.16%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (13.16%) ITIL
6 4 (10.53%) Application Security
6 4 (10.53%) Information Security
6 4 (10.53%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (7.89%) Budget Management
7 3 (7.89%) Capacity Management
7 3 (7.89%) Conflict Resolution
7 3 (7.89%) Information Security Management
7 3 (7.89%) OWASP
7 3 (7.89%) Project Planning
7 3 (7.89%) Roadmaps
7 3 (7.89%) Security Management
7 3 (7.89%) Use Case
7 3 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) C
1 2 (5.26%) C++
1 2 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (2.63%) Java
2 1 (2.63%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (73.68%) Security Cleared
2 27 (71.05%) DV Cleared
3 3 (7.89%) ISACA
4 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.63%) CCSP
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.63%) CISSP
5 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) COBIT
1 4 (10.53%) GDPR
1 4 (10.53%) NIST
2 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.63%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto