Security Architect Contracts in Scotland

Security Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Security Architect daily rate in Scotland is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 144 158
Rank change year-on-year +26 +14 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 13 21 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.59% 0.73% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.77% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 12
10th Percentile £664 £578 £518
25th Percentile £678 £609 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile - £728 £688
90th Percentile £702 £771 £839
UK median daily rate £700 £700 £663
% change year-on-year - +5.66% +3.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,090 2,720 3,376
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 95.14% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 1,951 2,390
10th Percentile £204 £238 £213
25th Percentile £364 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £553 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 44 53
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.86 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.91 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.41 £48.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.22 £54.20
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Scotland

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Scotland

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Edinburgh +37 6 £693 -1.07%
Glasgow -6 4 £700 +7.69%
Perthshire +10 1 £700 +3.70%
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Scotland region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) Security Architecture
4 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
4 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
5 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
5 4 (30.77%) IT Strategy
5 4 (30.77%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
5 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (23.08%) Azure
6 3 (23.08%) AWS
6 3 (23.08%) Java
6 3 (23.08%) GCP
6 3 (23.08%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (23.08%) Operational Technology
6 3 (23.08%) NIST
6 3 (23.08%) Technical Analysis
6 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
7 2 (15.38%) Compliance Audit
7 2 (15.38%) Cyber Assurance
7 2 (15.38%) Cyber Resilience
7 2 (15.38%) Business Case
7 2 (15.38%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (15.38%) Project Management
7 2 (15.38%) Degree
7 2 (15.38%) PKI
7 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
8 1 (7.69%) Data Integration

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) GCP
General
1 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Operational Technology
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) Security Architecture
4 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
5 4 (30.77%) IT Strategy
5 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 4 (30.77%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (30.77%) Waterfall
6 3 (23.08%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
6 3 (23.08%) Technical Analysis
7 2 (15.38%) Business Case
7 2 (15.38%) Compliance Audit
7 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
7 2 (15.38%) Cyber Assurance
7 2 (15.38%) Cyber Resilience
7 2 (15.38%) Project Management
8 1 (7.69%) Information Security
8 1 (7.69%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (23.08%) NIST
3 2 (15.38%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft