Security Architect Contracts in the South East

Security Architect
England > South East

The median Security Architect daily rate in the South East is £650 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 100 183 205
Rank change year-on-year +83 +22 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 103 38 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.87% 0.65% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 0.69% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 34
10th Percentile £474 £643 £513
25th Percentile £500 £650 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £591
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +18.39% -0.05%
75th Percentile £675 £828 £688
90th Percentile £779 £838 £734
England median daily rate £700 £700 £675
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 0
10th Percentile £81.86 - -
25th Percentile £81.88 - -
Median hourly rate £87.46 - -
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile £87.53 - -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +24.94% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,108 5,493 7,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.56% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,065 3,830 5,033
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £604 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 240 336
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.04 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.16 £43.56
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in the South East

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +64 74 £500 -25.93% 4
Berkshire +54 72 £500 -24.53% 2
Hampshire +23 27 £650 -2.26% 6
Buckinghamshire +27 2 £603 -15.73% 2
Surrey +3 2 £650 -21.21%
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 83 (80.58%) Security Cleared
2 57 (55.34%) Security Architecture
3 49 (47.57%) DV Cleared
4 38 (36.89%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (33.01%) Firewall
6 33 (32.04%) DevOps
7 31 (30.10%) Intrusion Detection
8 24 (23.30%) PKI
9 21 (20.39%) Presales
10 19 (18.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (17.48%) Public Sector
12 12 (11.65%) VMware Infrastructure
12 12 (11.65%) PowerShell
12 12 (11.65%) Test Automation
12 12 (11.65%) Ansible
12 12 (11.65%) VMware
12 12 (11.65%) Agile
12 12 (11.65%) Windows
12 12 (11.65%) Python
12 12 (11.65%) Active Directory
12 12 (11.65%) Windows Server 2019
12 12 (11.65%) Terraform
12 12 (11.65%) Sonatype Nexus
12 12 (11.65%) Windows Server
12 12 (11.65%) Robot Framework
13 11 (10.68%) Application Security
14 10 (9.71%) Identity Access Management
15 9 (8.74%) Azure
16 8 (7.77%) Risk Management
17 7 (6.80%) Scrum

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (8.74%) Azure
2 5 (4.85%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (33.01%) Firewall
2 31 (30.10%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (4.85%) Network Security
4 2 (1.94%) SSL
Development Applications
1 12 (11.65%) Robot Framework
1 12 (11.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (17.48%) Public Sector
2 4 (3.88%) Social Skills
3 2 (1.94%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.97%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (0.97%) Banking
4 1 (0.97%) Finance
4 1 (0.97%) Financial Institution
4 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) OAuth
1 2 (1.94%) OpenID
1 2 (1.94%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (23.30%) PKI
2 4 (3.88%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.94%) CSOC
3 2 (1.94%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (1.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.97%) iPad
4 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.65%) Windows
1 12 (11.65%) Windows Server
1 12 (11.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (55.34%) Security Architecture
2 38 (36.89%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (32.04%) DevOps
4 21 (20.39%) Presales
5 19 (18.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (11.65%) Agile
6 12 (11.65%) Test Automation
7 11 (10.68%) Application Security
8 10 (9.71%) Identity Access Management
9 8 (7.77%) Risk Management
10 7 (6.80%) Boundary Protection
10 7 (6.80%) Scrum
10 7 (6.80%) Service Management
11 6 (5.83%) ITIL
12 5 (4.85%) Information Security
12 5 (4.85%) Privileged Access Management
13 4 (3.88%) Budget Management
13 4 (3.88%) Budgeting
13 4 (3.88%) Conflict Resolution
13 4 (3.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.65%) PowerShell
1 12 (11.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 83 (80.58%) Security Cleared
2 49 (47.57%) DV Cleared
3 6 (5.83%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.88%) ISACA
5 2 (1.94%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.97%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.97%) CISSP
6 1 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.97%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.80%) RMADS
2 5 (4.85%) NIST
3 4 (3.88%) COBIT
3 4 (3.88%) GDPR
4 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (11.65%) Active Directory
1 12 (11.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (11.65%) Ansible
1 12 (11.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (11.65%) VMware
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.97%) Palo Alto
3 1 (0.97%) Salesforce