Security Architecture Contracts in the South West

Security Architecture
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 128 124
Rank change year-on-year +12 -4 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 36 46 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.14% 1.26% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.41% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 36 43
10th Percentile £568 £600 £516
25th Percentile £600 £622 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £694 £688
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +0.91% +8.70%
75th Percentile £660 £775 £788
90th Percentile £720 £824 £813
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +9.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £83.41 £95.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% - -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £82.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.66% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,623 3,261 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.82% 89.56% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,401 2,333
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 341 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the South West

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the South West

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the South West

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the South West

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Wiltshire 0 24 £600 -12.73%
Gloucestershire - 8 £640 -
Bristol +1 4 £719 -0.83% 6
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) AWS
1 7 (19.44%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 4 (11.11%) AWS CloudTrail
2 4 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) IaaS
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 19 (52.78%) Network Security
2 11 (30.56%) Firewall
3 10 (27.78%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.78%) VPN
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Manufacturing
3 9 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 8 (22.22%) Finance
4 8 (22.22%) Military
5 7 (19.44%) Publishing
6 2 (5.56%) Legal
7 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Project Manager
1 8 (22.22%) SOC Manager
2 7 (19.44%) Delivery Manager
2 7 (19.44%) Security Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Security Manager
4 5 (13.89%) Architect
4 5 (13.89%) Security Architect
5 4 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 4 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 3 (8.33%) IT Security Manager
6 3 (8.33%) Network Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Security Consultant
7 2 (5.56%) Systems Delivery Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (22.22%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (13.89%) Cloud Native
3 5 (13.89%) Security Posture
4 4 (11.11%) Public Cloud
5 2 (5.56%) Operational Technology
5 2 (5.56%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.78%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.78%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (66.67%) SIEM
2 17 (47.22%) Agile
2 17 (47.22%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (36.11%) Coaching
3 13 (36.11%) Mentoring
4 11 (30.56%) Security Operations
5 10 (27.78%) Information Security
5 10 (27.78%) Log Correlation
5 10 (27.78%) Use Case
6 8 (22.22%) Cloud Security
7 7 (19.44%) Programme Management
7 7 (19.44%) Resource Management
8 6 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 5 (13.89%) Incident Response
10 4 (11.11%) Analytics
10 4 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
10 4 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
10 4 (11.11%) Log Analytics
10 4 (11.11%) SOAR
10 4 (11.11%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 32 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 16 (44.44%) DV Cleared
3 14 (38.89%) SC Cleared
4 11 (30.56%) CISSP
5 9 (25.00%) CISM
6 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.78%) CCNP
6 1 (2.78%) CCSP
6 1 (2.78%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (47.22%) NIST
2 8 (22.22%) NIST 800
3 7 (19.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (11.11%) NCSC
5 1 (2.78%) GDPR
5 1 (2.78%) GRC
5 1 (2.78%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.78%) JSP 440
5 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.78%) RMADS
5 1 (2.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 2 (5.56%) Terraform
3 1 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) Cisco
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.11%) Splunk
4 1 (2.78%) Google
4 1 (2.78%) SAP
4 1 (2.78%) VMware