Security Architecture Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 280 340
Rank change year-on-year +107 +60 -84
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 251 183 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.22% 0.77% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 0.86% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 140 157
10th Percentile £511 £549 £513
25th Percentile £600 £602 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £681 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +12.00% +6.43%
75th Percentile £825 £800 £738
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK median daily rate £700 £695 £650
% change year-on-year +0.72% +6.92% +9.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 0
10th Percentile - £72.04 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £73.30 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £82.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.66% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £92.50 -
90th Percentile - £97.00 -
UK median hourly rate £87.46 £74.00 -
% change year-on-year +18.19% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,415 21,396 27,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.71% 89.54% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,404 14,848 19,199
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £689 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,049 1,314 1,359
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.17
25th Percentile £15.23 £15.63 £14.04
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.21
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.74 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
South East +50 91 £540 -22.86% 11
North of England +66 67 £800 +14.29% 6
North West +63 64 £800 +6.67% 5
South West +7 36 £625 -10.71% 5
Scotland +49 25 £675 +12.50%
Midlands +41 24 £725 +18.37% 5
West Midlands +38 23 £750 +15.38% 4
East of England +3 8 £675 -12.90% 9
Yorkshire +17 3 - - 1
East Midlands +23 1 £700 +33.33% 1
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (1.59%) Confluence
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.35%) Azure
2 24 (9.56%) AWS
3 11 (4.38%) IaaS
4 10 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.59%) SaaS
6 7 (2.79%) PaaS
7 6 (2.39%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.99%) AWS CodeBuild
8 5 (1.99%) AWS CodeDeploy
8 5 (1.99%) AWS CodePipeline
8 5 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.59%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (1.59%) Azure API Management
9 4 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.20%) Azure Event Grid
10 3 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.20%) GCP
11 2 (0.80%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.40%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 87 (34.66%) Firewall
2 56 (22.31%) Network Security
3 48 (19.12%) VPN
4 37 (14.74%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (3.98%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (1.99%) WAN
7 4 (1.59%) LAN
8 1 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.40%) DHCP
8 1 (0.40%) DNS
8 1 (0.40%) NAS
8 1 (0.40%) SAN
8 1 (0.40%) SNA
8 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.40%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.98%) Big Data
2 5 (1.99%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.20%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.79%) Robot Framework
1 7 (2.79%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.59%) JIRA
3 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.40%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 60 (23.90%) Public Sector
2 34 (13.55%) Social Skills
3 31 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.58%) Finance
5 11 (4.38%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.59%) Military
7 8 (3.19%) Legal
8 7 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.79%) Publishing
9 5 (1.99%) Back Office
10 4 (1.59%) Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.40%) Automotive
12 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Local Government
12 1 (0.40%) Marketing
12 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Retail
12 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 151 (60.16%) Architect
2 95 (37.85%) Security Architect
3 43 (17.13%) Technical Architect
4 41 (16.33%) Lead
5 30 (11.95%) Lead Architect
6 29 (11.55%) Technical Leader
7 25 (9.96%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 21 (8.37%) Senior
9 16 (6.37%) Security Engineer
10 15 (5.98%) Senior Architect
10 15 (5.98%) Senior Security Architect
11 12 (4.78%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (3.59%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.59%) Security Manager
13 8 (3.19%) SOC Manager
14 7 (2.79%) Consultant
14 7 (2.79%) Delivery Manager
15 6 (2.39%) Analyst
15 6 (2.39%) Cloud Engineer
15 6 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (16.73%) Node.js
2 15 (5.98%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (1.99%) REST
3 5 (1.99%) SOAP
4 3 (1.20%) .NET
4 3 (1.20%) Kafka
4 3 (1.20%) Web Services
5 2 (0.80%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.80%) React Native
6 1 (0.40%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.54%) Cyber Defence
1 39 (15.54%) Public Cloud
2 18 (7.17%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.98%) Distributed Applications
4 14 (5.58%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (5.18%) Product Ownership
6 11 (4.38%) PKI
6 11 (4.38%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.19%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.39%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.39%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.99%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.20%) IoT
11 2 (0.80%) CSOC
11 2 (0.80%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.80%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.40%) Low-Code
12 1 (0.40%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 69 (27.49%) Windows
2 57 (22.71%) Android
2 57 (22.71%) Apple iOS
3 50 (19.92%) Windows Server
4 20 (7.97%) Linux
5 13 (5.18%) Unix
6 7 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.20%) zOS
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (39.44%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (27.49%) Risk Management
3 64 (25.50%) Agile
4 60 (23.90%) DevOps
5 58 (23.11%) Information Security
6 49 (19.52%) CI/CD
7 47 (18.73%) SIEM
8 46 (18.33%) Zero Trust
9 45 (17.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 45 (17.93%) Threat Intelligence
10 42 (16.73%) Mobile Device Management
11 33 (13.15%) Design Patterns
12 25 (9.96%) Cloud Security
13 24 (9.56%) Security Operations
14 22 (8.76%) Presales
15 19 (7.57%) Microservices
16 18 (7.17%) Mentoring
16 18 (7.17%) Stakeholder Management
17 17 (6.77%) Data Management
17 17 (6.77%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.98%) Python
2 9 (3.59%) Java
3 7 (2.79%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.99%) C#
5 3 (1.20%) PHP
5 3 (1.20%) Ruby
6 2 (0.80%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 159 (63.35%) Security Cleared
2 75 (29.88%) DV Cleared
3 58 (23.11%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.57%) CISSP
5 15 (5.98%) CISM
6 6 (2.39%) Degree
7 5 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.20%) CCSP
9 2 (0.80%) ISACA
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.40%) CCNA
10 1 (0.40%) CCNP
10 1 (0.40%) CCSK
10 1 (0.40%) CEH
10 1 (0.40%) CISA
10 1 (0.40%) CRISC
10 1 (0.40%) ISSEP
10 1 (0.40%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (16.73%) NIST
2 35 (13.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (9.56%) RMADS
4 23 (9.16%) NCSC
5 15 (5.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 11 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (3.59%) NIST 800
8 7 (2.79%) PCI DSS
9 6 (2.39%) GDPR
10 4 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.80%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.80%) IASME
11 2 (0.80%) PMO
12 1 (0.40%) GRC
12 1 (0.40%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (4.78%) Active Directory
1 12 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.20%) Docker
2 3 (1.20%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.40%) Snort
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (6.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 15 (5.98%) Terraform
3 8 (3.19%) Ansible
4 5 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.59%) Trend Micro Deep Security
6 3 (1.20%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.40%) Kibana
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.40%) Puppet
7 1 (0.40%) QRadar
7 1 (0.40%) SCCM
7 1 (0.40%) SCOM
7 1 (0.40%) vRealize
7 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 27 (10.76%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.18%) VMware
3 11 (4.38%) Cisco
4 10 (3.98%) Red Hat
5 9 (3.59%) Splunk
6 7 (2.79%) Google
7 5 (1.99%) Apple
7 5 (1.99%) Oracle
8 3 (1.20%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.20%) F5
8 3 (1.20%) Qualys
9 2 (0.80%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.80%) NetIQ
10 1 (0.40%) Dell
10 1 (0.40%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.40%) SAP
10 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.40%) Sparx