Information Security Architect Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Information Security Architect role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Security Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security Architect
Rank 539 558 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Architect 2 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.012% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.013% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 0
Average daily rate £475 £550 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £550 -
% change year-on-year
-13.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Information Security Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Information Security Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Information Security Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Information Security Architect within the UK.

Information Security Architect Daily Rate Trend

Information Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Information Security Architect within the UK.

Information Security Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Information Security Architect
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +39 2 £475 -13.63%
South East +20 2 £475 -13.63%
Berkshire - 2 £475 -
Reading - 2 £475 -
London +28 1 £475 -20.33%
East of England - 1 £475 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £475 -
Watford - 1 £475 -
Hounslow - 1 £475 -

Information Security Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Information Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Information Security Architect in their job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Information Security
2 18 (90.00%) Firewall
3 14 (70.00%) SIEM
4 13 (65.00%) TCP/IP
4 13 (65.00%) VPN
5 10 (50.00%) CISSP
5 10 (50.00%) Risk Management
6 9 (45.00%) Finance
6 9 (45.00%) TOGAF
6 9 (45.00%) ISO/IEC 17799
7 8 (40.00%) Windows
7 8 (40.00%) Linux
7 8 (40.00%) OWASP
8 7 (35.00%) Security Architecture
9 6 (30.00%) CISA
10 4 (20.00%) McAfee
10 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
10 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (15.00%) Local Government
11 3 (15.00%) VMware
11 3 (15.00%) Security Management
11 3 (15.00%) SAN
11 3 (15.00%) Cisco
11 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
11 3 (15.00%) Citrix
12 2 (10.00%) Banking
13 1 (5.000%) Hedge funds
13 1 (5.000%) Technical Architecture
13 1 (5.000%) Network Security

Information Security Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Information Security Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Information Security Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 18 (90.00%) Firewall
2 13 (65.00%) TCP/IP
2 13 (65.00%) VPN
3 3 (15.00%) SAN
4 1 (5.000%) Network Security
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Local Government
3 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.000%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.000%) Law
4 1 (5.000%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Hedge funds
1 1 (5.000%) CESG
1 1 (5.000%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
1 8 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Information Security
2 14 (70.00%) SIEM
3 10 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 9 (45.00%) TOGAF
5 8 (40.00%) OWASP
6 7 (35.00%) Security Architecture
7 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
7 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (15.00%) Security Management
9 1 (5.000%) Technical Architecture
9 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (5.000%) Ethical Hacking
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) CISSP
2 6 (30.00%) CISA
3 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.000%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) McAfee
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
2 3 (15.00%) Cisco
2 3 (15.00%) Citrix
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle
3 1 (5.000%) CA
Information Security Manager/Architect
Hounslow, Middlesex
Our client is setting up a new business unit acting as a service bureau for 3 rd party customers. You will lead the implementation of the security plan...
@ITS
Rate: From £475 to £525 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Lead Information Security Architect
City of London
Security Architect: Key Skills and BackgroundPrevious experience working in a Security Architect role (or similar).Good understanding of systems in general as well a broad spectrum of security...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £600 - £750 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Lead Information Security Architect
City, London
ITIL Version 3... SABSA, CISSP, CISM, GIAC and/or CEH... It would be of advantage if Candidates have current SC clearance but must be willing and eligible to...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £600 - £750 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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