Security Technical Architect Contracts

Security Technical Architect
UK

The median Security Technical Architect daily rate in the UK is £800 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 704 838
Rank change year-on-year +114 +134 -147
Contract jobs requiring a Security Technical Architect 10 12 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.020% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.021% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 17
10th Percentile £615 £630 £613
25th Percentile £700 £675 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £750 £785
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.46% +27.64%
75th Percentile £825 £813 £863
90th Percentile £835 - £888
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 £750 £785
% change year-on-year - -4.46% +27.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Security Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Technical Architect in the UK

Security Technical Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Technical Architect in the UK

Security Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Technical Architect over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Technical Architect in the UK

Security Technical Architect
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Technical Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +121 9 £800 - 1
London - 7 £800 -
Work from Home +125 5 £800 +6.67% 1
UK excluding London +49 3 £750 - 1
Scotland +38 1 £650 -
North of England +32 1 £850 +13.33%
North West +27 1 £850 +13.33%
Midlands +26 1 - -
West Midlands +20 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Security Technical 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 featuring Security Technical Architect in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Finance
1 7 (70.00%) Security Architecture
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) DevOps
2 5 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 5 (50.00%) NIST
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (40.00%) GCP
3 4 (40.00%) AWS
4 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) CISSP
5 2 (20.00%) CISM
5 2 (20.00%) SABSA
5 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud

Security Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (70.00%) Security Architecture
2 5 (50.00%) DevOps
3 4 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
5 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) SABSA
6 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CISM
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CEH
2 1 (10.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) CISA
2 1 (10.00%) CITP
2 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) NIST
1 5 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft