Security Architecture Contracts

Security Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 306 341
Rank change year-on-year +88 +35 -34
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 466 507 724
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 0.84% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 0.94% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 356 511
10th Percentile £505 £513 £513
25th Percentile £600 £613 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £692 £650
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% +6.38% +9.24%
75th Percentile £788 £763 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £688 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -1.79% +12.00% +5.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 0
10th Percentile - £68.70 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £70.85 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £74.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.19% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £91.88 -
90th Percentile - £96.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.46 £82.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.66% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,651 54,096 80,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,333 37,469 56,726
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 1,787 1,945
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.34 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +86.50% -8.09%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 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
England +95 412 £725 +3.57% 99
UK excluding London +98 250 £688 -1.79% 54
London +54 179 £725 +3.57% 50
Work from Home +62 143 £700 - 38
South East +49 91 £540 -22.86% 14
North of England +77 66 £800 +14.29% 7
North West +62 63 £800 +10.34% 6
South West +8 36 £625 -9.91% 7
Scotland +41 25 £681 +13.54% 4
Midlands +49 24 £725 +18.37% 9
West Midlands +44 23 £750 +15.38% 6
East of England +1 8 £675 -12.90% 10
Yorkshire +22 3 - - 1
East Midlands +13 1 £700 +33.33% 3

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.15%) Confluence
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.29%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 83 (17.81%) Azure
2 79 (16.95%) AWS
3 44 (9.44%) SaaS
4 36 (7.73%) IaaS
5 24 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (4.51%) GCP
6 21 (4.51%) PaaS
7 17 (3.65%) Serverless
8 12 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (1.50%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.07%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (1.07%) AWS CodeDeploy
11 5 (1.07%) AWS CodePipeline
12 4 (0.86%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.64%) GitHub
13 3 (0.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 120 (25.75%) Firewall
2 92 (19.74%) Network Security
3 52 (11.16%) VPN
4 48 (10.30%) Intrusion Detection
5 13 (2.79%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.15%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (1.72%) DNS
7 8 (1.72%) WAN
8 7 (1.50%) LAN
8 7 (1.50%) SAN
9 6 (1.29%) DHCP
9 6 (1.29%) SSL
10 4 (0.86%) tcpdump
10 4 (0.86%) VLAN
10 4 (0.86%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.43%) 4G
11 2 (0.43%) SNA
11 2 (0.43%) Wireless
12 1 (0.21%) Internet
12 1 (0.21%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.43%) Big Data
2 5 (1.07%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.86%) Apache Hive
3 4 (0.86%) Hadoop
3 4 (0.86%) Tableau
4 3 (0.64%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.43%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.21%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (2.36%) JIRA
2 7 (1.50%) Robot Framework
2 7 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.86%) IDA Disassembler
3 4 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 83 (17.81%) Public Sector
2 80 (17.17%) Finance
3 70 (15.02%) Social Skills
4 48 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (3.43%) Banking
6 14 (3.00%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.93%) Legal
8 9 (1.93%) Military
8 9 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.72%) Publishing
10 7 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.29%) Back Office
11 6 (1.29%) Local Government
12 5 (1.07%) Police
13 4 (0.86%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.64%) Retail
14 3 (0.64%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.21%) Billing
15 1 (0.21%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 315 (67.60%) Architect
2 235 (50.43%) Security Architect
3 53 (11.37%) Lead
4 52 (11.16%) Technical Architect
5 50 (10.73%) Senior
6 43 (9.23%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 41 (8.80%) Senior Architect
7 41 (8.80%) Senior Security Architect
8 39 (8.37%) Lead Architect
9 31 (6.65%) Technical Leader
10 26 (5.58%) Cloud Architect
11 25 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (5.15%) Consultant
13 21 (4.51%) Security Consultant
14 20 (4.29%) Security Engineer
15 17 (3.65%) Analyst
16 14 (3.00%) AWS Architect
17 13 (2.79%) Cloud Security Architect
18 11 (2.36%) Enterprise Architect
18 11 (2.36%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (9.23%) Node.js
2 15 (3.22%) Apache NiFi
3 14 (3.00%) OpenID
3 14 (3.00%) SAML
4 12 (2.58%) XACML
5 8 (1.72%) REST
6 5 (1.07%) SOAP
7 4 (0.86%) Kafka
7 4 (0.86%) OLE
8 2 (0.43%) .NET
8 2 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.43%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.43%) OAuth
8 2 (0.43%) React Native
8 2 (0.43%) SPML
8 2 (0.43%) Web Services
9 1 (0.21%) Pandas
9 1 (0.21%) pytest
9 1 (0.21%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.09%) Management Information System
1 47 (10.09%) Public Cloud
2 40 (8.58%) Cyber Defence
3 25 (5.36%) Cyber Threat
4 24 (5.15%) Security Posture
5 21 (4.51%) Mobile App
5 21 (4.51%) PKI
6 20 (4.29%) Security Operations Centre
7 17 (3.65%) IoT
8 16 (3.43%) Product Ownership
9 15 (3.22%) Distributed Applications
10 11 (2.36%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.72%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 7 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.29%) Cloud Native
14 5 (1.07%) Mainframe
15 4 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
15 4 (0.86%) YARA
16 3 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 94 (20.17%) Windows
2 61 (13.09%) Apple iOS
3 59 (12.66%) Android
4 51 (10.94%) Windows Server
5 43 (9.23%) Linux
6 19 (4.08%) Unix
7 7 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.64%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.43%) zOS
10 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.21%) MVS
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (38.84%) Cybersecurity
2 116 (24.89%) Risk Management
3 110 (23.61%) Information Security
4 94 (20.17%) Agile
5 93 (19.96%) Cloud Security
6 78 (16.74%) DevOps
7 70 (15.02%) SIEM
8 58 (12.45%) Zero Trust
9 56 (12.02%) CI/CD
10 50 (10.73%) Threat Intelligence
11 49 (10.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 49 (10.52%) Design Patterns
12 45 (9.66%) Mobile Device Management
13 40 (8.58%) Roadmaps
14 39 (8.37%) SABSA
14 39 (8.37%) Security Operations
15 37 (7.94%) Business Strategy
15 37 (7.94%) TOGAF
16 32 (6.87%) Application Security
16 32 (6.87%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.08%) Python
2 13 (2.79%) Java
3 10 (2.15%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.07%) C#
5 2 (0.43%) C++
5 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
5 2 (0.43%) PHP
5 2 (0.43%) Ruby
6 1 (0.21%) C
6 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.21%) SQL
Qualifications
1 219 (47.00%) Security Cleared
2 105 (22.53%) SC Cleared
3 98 (21.03%) DV Cleared
4 81 (17.38%) CISSP
5 67 (14.38%) CISM
6 32 (6.87%) CISA
7 28 (6.01%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (4.94%) CRISC
9 22 (4.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 22 (4.72%) Degree
10 21 (4.51%) SANS
11 14 (3.00%) CCSK
12 12 (2.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (1.93%) GIAC
14 8 (1.72%) CEH
14 8 (1.72%) CREST Certified
15 6 (1.29%) CTC Cleared
16 5 (1.07%) CCSP
17 4 (0.86%) CCNA
17 4 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (25.11%) NIST
2 80 (17.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (9.44%) NCSC
4 26 (5.58%) NIST 800
5 25 (5.36%) RMADS
6 22 (4.72%) PCI DSS
7 20 (4.29%) GDPR
8 18 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (3.43%) Actionable Recommendations
10 12 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 8 (1.72%) Accessibility
12 7 (1.50%) ISO 31000
13 5 (1.07%) Disclosure Scotland
13 5 (1.07%) HIPAA
13 5 (1.07%) QA
14 4 (0.86%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 3 (0.64%) GPG13
15 3 (0.64%) SEPA
16 2 (0.43%) COBIT
System Software
1 16 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (3.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.86%) Docker
3 4 (0.86%) RACF
3 4 (0.86%) Snort
3 4 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.43%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (6.44%) Terraform
2 18 (3.86%) Ansible
2 18 (3.86%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (3.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 7 (1.50%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.86%) Kibana
5 4 (0.86%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 4 (0.86%) zSecure
6 3 (0.64%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.43%) Puppet
7 2 (0.43%) SCCM
7 2 (0.43%) vRealize
7 2 (0.43%) VxRail
8 1 (0.21%) Grafana
8 1 (0.21%) SCOM
8 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (15.24%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.51%) VMware
3 17 (3.65%) Google
4 15 (3.22%) Splunk
5 14 (3.00%) Okta
6 12 (2.58%) Cisco
6 12 (2.58%) IBM
7 10 (2.15%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.72%) Oracle
9 7 (1.50%) Apple
10 6 (1.29%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.86%) Qualys
12 3 (0.64%) AlienVault
12 3 (0.64%) ArcSight
12 3 (0.64%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.64%) NetIQ
12 3 (0.64%) SAP
13 2 (0.43%) LogRhythm
13 2 (0.43%) Rapid7
13 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow