Security Architecture Contracts in Berkshire

Security Architecture
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 74 93
Rank change year-on-year +15 +19 +24
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 34 50 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.90% 2.52% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.10% 2.83% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 14
10th Percentile £550 £78 £493
25th Percentile £569 £171 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £475 £650
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -26.92% -3.70%
75th Percentile £644 £586 £684
90th Percentile £650 £658 £718
South East median daily rate £625 £540 £700
% change year-on-year +15.74% -22.86% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 2
10th Percentile - - £71.48
25th Percentile £60.75 £81.88 £71.90
Median hourly rate £73.25 £87.46 £73.20
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +19.48% -
75th Percentile £88.53 £87.53 £73.90
90th Percentile £90.69 - £73.96
South East median hourly rate £73.31 £87.46 £73.20
% change year-on-year -16.18% +19.48% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Berkshire

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Berkshire

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Berkshire

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in Berkshire

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architecture in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Architecture in Berkshire

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +32 18 £625 +671.60% 20
Wokingham -8 3 £550 +22.22%
Security Architecture
South East

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 11 (32.35%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) AWS
2 6 (17.65%) GCP
3 4 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) SaaS
5 1 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Firewall
2 8 (23.53%) Network Security
3 7 (20.59%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (8.82%) NGFW
4 3 (8.82%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (8.82%) SSL
4 3 (8.82%) VPN
5 1 (2.94%) BGP
5 1 (2.94%) DNS
5 1 (2.94%) LAN
5 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.94%) WAN
General
1 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Military
2 6 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
4 3 (8.82%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.88%) Retail
6 1 (2.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) Senior
2 9 (26.47%) Architect
2 9 (26.47%) Security Architect
3 6 (17.65%) Security Advisor
3 6 (17.65%) Security Specialist
3 6 (17.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 6 (17.65%) Senior Security Specialist
4 5 (14.71%) Information Security Specialist
4 5 (14.71%) Information Specialist
4 5 (14.71%) Security Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 4 (11.76%) Lead
6 3 (8.82%) Head of Architecture
6 3 (8.82%) Head of Security
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Consultant
7 2 (5.88%) Head of Strategy
7 2 (5.88%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.94%) Information Security Consultant
8 1 (2.94%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (14.71%) JBoss Seam
2 5 (14.71%) Web Services
3 3 (8.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.88%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.94%) CESG
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) PKI
4 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
2 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Risk Management
2 17 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 16 (47.06%) Information Security
3 16 (47.06%) Risk Assessment
4 14 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (41.18%) Decision-Making
5 10 (29.41%) Information Assurance
6 7 (20.59%) DevOps
7 6 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (17.65%) SIEM
8 5 (14.71%) Application Security
8 5 (14.71%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (14.71%) SOA
8 5 (14.71%) Validation
9 4 (11.76%) Data Security
9 4 (11.76%) Security Operations
9 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (8.82%) Microservices
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 18 (52.94%) DV Cleared
3 14 (41.18%) CISM
4 13 (38.24%) CISSP
5 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
6 3 (8.82%) Degree
7 2 (5.88%) CEH
8 1 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.94%) CCNA
8 1 (2.94%) CCNP
8 1 (2.94%) CCSK
8 1 (2.94%) CCSP
8 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.94%) GIAC
8 1 (2.94%) ISACA
8 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.94%) SANS
8 1 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (29.41%) NCSC
2 6 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (17.65%) NIST
3 4 (11.76%) GDPR
4 3 (8.82%) COBIT
5 1 (2.94%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.94%) CASB
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Darktrace
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.94%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.94%) Forcepoint
4 1 (2.94%) Google
4 1 (2.94%) Splunk