Security Architecture Contracts in Bristol

Security Architecture
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 71 60
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 +26
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 5 4 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.87% 0.37% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.46% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 22
10th Percentile £678 £614 £600
25th Percentile £692 £615 £666
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £716 £673 £771
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% -12.77% +34.13%
75th Percentile - £719 £814
90th Percentile - £730 £835
South West median daily rate £675 £613 £700
% change year-on-year +10.20% -12.50% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £100.00
South West median hourly rate - - £95.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 532 874 1,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.20% 81.91% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 487 702
10th Percentile £235 £254 £300
25th Percentile £363 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.61% +3.75%
75th Percentile £562 £600 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £718
South West median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 197 202
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £21.24 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £61.25 £67.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £68.06
90th Percentile £75.37 £80.00 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £35.50 £55.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -35.45% -4.35% +18.61%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Bristol

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Bristol

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) npm
2 1 (20.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) SonarQube
1 1 (20.00%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (20.00%) webpack
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) Jest
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (60.00%) Information Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) SAP