SABSA Contract Job Trends in Central London

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring SABSA skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 122 153
Rank change year-on-year +2 +31 +54
Contract jobs citing SABSA 7 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.36% 0.35% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.38% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 7
10th Percentile £471 £730 -
25th Percentile £551 £761 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £825 £630
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +30.95% -10.00%
75th Percentile £703 £838 £688
90th Percentile £735 - £725
London median daily rate £638 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -12.07% +3.57% -7.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

SABSA 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,828 2,117 2,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.89% 92.04% 90.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,370 2,025
10th Percentile £318 £375 £358
25th Percentile £418 £475 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £774 £787 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 26 17
10th Percentile £18.96 £17.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.28 £16.61
Median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%
75th Percentile £50.75 £41.75 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £39.63
% change year-on-year -10.00% -11.67% +7.82%

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing SABSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for SABSA in Central London

SABSA
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SABSA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SABSA

SABSA
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SABSA in Central London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SABSA in Central London

SABSA
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SABSA within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
City of London +5 5 £613 -25.76% 1
West End of London - 2 £650 -
City of Westminster - 2 £650 -
SABSA
London

SABSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Architect
1 6 (85.71%) Security Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Management Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Principal Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Management Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Algorithms
2 2 (28.57%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) DevSecOps
2 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
3 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 2 (28.57%) Data Encryption
4 2 (28.57%) Data Privacy
4 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (28.57%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CISM
2 3 (42.86%) CSSLP
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (28.57%) CASP
3 2 (28.57%) CCSP
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
3 2 (28.57%) GIAC
4 1 (14.29%) CISA
4 1 (14.29%) CRISC
4 1 (14.29%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (85.71%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (28.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SELinux
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
1 1 (14.29%) Qualys
1 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
1 1 (14.29%) Tenable