SABSA Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 116 121 152
Rank change year-on-year +5 +31 +47
Contract jobs citing SABSA 5 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.28% 0.38% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.42% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile £450 £730 -
25th Percentile £498 £761 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £825 £630
Median % change year-on-year -25.76% +30.95% -10.00%
75th Percentile £728 £838 £688
90th Percentile £741 - £725
Central London median daily rate £650 £825 £630
% change year-on-year -21.21% +30.95% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,661 1,913 2,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.27% 92.02% 90.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 1,212 1,878
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £705
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SABSA in the City of London

SABSA
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SABSA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SABSA

SABSA
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for SABSA in the City of London

SABSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Architect
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (20.00%) Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Principal Architect
4 1 (20.00%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Management Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) Data Privacy
3 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Application Security
4 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Secure Coding
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) CRISC
3 1 (20.00%) CSSLP
3 1 (20.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (40.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (20.00%) Qualys
1 1 (20.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (20.00%) Tenable