Security Architecture Contracts in the City of London

Security Architecture
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 154 158
Rank change year-on-year +55 +4 -26
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 25 20 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.15% 0.55% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.60% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 30
10th Percentile £615 £591 £510
25th Percentile £641 £625 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £750 £658
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +14.07% +9.58%
75th Percentile £856 £861 £769
90th Percentile £878 £975 £873
Central London median daily rate £725 £750 £623
% change year-on-year -3.33% +20.48% +3.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,967 3,321 3,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.60% 91.59% 91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,395 2,237 2,950
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £676
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.39% +9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 41
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.35 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the City of London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the City of London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the City of London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the City of London

Security Architecture
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 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) AWS
2 4 (16.00%) GCP
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (12.00%) WhatsApp
4 1 (4.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Network Security
General
1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Local Government
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) Architect
2 15 (60.00%) Security Architect
3 6 (24.00%) Consultant
3 6 (24.00%) Security Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) Information Security Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Security Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Cloud Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Cloud Security Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (4.00%) GCP Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Head of IT
6 1 (4.00%) Head of IT Security
6 1 (4.00%) Head of Security
6 1 (4.00%) IT Security Officer
6 1 (4.00%) Oracle Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Security Officer
6 1 (4.00%) Security Technical Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) OpenID
1 6 (24.00%) SAML
1 6 (24.00%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (40.00%) Information Security
3 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
3 6 (24.00%) SABSA
4 5 (20.00%) TOGAF
5 4 (16.00%) Business Strategy
5 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (12.00%) Business Agility
6 3 (12.00%) Business Case
6 3 (12.00%) Business Impact Analysis
6 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (12.00%) Impact Analysis
6 3 (12.00%) Performance Management
7 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
7 2 (8.00%) IT Strategy
7 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2
7 2 (8.00%) Process Architecture
7 2 (8.00%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) C
2 1 (4.00%) C#
2 1 (4.00%) C++
2 1 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (32.00%) CISSP
3 4 (16.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (16.00%) CISM
4 3 (12.00%) CCSK
4 3 (12.00%) CRISC
5 2 (8.00%) Degree
6 1 (4.00%) CCSP
6 1 (4.00%) CEH
6 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) NIST
2 7 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (12.00%) ISO 31000
3 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (12.00%) NCSC
3 3 (12.00%) NIST 800
3 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (8.00%) GDPR
4 2 (8.00%) ISO 22301
4 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (4.00%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Okta
2 5 (20.00%) IBM
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle
4 1 (4.00%) VMware