Security Architect Contracts in Coventry

Security Architect
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Security Architect daily rate in Coventry is £606, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 4.12% - 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.49% - 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £601 - £526
25th Percentile £602 - £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.68%
75th Percentile £614 - £622
90th Percentile £617 - £639
West Midlands median daily rate £700 £813 £680
% change year-on-year -13.85% +19.49% +0.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Coventry with a recognized job title 89 138 269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 96.50% 97.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 112 188
10th Percentile £200 £351 £222
25th Percentile £236 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £432 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +9.38% +2.13%
75th Percentile £519 £616 £550
90th Percentile £635 £675 £666
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.11
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.73%
75th Percentile - - £24.42
90th Percentile - - £26.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Coventry

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in Coventry.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Coventry

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Coventry region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) SCADA
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) IoT
3 1 (25.00%) MQTT
3 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (25.00%) CASB
3 1 (25.00%) NCSC
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (25.00%) Secrets Management
3 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
1 1 (25.00%) MQTT
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) SCADA
2 2 (50.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (25.00%) IoT
3 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Secrets Management
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CASB