Security Architect Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £693 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
26 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 104 114
Rank change year-on-year +37 +10 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 6 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.73% 0.62% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.65% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 9
10th Percentile £644 £605 -
25th Percentile £664 £650 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £693 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £688
90th Percentile £701 £820 £856
Scotland median daily rate £700 £675 £625
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 784 1,233 1,859
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 95.58% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 882 1,278
10th Percentile £203 £250 £230
25th Percentile £407 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £550
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £458
% change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 14 23
10th Percentile £16.10 £14.53 £11.98
25th Percentile £17.86 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -1.12% -62.61%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £63.60 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £23.18 £25.55
% change year-on-year +50.99% -9.26% -36.14%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Edinburgh

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Edinburgh region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Security Architecture
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) PKI
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) GCP
4 2 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
4 2 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (16.67%) Business Case
5 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
5 1 (16.67%) Cyber Assurance
5 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (16.67%) Banking
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security
5 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Security Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Assurance
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
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