Security Architecture Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 57 110 115
Rank change year-on-year +53 +5 -32
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 13 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.62% 0.39% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 0.41% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 6
10th Percentile £625 £493 £613
25th Percentile £656 £546 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £650 £663
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -1.89% +13.25%
75th Percentile £700 £763 £688
90th Percentile - £830 £738
Scotland median daily rate £675 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +9.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 711 1,219 1,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.65% 94.94% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 867 1,262
10th Percentile £228 £250 £263
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £570
90th Percentile £674 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 11 16
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.16 £16.27
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.94
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -47.18% -26.11%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £54.50 £54.03
Scotland median hourly rate £18.41 £17.21 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.97% -56.98% -

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
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 5 (38.46%) AWS
1 5 (38.46%) AWS CodeBuild
1 5 (38.46%) AWS CodeDeploy
1 5 (38.46%) AWS CodePipeline
2 3 (23.08%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle Database
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (76.92%) Public Sector
2 5 (38.46%) Back Office
2 5 (38.46%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) AWS Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Lead
2 4 (30.77%) Security Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (15.38%) AWS Solution Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Chief Information Security Officer
5 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Lead Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Lead Security Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Security Technical Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) REST
1 5 (38.46%) SOAP
2 1 (7.69%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) API Management
1 5 (38.46%) CI/CD
1 5 (38.46%) Containerisation
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure as Code
1 5 (38.46%) Migration
1 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
1 5 (38.46%) Service Management
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (38.46%) Storage Management
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
2 4 (30.77%) Design Patterns
2 4 (30.77%) Information Security
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Compliance Audit
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 2 (15.38%) Data Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (7.69%) NIST
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) F5
2 1 (7.69%) Qualys
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk