Lead Security Architect Contracts in England

Lead Security Architect
UK > England

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in England is £735 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 627 764
Rank change year-on-year +101 +137 -153
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 12 21 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.042% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.044% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 18 13
10th Percentile £567 £606 £575
25th Percentile £592 £612 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £735 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £745 £788 £825
90th Percentile £777 £888 £855
UK median daily rate £725 £700 £700
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Security Architect in England

Lead Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Security Architect in England

Lead Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Security Architect in England

Lead Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +106 8 £745 -21.58% 1
North of England +21 2 £709 +16.91%
North West +14 2 £709 +16.91%
Midlands +26 1 £567 -6.44%
South East +22 1 - -
East Midlands +21 1 £567 -6.44%
Lead Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Lead 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 England region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Security Architecture
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) LAN
2 3 (25.00%) WAN
2 3 (25.00%) Wireless
2 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Zero Trust
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 2 (16.67%) Application Security
3 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) CISM
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (16.67%) CISSP
3 2 (16.67%) SIEM
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Android

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) IaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) LAN
1 3 (25.00%) WAN
1 3 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
2 1 (8.33%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (8.33%) VPN
General
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Security Architecture
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (25.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (16.67%) Application Security
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 2 (16.67%) SIEM
3 2 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (8.33%) IT Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (8.33%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) CISM
1 2 (16.67%) CISSP
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) CITP
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft