Network Security Architect Contracts in England

Network Security Architect
UK > England

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in England is £748 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 636 744
Rank change year-on-year +96 +108 -142
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 10 29 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.057% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.060% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 21
10th Percentile £471 £545 £515
25th Percentile £559 £567 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £748 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year +19.60% +4.17% -1.23%
75th Percentile £775 £650 £675
90th Percentile - £663 £813
UK median daily rate £745 £650 £600
% change year-on-year +14.62% +8.33% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

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 34,508 48,174 68,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.56% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,974 34,135 48,471
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,404 1,457 1,922
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.33 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

Network Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Architect in England

Network Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security Architect in England

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Architect in England

Network Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect in England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Architect in England

Network 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 Network Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
North of England +32 7 £750 +36.36%
North West +19 7 £750 -
London +93 3 £745 +19.20% 1
Network Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Network 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 Network Security Architect in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Network Security
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
3 5 (50.00%) CISSP
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco
4 4 (40.00%) CCIE
4 4 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (40.00%) CCNP
4 4 (40.00%) CCIE Security
5 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
6 2 (20.00%) LAN
6 2 (20.00%) WAN
6 2 (20.00%) VPN
7 1 (10.00%) CCSP
7 1 (10.00%) CISA
7 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
7 1 (10.00%) CRISC
7 1 (10.00%) IaaS
7 1 (10.00%) SABSA
7 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
7 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
7 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (10.00%) SANS
7 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation

Network 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 1 (10.00%) IaaS
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Network Security
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (20.00%) LAN
4 2 (20.00%) VPN
4 2 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) SABSA
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) CCIE
2 4 (40.00%) CCIE Security
2 4 (40.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (10.00%) CCSK
3 1 (10.00%) CCSP
3 1 (10.00%) CISA
3 1 (10.00%) CRISC
3 1 (10.00%) FFIEC
3 1 (10.00%) GIAC
3 1 (10.00%) SANS
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
1 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto