SABSA Contracts in England

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SABSA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SABSA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 495 584
Rank change year-on-year +47 +89 +81
Contract jobs citing SABSA 37 47 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 33 42
10th Percentile £544 £600 £628
25th Percentile £613 £631 £652
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +1.82%
75th Percentile £688 £775 £750
90th Percentile £723 £870 £800
UK median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

SABSA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SABSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SABSA in England

SABSA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SABSA in England.

Daily rate trend for SABSA in England

SABSA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SABSA in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SABSA in England

SABSA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SABSA in England.

Hourly rate trend for SABSA in England

SABSA
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 SABSA within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +29 28 £675 -6.90% 27
South East +44 2 £675 +12.50% 29
Midlands - 2 £713 - 21
North of England - 2 £600 - 24
West Midlands - 2 £713 - 10
South West +46 1 £675 -6.90% 17
East of England +29 1 - - 13
North East - 1 £625 - 3
North West - 1 £575 - 14
SABSA
UK

SABSA
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP ERP
1 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) AWS
2 3 (8.11%) GCP
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) IaaS
3 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
1 3 (8.11%) WAN
2 2 (5.41%) Firewall
2 2 (5.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) MongoDB
General
1 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.51%) Legal
4 3 (8.11%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Military
6 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (91.89%) Architect
2 31 (83.78%) Security Architect
3 11 (29.73%) Enterprise Architect
4 9 (24.32%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 9 (24.32%) Senior
5 8 (21.62%) Senior Architect
5 8 (21.62%) Senior Security Architect
6 4 (10.81%) SABSA Security Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) ERP Architect
8 1 (2.70%) IT Security Officer
8 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 1 (2.70%) SAP Architect
8 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Security Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Security Officer
8 1 (2.70%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Operational Technology
2 4 (10.81%) Algorithms
2 4 (10.81%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.11%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.41%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) CESG
5 1 (2.70%) Life Science
5 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (78.38%) Security Architecture
2 16 (43.24%) TOGAF
3 15 (40.54%) Cloud Security
3 15 (40.54%) Risk Management
4 13 (35.14%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (27.03%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
6 6 (16.22%) Threat Modelling
7 5 (13.51%) Information Security
7 5 (13.51%) Risk Analysis
7 5 (13.51%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (10.81%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (10.81%) Machine Learning
8 4 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (8.11%) Data Privacy
9 3 (8.11%) Data Protection
9 3 (8.11%) DevSecOps
9 3 (8.11%) IT Strategy
9 3 (8.11%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 26 (70.27%) CISSP
2 18 (48.65%) Security Cleared
3 17 (45.95%) SC Cleared
4 11 (29.73%) CISM
5 9 (24.32%) CISA
6 8 (21.62%) GIAC
6 8 (21.62%) SANS
7 5 (13.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (13.51%) CCSK
7 5 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (13.51%) CRISC
8 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
8 2 (5.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.70%) CEH
9 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.70%) OSCP
9 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (81.08%) NIST
2 16 (43.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (21.62%) NIST 800
4 6 (16.22%) GDPR
5 3 (8.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (5.41%) JSP 440
6 2 (5.41%) NCSC
6 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.70%) COBIT
7 1 (2.70%) EU AI Act
7 1 (2.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.41%) VMware
2 1 (2.70%) SAP