SABSA Contracts in England

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SABSA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SABSA over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 496 599 661
Rank change year-on-year +103 +62 -131
Contract jobs citing SABSA 47 59 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 33 82
10th Percentile £580 £629 £571
25th Percentile £631 £650 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £694
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +0.90% +6.73%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £763
90th Percentile £870 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £700 £700 £700
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

SABSA 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,221 46,232 65,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,198 32,361 46,326
10th Percentile £300 £325 £329
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £649
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 1,634 1,784
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.89 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.04
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.09
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 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
London +104 39 £725 +3.57% 8
South East +6 4 £600 -7.34% 3
East of England - 2 £650 - 1
South West - 1 £725 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.13%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (2.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.04%) AWS
2 15 (31.91%) Azure
3 8 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (10.64%) IaaS
5 4 (8.51%) SaaS
6 3 (6.38%) GCP
7 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.13%) IBM Cloud
8 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.28%) Network Security
2 5 (10.64%) Firewall
3 1 (2.13%) DNS
3 1 (2.13%) Internet
3 1 (2.13%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
General
1 10 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Finance
2 7 (14.89%) Local Government
3 5 (10.64%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.26%) Legal
4 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Banking
5 1 (2.13%) Retail
5 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (76.60%) Architect
1 36 (76.60%) Security Architect
2 10 (21.28%) Senior
3 8 (17.02%) Senior Architect
3 8 (17.02%) Senior Security Architect
4 7 (14.89%) Consultant
4 7 (14.89%) Security Consultant
5 4 (8.51%) IT Architect
5 4 (8.51%) IT Security Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 3 (6.38%) Information Officer
6 3 (6.38%) Information Security Officer
6 3 (6.38%) Security Officer
7 2 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Security Technical Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Security Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.79%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.51%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.38%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (6.38%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.26%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (4.26%) IoT
4 2 (4.26%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.13%) NHS
5 1 (2.13%) PKI
5 1 (2.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Android
1 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
1 1 (2.13%) MVS
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (72.34%) Security Architecture
2 28 (59.57%) Information Security
3 26 (55.32%) TOGAF
4 20 (42.55%) Cloud Security
5 16 (34.04%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (27.66%) Risk Management
7 11 (23.40%) Architectural Patterns
7 11 (23.40%) Information Assurance
7 11 (23.40%) Information Security Management
7 11 (23.40%) Risk Assessment
7 11 (23.40%) Security Management
8 7 (14.89%) Agile
9 6 (12.77%) Business Strategy
9 6 (12.77%) Data Loss Prevention
10 5 (10.64%) Business Case
10 5 (10.64%) Business Impact Analysis
10 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
10 5 (10.64%) Impact Analysis
10 5 (10.64%) PRINCE2
10 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 35 (74.47%) CISSP
2 27 (57.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 27 (57.45%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (55.32%) CISA
4 23 (48.94%) CISM
5 21 (44.68%) CCSK
6 14 (29.79%) CRISC
7 10 (21.28%) GIAC
7 10 (21.28%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (17.02%) CREST Certified
8 8 (17.02%) Degree
9 7 (14.89%) CEH
9 7 (14.89%) SANS
9 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
10 6 (12.77%) CCSP
11 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
12 4 (8.51%) FFIEC
13 3 (6.38%) CCNP
14 1 (2.13%) CCA
14 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (65.96%) NIST
2 28 (59.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (34.04%) NCSC
4 14 (29.79%) NIST 800
5 9 (19.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 8 (17.02%) PCI DSS
7 4 (8.51%) GDPR
7 4 (8.51%) ISO 22301
7 4 (8.51%) ISO 31000
7 4 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (4.26%) COBIT
8 2 (4.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (2.13%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) Cisco
3 2 (4.26%) VMware
4 1 (2.13%) AlienVault
4 1 (2.13%) IBM
4 1 (2.13%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.13%) Sparx