Security Architecture Contracts in Glasgow

Security Architecture
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture 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 74 74 75
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 5 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.63% 0.91% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.99% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile - £561 £531
25th Percentile £509 £634 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -26.14% +16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £526 £725 £650
90th Percentile - - £688
Scotland median daily rate £526 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -22.15% +12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £83.20 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Security Architecture 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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 747 806 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 93.61% 91.90% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 515 629
10th Percentile £311 £280 £325
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £603 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 40 27
10th Percentile £16.18 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.83 £21.13 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +56.50% -66.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.14 £35.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.75 £59.47
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Glasgow

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Glasgow

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (40.00%) Azure
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Security Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Compliance Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Assurance
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISM
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CRISC
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) GRC
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Qualys
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow