Security Architecture Contracts in Hertfordshire

Security Architecture
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 40 66 66
Rank change year-on-year +26 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 5 7 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.56% 0.84% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 0.93% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile - £507 £738
25th Percentile £763 £581 £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £675 £775
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -12.90% +34.78%
75th Percentile £788 £788 £825
90th Percentile - £856 £869
East of England median daily rate £775 £675 £775
% change year-on-year +14.81% -12.90% +34.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 753 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 90.29% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 374
10th Percentile £384 £232 £240
25th Percentile £446 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £768
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 314 156
10th Percentile £22.65 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.69
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Hertfordshire

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Hertfordshire

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the Hertfordshire 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
Welwyn Garden City +1 4 £775 -
Security Architecture
East of England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Auditor
2 2 (40.00%) IT Auditor
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Auditor
2 2 (40.00%) Senior IT Auditor
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (40.00%) Private Cloud
1 2 (40.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Application Security
2 2 (40.00%) Data Security
2 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) IT Audit
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) API Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft