IT Security Architect Contracts in London

IT Security Architect
England > London

The median IT Security Architect daily rate in London is £775 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 473 590
Rank change year-on-year +83 +117 -130
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Architect 4 19 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.023% 0.073% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.076% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 7
10th Percentile £685 £669 £613
25th Percentile £700 £675 £627
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £750 £710
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +5.63% +7.98%
75th Percentile £875 - £763
90th Percentile £905 - £780
England median daily rate £713 £680 £679
% change year-on-year +4.78% +0.18% +3.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,468 24,945 36,702
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 95.22% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,900 18,104 26,876
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 282 440
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.79 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +11.64%
75th Percentile £46.48 £62.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.02 £79.80 £68.19
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%

IT Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Architect in London

IT Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Security Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for IT Security Architect in London

IT Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Architect in London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Architect in London

IT Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, IT 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 London region featuring IT Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) GIAC
2 2 (50.00%) CISA
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) CRISC
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) SABSA
2 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) CCSK
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security

IT Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) SABSA
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Communications Security
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) CCSK
2 2 (50.00%) CISA
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CRISC
2 2 (50.00%) GIAC
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft