Lead Security Architect Contracts in London

Lead Security Architect
England > London

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in London is £745 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 482 581
Rank change year-on-year +93 +99 -110
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 8 3 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.046% 0.011% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.012% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £650 - £628
25th Percentile £725 £925 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £745 £950 £763
Median % change year-on-year -21.58% +24.59% +17.31%
75th Percentile - £975 £825
90th Percentile - - £844
England median daily rate £735 £700 £675
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.70% +3.85%

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 16,380 25,121 37,063
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 95.22% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,833 18,239 27,130
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £474
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 324 285 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.75 £22.59
Median hourly rate £27.25 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.24% +1.43% +7.89%
75th Percentile £45.18 £62.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.00 £67.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +2.59%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Security Architect in London

Lead Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Security Architect in London

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Lead 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 Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Security Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 3 (37.50%) LAN
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) CISSP
3 2 (25.00%) CISM
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (12.50%) IaaS
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (12.50%) CITP
4 1 (12.50%) QA

Lead 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 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Security Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CISM
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) CITP
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
1 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft