Security Architecture Contracts in London

Security Architecture
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 252 299
Rank change year-on-year +31 +47 -22
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 181 265 341
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.03% 1.01% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.11% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 184 219
10th Percentile £500 £506 £511
25th Percentile £613 £625 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £780 £800 £770
90th Percentile £825 £869 £863
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +9.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £82.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.66% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Security Architecture 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,657 23,832 35,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.72% 90.97% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,214 17,166 25,985
10th Percentile £341 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 270 416
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.45 £17.40
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £38.25 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.80% +4.08% +13.08%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.40 £80.23 £69.06
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Central London +54 27 £722 -3.70% 3
East London -5 7 £770 +2.67%
West London -1 3 £686 -16.82%
South London - 1 - - 1
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.10%) Confluence
2 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 45 (24.86%) AWS
2 41 (22.65%) Azure
3 37 (20.44%) SaaS
4 28 (15.47%) IaaS
5 17 (9.39%) Serverless
6 16 (8.84%) PaaS
7 14 (7.73%) GCP
8 13 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (6.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.66%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.55%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.55%) OCI
11 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.55%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.15%) Firewall
2 21 (11.60%) Network Security
3 8 (4.42%) SSL
4 6 (3.31%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (2.76%) SAN
6 4 (2.21%) DNS
6 4 (2.21%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.10%) DHCP
8 1 (0.55%) 4G
8 1 (0.55%) Internet
8 1 (0.55%) LAN
8 1 (0.55%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.55%) VPN
8 1 (0.55%) WAN
8 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.55%) Metadata
1 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.55%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
General
1 64 (35.36%) Finance
2 27 (14.92%) Social Skills
3 20 (11.05%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.42%) Banking
4 8 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.76%) Local Government
5 5 (2.76%) Police
6 3 (1.66%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.55%) French Language
8 1 (0.55%) Law
8 1 (0.55%) Legal
Job Titles
1 147 (81.22%) Architect
2 125 (69.06%) Security Architect
3 24 (13.26%) Senior
4 21 (11.60%) Senior Architect
4 21 (11.60%) Senior Security Architect
5 16 (8.84%) Cloud Architect
5 16 (8.84%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (8.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 13 (7.18%) Consultant
7 13 (7.18%) Security Consultant
8 12 (6.63%) AWS Architect
8 12 (6.63%) Cloud Security Architect
9 11 (6.08%) AWS Security Architect
10 9 (4.97%) Enterprise Architect
10 9 (4.97%) Lead
11 8 (4.42%) Enterprise Security Architect
11 8 (4.42%) Technical Architect
12 7 (3.87%) CISSP Architect
12 7 (3.87%) Senior Cloud Architect
13 6 (3.31%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.73%) OpenID
1 14 (7.73%) SAML
2 12 (6.63%) XACML
3 3 (1.66%) REST
4 2 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.10%) Kafka
4 2 (1.10%) OAuth
4 2 (1.10%) SPML
5 1 (0.55%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.15%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.73%) IoT
3 13 (7.18%) Mobile App
4 11 (6.08%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (6.08%) Security Posture
5 8 (4.42%) PKI
5 8 (4.42%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.31%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.31%) Mainframe
6 6 (3.31%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.21%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.10%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.55%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.39%) Windows
2 16 (8.84%) Linux
3 3 (1.66%) Unix
4 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.55%) Android
5 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (36.46%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (30.94%) Cloud Security
3 42 (23.20%) Information Security
4 30 (16.57%) Risk Management
5 26 (14.36%) DevSecOps
5 26 (14.36%) SABSA
6 25 (13.81%) TOGAF
7 24 (13.26%) Application Security
8 23 (12.71%) Architectural Patterns
9 22 (12.15%) Agile
10 21 (11.60%) Business Strategy
11 20 (11.05%) Enterprise Architecture
12 18 (9.94%) SIEM
13 17 (9.39%) Roadmaps
14 16 (8.84%) Data Loss Prevention
14 16 (8.84%) Deployment Automation
14 16 (8.84%) Design Patterns
14 16 (8.84%) DevOps
14 16 (8.84%) SDLC
14 16 (8.84%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.42%) Python
2 6 (3.31%) Java
3 5 (2.76%) C++
4 3 (1.66%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.55%) C
5 1 (0.55%) C#
Qualifications
1 50 (27.62%) CISSP
1 50 (27.62%) Security Cleared
2 40 (22.10%) CISM
2 40 (22.10%) SC Cleared
3 25 (13.81%) CISA
4 18 (9.94%) DV Cleared
5 16 (8.84%) SANS
6 15 (8.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 15 (8.29%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (8.29%) CRISC
7 10 (5.52%) CCSK
8 9 (4.97%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (4.42%) CREST Certified
9 8 (4.42%) Degree
10 7 (3.87%) CTC Cleared
11 5 (2.76%) GIAC
12 3 (1.66%) CCSP
12 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (1.10%) CEH
13 2 (1.10%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (31.49%) NIST
2 32 (17.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (10.50%) NCSC
4 11 (6.08%) GDPR
4 11 (6.08%) NIST 800
5 10 (5.52%) PCI DSS
6 8 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (2.76%) Accessibility
8 5 (2.76%) ISO 31000
9 4 (2.21%) QA
10 3 (1.66%) GPG13
10 3 (1.66%) ISO 22301
10 3 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (1.10%) COBIT
12 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (3.31%) RACF
2 4 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.55%) Docker
4 1 (0.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (7.18%) Single Sign-On
1 13 (7.18%) Terraform
2 9 (4.97%) Ansible
3 6 (3.31%) zSecure
4 4 (2.21%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.10%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.10%) SCCM
6 2 (1.10%) WSUS
7 1 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.55%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 35 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.73%) IBM
3 13 (7.18%) Okta
4 7 (3.87%) VMware
5 6 (3.31%) Google
6 4 (2.21%) Splunk
7 3 (1.66%) AlienVault
7 3 (1.66%) ArcSight
7 3 (1.66%) Oracle
7 3 (1.66%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.10%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.10%) CA
8 2 (1.10%) Sophos
9 1 (0.55%) Apple
9 1 (0.55%) Cisco
9 1 (0.55%) Citrix
9 1 (0.55%) Informatica
9 1 (0.55%) Qualys
9 1 (0.55%) Thales
9 1 (0.55%) TOWER Software