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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 285 310
Rank change year-on-year +64 +25 -14
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 176 225 336
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.99% 0.82% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.90% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 152 219
10th Percentile £500 £500 £513
25th Percentile £613 £613 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £780 £775 £769
90th Percentile £834 £875 £865
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 £90.00 -
% change year-on-year -2.82% - -

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 15,764 24,998 36,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.35% 91.09% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,289 17,888 26,458
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
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 £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 285 428
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.63 £17.86
25th Percentile £19.94 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +7.64% +13.14%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.75 £50.65
90th Percentile £66.93 £78.30 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 28 £738 -1.67% 3
East London -2 9 £770 +2.67% 1
West London +11 3 £686 -1.96% 2
South London - 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 3 (1.70%) Confluence
2 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.70%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 39 (22.16%) AWS
2 38 (21.59%) Azure
3 33 (18.75%) SaaS
4 24 (13.64%) IaaS
5 15 (8.52%) GCP
6 14 (7.95%) Serverless
7 13 (7.39%) PaaS
8 11 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (5.68%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.70%) WhatsApp
11 2 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.57%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.57%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.57%) OCI
12 1 (0.57%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.57%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.50%) Firewall
2 21 (11.93%) Network Security
3 6 (3.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (3.41%) SAN
4 5 (2.84%) SSL
5 3 (1.70%) DNS
5 3 (1.70%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.14%) 4G
7 1 (0.57%) DHCP
7 1 (0.57%) LAN
7 1 (0.57%) SNA
7 1 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.57%) VPN
7 1 (0.57%) WAN
7 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.57%) Metadata
1 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.57%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Jenkins
1 3 (1.70%) JIRA
General
1 61 (34.66%) Finance
2 22 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 20 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.25%) Banking
5 8 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.84%) Local Government
6 5 (2.84%) Police
7 3 (1.70%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.57%) French Language
9 1 (0.57%) Law
9 1 (0.57%) Legal
9 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 139 (78.98%) Architect
2 113 (64.20%) Security Architect
3 25 (14.20%) Senior
4 22 (12.50%) Senior Architect
4 22 (12.50%) Senior Security Architect
5 20 (11.36%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (8.52%) Consultant
6 15 (8.52%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 15 (8.52%) Security Consultant
7 13 (7.39%) Cloud Architect
8 11 (6.25%) Cloud Security Architect
8 11 (6.25%) Lead
9 9 (5.11%) CISSP Architect
10 8 (4.55%) AWS Architect
10 8 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
10 8 (4.55%) Enterprise Security Architect
11 7 (3.98%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 7 (3.98%) Domain Architect
11 7 (3.98%) Lead Architect
11 7 (3.98%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.95%) OpenID
1 14 (7.95%) SAML
2 12 (6.82%) XACML
3 3 (1.70%) REST
4 2 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.14%) Kafka
4 2 (1.14%) OAuth
4 2 (1.14%) SPML
5 1 (0.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.20%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.95%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (7.39%) Security Posture
4 11 (6.25%) IoT
5 10 (5.68%) Mobile App
5 10 (5.68%) Public Cloud
6 9 (5.11%) PKI
7 6 (3.41%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.70%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.70%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.70%) Mobile Payment
8 3 (1.70%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.14%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.80%) Windows
2 18 (10.23%) Linux
3 3 (1.70%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.70%) Unix
4 1 (0.57%) Android
4 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (32.95%) Cloud Security
3 35 (19.89%) Risk Management
4 34 (19.32%) Information Security
5 28 (15.91%) SABSA
6 27 (15.34%) Agile
7 24 (13.64%) TOGAF
8 21 (11.93%) Architectural Patterns
9 20 (11.36%) DevSecOps
10 19 (10.80%) Enterprise Architecture
11 18 (10.23%) Application Security
11 18 (10.23%) Risk Assessment
12 17 (9.66%) Business Strategy
12 17 (9.66%) DevOps
13 16 (9.09%) SIEM
14 15 (8.52%) Data Loss Prevention
15 14 (7.95%) Information Assurance
16 13 (7.39%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (7.39%) Roadmaps
16 13 (7.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.55%) Python
2 3 (1.70%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.14%) Java
4 1 (0.57%) C
4 1 (0.57%) C#
4 1 (0.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 53 (30.11%) Security Cleared
2 51 (28.98%) CISSP
3 44 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 42 (23.86%) CISM
5 32 (18.18%) CISA
6 21 (11.93%) CRISC
7 20 (11.36%) DV Cleared
7 20 (11.36%) SANS
8 18 (10.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 18 (10.23%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (7.39%) CCSK
10 9 (5.11%) Degree
10 9 (5.11%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (4.55%) CREST Certified
12 7 (3.98%) GIAC
13 6 (3.41%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (1.70%) CCSP
14 3 (1.70%) FFIEC
14 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (30.68%) NIST
2 33 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (11.36%) NCSC
4 15 (8.52%) NIST 800
5 12 (6.82%) PCI DSS
6 9 (5.11%) GDPR
6 9 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (3.98%) Accessibility
7 7 (3.98%) ISO 31000
8 6 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (2.27%) QA
10 3 (1.70%) GPG13
10 3 (1.70%) ISO 22301
10 3 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (1.70%) SEPA
11 2 (1.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.70%) RACF
3 2 (1.14%) Docker
3 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.57%) Firmware
4 1 (0.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (7.39%) Single Sign-On
1 13 (7.39%) Terraform
2 10 (5.68%) Ansible
3 5 (2.84%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.70%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.70%) zSecure
5 2 (1.14%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.57%) Grafana
6 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.57%) Puppet
6 1 (0.57%) SCCM
6 1 (0.57%) vRealize
6 1 (0.57%) VxRail
6 1 (0.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.39%) Okta
3 10 (5.68%) IBM
4 8 (4.55%) VMware
5 7 (3.98%) Google
6 4 (2.27%) Splunk
7 3 (1.70%) AlienVault
7 3 (1.70%) ArcSight
7 3 (1.70%) Oracle
8 2 (1.14%) Apple
8 2 (1.14%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.14%) CA
8 2 (1.14%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.57%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.57%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.57%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.57%) Qualys
9 1 (0.57%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.57%) Talend
9 1 (0.57%) Varonis