Security Architecture Contracts in the Midlands

Security Architecture
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 111 154 185
Rank change year-on-year +43 +31 -73
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 25 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.92% 0.33% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.37% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 9 10
10th Percentile £570 £463 £559
25th Percentile £605 £513 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £575 £603
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -4.56% +1.26%
75th Percentile £850 £688 £716
90th Percentile £878 £813 £732
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +9.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,230 2,945 4,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.11% 88.25% 88.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 2,061 3,212
10th Percentile £235 £248 £250
25th Percentile £356 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% +3.79% +15.85%
75th Percentile £600 £591 £571
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 108 143
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.94 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.71 £14.88 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +11.43% +12.90%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.75 £35.00
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the Midlands

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the Midlands

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the Midlands

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +30 23 £750 +22.45% 4
East Midlands +21 2 £625 +19.05% 1
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (64.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 16 (64.00%) Network Security
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (4.00%) Firewall
2 1 (4.00%) LAN
2 1 (4.00%) NAS
2 1 (4.00%) SAN
2 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (4.00%) WAN
2 1 (4.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (60.00%) Big Data
2 1 (4.00%) Apache Hive
2 1 (4.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (76.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.00%) Marketing
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Architect
2 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Programme Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Security Incident Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Incident Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (4.00%) Security Incident Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Senior
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (60.00%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (4.00%) Kafka
2 1 (4.00%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 15 (60.00%) Cyber Defence
1 15 (60.00%) Distributed Applications
2 11 (44.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (12.00%) Operational Technology
3 3 (12.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (8.00%) IoT
5 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (4.00%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 15 (60.00%) Linux
1 15 (60.00%) Windows
2 13 (52.00%) Android
2 13 (52.00%) Apple iOS
2 13 (52.00%) Unix
3 1 (4.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (72.00%) Information Security
3 17 (68.00%) Data Management
3 17 (68.00%) SIEM
4 15 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
4 15 (60.00%) Data Engineering
5 14 (56.00%) Data Pipeline
6 13 (52.00%) Kalman Filter
6 13 (52.00%) Security Operations
7 10 (40.00%) Analytics
7 10 (40.00%) Data Analysis
8 5 (20.00%) Project Management
9 4 (16.00%) Agile
9 4 (16.00%) IT Strategy
9 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
11 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
11 2 (8.00%) ITIL
11 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (52.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) CCDP
4 1 (4.00%) CCIE
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (60.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (8.00%) NIST
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (8.00%) Splunk
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco
3 1 (4.00%) F5
3 1 (4.00%) Google
3 1 (4.00%) Qualys