Security Architect Contracts in Oxfordshire

Security Architect
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Security Architect daily rate in Oxfordshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £625 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% +18.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 100 193 230
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 85.02% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 123 152
10th Percentile £250 £132 £250
25th Percentile £263 £180 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £638 £500 £550
90th Percentile £688 £550 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 30 17
10th Percentile £22.97 £12.92 -
25th Percentile £23.50 £13.97 £18.08
Median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £25.95
Median % change year-on-year +42.36% -24.86% +29.75%
75th Percentile £46.30 £26.00 £32.30
90th Percentile £46.54 £65.00 £51.20
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Oxfordshire

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Oxfordshire

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST