Security Architect Contracts in Reading

Security Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Architect daily rate in Reading is £712, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 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
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 61 73
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 10 38 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.91% 3.23% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 3.49% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile £579 £78 £600
25th Percentile £593 £329 £643
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £712 £500 £675
Median % change year-on-year +42.30% -25.93% -1.82%
75th Percentile £835 £663 £738
90th Percentile - £700 £783
Berkshire median daily rate £568 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +13.50% -23.08% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 1
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.61% -
Berkshire median hourly rate £85.00 £87.46 £75.00
% change year-on-year -2.81% +16.61% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 492 1,089 991
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 92.44% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 595 646
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.51%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.34% -2.38% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 61 22
10th Percentile £36.20 £42.00 £45.25
25th Percentile £54.38 £55.75 £55.91
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -9.41% +142.86%
75th Percentile - £87.46 £75.56
90th Percentile £72.88 £100.00 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £61.06 £61.71
% change year-on-year +4.40% -1.06% +193.87%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Reading

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Reading

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Reading over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Reading

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 Reading region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) CyberArk
3 3 (30.00%) NIST
3 3 (30.00%) Data Security
3 3 (30.00%) SIEM
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (20.00%) RBAC
4 2 (20.00%) Application Security
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) NCSC
5 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
5 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Runbook
5 1 (10.00%) Architecture Governance
5 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (10.00%) Business Case
5 1 (10.00%) GRC

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (30.00%) Data Security
1 3 (30.00%) SIEM
2 2 (20.00%) Application Security
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security
2 2 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) RBAC
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (10.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Business Case
3 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (10.00%) OWASP
3 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Runbook
3 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) COBIT
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) GRC
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Qualys