Security Architecture Contracts in Reading

Security Architecture
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 74 73
Rank change year-on-year +32 -1 +16
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 18 17 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.02% 1.43% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.24% 1.58% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 7
10th Percentile - - £563
25th Percentile £613 £78 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £81 £675
Median % change year-on-year +671.60% -88.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £647 £392 £713
90th Percentile £650 £577 £730
Berkshire median daily rate £625 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +31.58% -26.92% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 1
Median hourly rate - £87.50 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.24% -
Berkshire median hourly rate £73.25 £87.46 £73.20
% change year-on-year -16.25% +19.48% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Reading

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Reading

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in Reading

Security Architecture
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 8 (44.44%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) AWS
2 4 (22.22%) GCP
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (5.56%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (16.67%) NGFW
2 3 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (16.67%) SSL
3 2 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (5.56%) VPN
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Senior
2 5 (27.78%) Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Security Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Security Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Head of Architecture
3 3 (16.67%) Head of Security
3 3 (16.67%) Security Advisor
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Head of Strategy
4 2 (11.11%) Security Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Security Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Head of Mobile
5 1 (5.56%) Head of Networks
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Information Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Information Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) Web Services
2 3 (16.67%) SAML
3 1 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Information Security
2 8 (44.44%) Risk Management
3 5 (27.78%) Application Security
3 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (27.78%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (27.78%) SOA
3 5 (27.78%) Validation
3 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (22.22%) Data Security
4 4 (22.22%) Information Assurance
4 4 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (22.22%) SIEM
5 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 3 (16.67%) ITIL
5 3 (16.67%) Microservices
5 3 (16.67%) Network Load Balancing
5 3 (16.67%) OWASP
5 3 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) CISM
1 10 (55.56%) CISSP
2 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 1 (5.56%) ISACA
6 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) NIST
2 3 (16.67%) COBIT
2 3 (16.67%) GDPR
3 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (11.11%) NCSC
4 1 (5.56%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) VMware
3 1 (5.56%) Darktrace