Security Architecture Contracts in the South East

Security Architecture
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 130 153
Rank change year-on-year +22 +23 +51
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 43 68 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.47% 1.24% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.48% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 55
10th Percentile £525 £450 £535
25th Percentile £570 £473 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £540 £700
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% -22.86% +12.90%
75th Percentile £715 £725 £731
90th Percentile £750 £794 £838
England median daily rate £675 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 2
10th Percentile £60.75 - £71.48
25th Percentile £62.63 £81.88 £71.90
Median hourly rate £79.16 £87.46 £73.20
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +19.48% -
75th Percentile £88.53 £87.53 £73.90
90th Percentile £90.69 - £73.96
England median hourly rate £73.60 £87.46 £82.00
% change year-on-year -15.85% +6.66% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,683 4,602 4,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.54% 84.21% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,719 2,674 3,447
10th Percentile £250 £250 £248
25th Percentile £387 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -1.43% +1.50%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 441 218
10th Percentile £13.48 £13.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.03 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £27.05 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.06% -5.00% +132.56%
75th Percentile £62.06 £62.50 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the South East over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architecture in the South East over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley +19 31 £625 +13.64% 51
Berkshire +13 28 £625 +28.21% 38
Hampshire +23 7 £705 -10.48% 28
Surrey - 3 £550 - 9
Buckinghamshire +18 2 £600 -17.24% 9
Kent -1 1 £775 +44.52% 11
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 - 10
West Sussex - 1 - - 7
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.23%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) AWS
3 4 (9.30%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (9.30%) GCP
4 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.33%) Akamai
5 1 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.33%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.33%) OCI
5 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.26%) Firewall
2 7 (16.28%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (9.30%) Network Security
3 4 (9.30%) VPN
4 2 (4.65%) SD-WAN
4 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.65%) WAN
5 1 (2.33%) BGP
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (2.33%) DNS
5 1 (2.33%) LAN
5 1 (2.33%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (2.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
General
1 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
4 4 (9.30%) Military
4 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.65%) Legal
5 2 (4.65%) Retail
6 1 (2.33%) Automotive
6 1 (2.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Senior
2 14 (32.56%) Architect
3 13 (30.23%) Security Architect
4 8 (18.60%) Security Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Information Security Specialist
5 6 (13.95%) Information Specialist
5 6 (13.95%) Lead
5 6 (13.95%) Security Advisor
5 6 (13.95%) Security Specialist
6 4 (9.30%) Senior Security Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Information Security Specialist
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Security Specialist
8 2 (4.65%) Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Security Architect
8 2 (4.65%) Security Consultant
9 1 (2.33%) Head of Security
9 1 (2.33%) Infrastructure Manager
9 1 (2.33%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) Elastic Stack
1 6 (13.95%) Web Services
2 5 (11.63%) JBoss Seam
3 1 (2.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (44.19%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.63%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.65%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.33%) CESG
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.33%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) IoT
4 1 (2.33%) PKI
4 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (58.14%) Risk Management
2 19 (44.19%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (39.53%) Information Security
3 17 (39.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 15 (34.88%) Risk Assessment
5 12 (27.91%) Decision-Making
6 11 (25.58%) Information Assurance
7 8 (18.60%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (16.28%) SOA
9 6 (13.95%) Cloud Security
9 6 (13.95%) DevOps
9 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (13.95%) Validation
10 5 (11.63%) Security Operations
11 4 (9.30%) Incident Response
11 4 (9.30%) Roadmaps
11 4 (9.30%) SIEM
11 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (9.30%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (55.81%) Security Cleared
2 18 (41.86%) DV Cleared
3 13 (30.23%) CISSP
4 10 (23.26%) CISM
5 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
6 4 (9.30%) Degree
7 2 (4.65%) CCNA
7 2 (4.65%) CEH
7 2 (4.65%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.65%) CRISC
8 1 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.33%) CCNP
8 1 (2.33%) CCSK
8 1 (2.33%) CCSP
8 1 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.33%) ISACA
8 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) NCSC
2 9 (20.93%) NIST
3 7 (16.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.65%) GDPR
4 2 (4.65%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.33%) COBIT
5 1 (2.33%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (2.33%) GRC
5 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (2.33%) JSP 440
5 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.33%) Docker
1 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) CASB
1 1 (2.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Darktrace
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.33%) Cisco
3 1 (2.33%) Dell KACE
3 1 (2.33%) Forcepoint
3 1 (2.33%) Google
3 1 (2.33%) Meraki
3 1 (2.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.33%) Splunk
3 1 (2.33%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (2.33%) VMware