Security Architecture Contracts in the South East

Security Architecture
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 179 207
Rank change year-on-year +69 +28 -59
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 92 46 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.64% 0.78% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 0.87% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 39 45
10th Percentile £453 £520 £509
25th Percentile £503 £581 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £690 £725 £725
90th Percentile £791 £790 £783
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +9.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.88 - -
Median hourly rate £87.46 - -
75th Percentile £87.53 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £81.75 -
% change year-on-year +6.98% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,803 5,308 7,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.43% 89.51% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,804 3,676 4,760
10th Percentile £230 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £404 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +1.77% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £615 £588
90th Percentile £694 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 216 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.23 £22.21 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +111.11% -15.89%
75th Percentile £62.35 £64.72 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £71.89 £62.15
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
% change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%

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 18 April 2024.

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
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 18 April 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
Thames Valley +38 53 £610 -5.43% 8
Berkshire +22 50 £475 -26.92% 6
Hampshire +29 29 £775 +14.81% 3
Kent +14 9 £525 -40.00% 1
Buckinghamshire +31 3 £700 +22.27% 1
Surrey +1 1 £600 -14.29% 1
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (1.09%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.96%) Azure
2 9 (9.78%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.26%) IaaS
3 3 (3.26%) PaaS
3 3 (3.26%) SaaS
4 2 (2.17%) AWS
4 2 (2.17%) Azure API Management
4 2 (2.17%) Azure Event Grid
4 2 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.09%) GitHub
5 1 (1.09%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (32.61%) Firewall
2 19 (20.65%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (11.96%) Network Security
4 3 (3.26%) VPN
5 1 (1.09%) SNA
Development Applications
1 7 (7.61%) Robot Framework
1 7 (7.61%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.17%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (19.57%) Public Sector
2 3 (3.26%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.17%) Finance
4 1 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.09%) Retail
4 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (65.22%) Architect
2 58 (63.04%) Security Architect
3 20 (21.74%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 18 (19.57%) Senior
5 15 (16.30%) Senior Architect
5 15 (16.30%) Senior Security Architect
6 5 (5.43%) Analyst
6 5 (5.43%) Security Analyst
7 4 (4.35%) Consultant
7 4 (4.35%) Lead
8 3 (3.26%) Information Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Information Security Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Senior Information Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Senior Information Security Analyst
8 3 (3.26%) Senior Security Analyst
9 2 (2.17%) Cloud Engineer
9 2 (2.17%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 2 (2.17%) Security Consultant
9 2 (2.17%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.17%) .NET
1 2 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.48%) Cyber Defence
2 8 (8.70%) PKI
3 4 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.17%) CSOC
4 2 (2.17%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.09%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.09%) IoT
5 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.09%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.78%) Windows
2 7 (7.61%) Windows Server
2 7 (7.61%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (2.17%) Linux
4 1 (1.09%) Android
4 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.09%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (45.65%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (25.00%) DevOps
3 22 (23.91%) Presales
4 17 (18.48%) Impact Assessments
4 17 (18.48%) Risk Register
5 13 (14.13%) Information Security
6 12 (13.04%) Cloud Security
7 11 (11.96%) Risk Assessment
8 10 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (9.78%) Change Management
10 8 (8.70%) Service Management
10 8 (8.70%) Test Automation
11 7 (7.61%) Agile
11 7 (7.61%) Application Security
11 7 (7.61%) Boundary Protection
11 7 (7.61%) Scrum
12 6 (6.52%) Information Security Management
12 6 (6.52%) Security Management
12 6 (6.52%) Security Monitoring
13 5 (5.43%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.78%) Python
2 7 (7.61%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.17%) C#
3 2 (2.17%) Java
3 2 (2.17%) PHP
3 2 (2.17%) Ruby
4 1 (1.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 69 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 42 (45.65%) DV Cleared
3 5 (5.43%) CISM
3 5 (5.43%) CISSP
4 3 (3.26%) CRISC
5 2 (2.17%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.09%) CCSK
6 1 (1.09%) CCSP
6 1 (1.09%) CEH
6 1 (1.09%) CISA
6 1 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (26.09%) RMADS
2 18 (19.57%) NCSC
3 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.17%) NIST
3 2 (2.17%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.09%) GDPR
4 1 (1.09%) NIST 800
System Software
1 10 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (9.78%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.17%) Docker
3 2 (2.17%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (18.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 8 (8.70%) Ansible
2 8 (8.70%) Terraform
3 2 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.09%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.09%) Puppet
4 1 (1.09%) vRealize
4 1 (1.09%) VxRail
Vendors
1 12 (13.04%) VMware
2 11 (11.96%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.09%) Dell
3 1 (1.09%) IBM
3 1 (1.09%) LogRhythm
3 1 (1.09%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.09%) SAP
3 1 (1.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.09%) SolarWinds
3 1 (1.09%) Sparx