Security Architect Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £600, 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 78 72 138
Rank change year-on-year -6 +66 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 24 74 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.59% 2.76% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 2.95% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 9
10th Percentile £450 £111 £597
25th Percentile £550 £478 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £675
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -25.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £641 £602 £738
90th Percentile £742 £638 £783
South East median daily rate £625 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% +18.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 0
10th Percentile - £81.86 -
25th Percentile £82.50 £81.88 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £87.46 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - £87.53 -
South East median hourly rate £79.16 £87.46 -
% change year-on-year -9.50% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
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 the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -20 20 £588 +17.55% 20
Buckinghamshire +16 2 £600 -0.41% 12
Oxfordshire - 2 £625 - 9
Security Architect
South East

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 13 (54.17%) Security Architecture
2 12 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (45.83%) Risk Management
4 10 (41.67%) CISSP
5 9 (37.50%) Azure
6 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
7 7 (29.17%) NIST
7 7 (29.17%) SIEM
7 7 (29.17%) Network Security
7 7 (29.17%) AWS
7 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
8 6 (25.00%) Windows
8 6 (25.00%) Data Security
8 6 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (25.00%) Application Security
9 5 (20.83%) GDPR
9 5 (20.83%) Microservices
9 5 (20.83%) GCP
9 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
9 5 (20.83%) Information Security
9 5 (20.83%) CISM
9 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
9 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
9 5 (20.83%) Security Posture
10 4 (16.67%) RBAC
10 4 (16.67%) Incident Response
10 4 (16.67%) ITIL

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (37.50%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) AWS
3 5 (20.83%) GCP
4 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (8.33%) SaaS
6 1 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Network Security
2 4 (16.67%) Firewall
3 3 (12.50%) NGFW
3 3 (12.50%) SSL
3 3 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (4.17%) BGP
4 1 (4.17%) DNS
4 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.17%) LAN
4 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.17%) WAN
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Finance
2 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) Apache Axis
1 3 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Security Posture
2 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.17%) PKI
4 1 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Security Architecture
2 11 (45.83%) Risk Management
3 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (29.17%) SIEM
5 6 (25.00%) Application Security
5 6 (25.00%) Data Security
5 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
6 5 (20.83%) Information Security
6 5 (20.83%) Microservices
7 4 (16.67%) DevSecOps
7 4 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 4 (16.67%) ITIL
7 4 (16.67%) RBAC
7 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 3 (12.50%) Migration
8 3 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
8 3 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) C#
1 3 (12.50%) Java
1 3 (12.50%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) Ruby
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (41.67%) CISSP
3 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 5 (20.83%) CISM
5 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 3 (12.50%) CEH
6 3 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (8.33%) CCNA
7 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (8.33%) CRISC
8 1 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (4.17%) CCNP
8 1 (4.17%) CCSP
8 1 (4.17%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (4.17%) Degree
8 1 (4.17%) GIAC
8 1 (4.17%) ISACA
8 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
8 1 (4.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) NIST
2 6 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (20.83%) GDPR
4 2 (8.33%) COBIT
4 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (8.33%) NCSC
5 1 (4.17%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (4.17%) CASB
3 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) CyberArk
3 2 (8.33%) VMware
4 1 (4.17%) Forcepoint
4 1 (4.17%) Google
4 1 (4.17%) Splunk