Security Architecture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 63 92 128
Rank change year-on-year +29 +36 +6
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 39 53 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.58% 1.97% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 2.26% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 15
10th Percentile £559 £78 £481
25th Percentile £593 £450 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £610 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% -6.15% +4.00%
75th Percentile £641 £700 £681
90th Percentile £669 £735 £715
South East median daily rate £625 £540 £700
% change year-on-year +15.74% -22.86% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 2
10th Percentile - - £71.48
25th Percentile £60.75 £81.88 £71.90
Median hourly rate £73.25 £87.46 £73.20
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +19.48% -
75th Percentile £88.53 £87.53 £73.90
90th Percentile £90.69 - £73.96
South East median hourly rate £73.31 £87.46 £73.20
% change year-on-year -16.18% +19.48% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architecture in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Architecture in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
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 Architecture 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 +15 34 £625 +31.58% 20
Oxfordshire - 3 £625 - 10
Buckinghamshire +15 2 £600 -14.29% 7
Security Architecture
South East

Security Architecture
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 12 (30.77%) Azure
2 7 (17.95%) AWS
3 6 (15.38%) GCP
4 4 (10.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.13%) SaaS
6 1 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.08%) Firewall
2 8 (20.51%) Network Security
3 7 (17.95%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (7.69%) NGFW
4 3 (7.69%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (7.69%) SSL
4 3 (7.69%) VPN
5 1 (2.56%) BGP
5 1 (2.56%) DNS
5 1 (2.56%) LAN
5 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.56%) WAN
General
1 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Military
3 6 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.82%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.69%) Finance
5 3 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.13%) Retail
7 1 (2.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) Senior
2 13 (33.33%) Architect
2 13 (33.33%) Security Architect
3 7 (17.95%) Security Specialist
4 6 (15.38%) Information Security Specialist
4 6 (15.38%) Information Specialist
4 6 (15.38%) Security Advisor
4 6 (15.38%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 6 (15.38%) Senior Security Specialist
5 5 (12.82%) Security Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 4 (10.26%) Lead
7 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (7.69%) Head of Architecture
7 3 (7.69%) Head of Security
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Consultant
8 2 (5.13%) Head of Strategy
8 2 (5.13%) Security Consultant
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (12.82%) JBoss Seam
2 5 (12.82%) Web Services
3 3 (7.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (46.15%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.82%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.56%) CESG
5 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.56%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) PKI
5 1 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Windows
2 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 18 (46.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 17 (43.59%) Information Security
4 16 (41.03%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (41.03%) Risk Assessment
5 14 (35.90%) Decision-Making
6 11 (28.21%) Information Assurance
7 7 (17.95%) DevOps
8 6 (15.38%) Cloud Security
8 6 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (15.38%) SIEM
9 5 (12.82%) Application Security
9 5 (12.82%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.82%) SOA
9 5 (12.82%) Validation
10 4 (10.26%) Data Security
10 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (10.26%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 25 (64.10%) Security Cleared
2 19 (48.72%) DV Cleared
3 14 (35.90%) CISM
3 14 (35.90%) CISSP
4 10 (25.64%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.69%) Degree
6 2 (5.13%) CCNA
6 2 (5.13%) CEH
6 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.13%) CRISC
7 1 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.56%) CCNP
7 1 (2.56%) CCSP
7 1 (2.56%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.56%) GIAC
7 1 (2.56%) ISACA
7 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.56%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.21%) NCSC
2 8 (20.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (20.51%) NIST
3 6 (15.38%) GDPR
4 3 (7.69%) COBIT
5 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (2.56%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.56%) CASB
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Darktrace
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) VMware
3 1 (2.56%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.56%) Forcepoint
3 1 (2.56%) Google
3 1 (2.56%) Splunk