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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 87 111
Rank change year-on-year +20 +24 +47
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 44 44 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.64% 1.69% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 2.00% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 28
10th Percentile £409 £115 £518
25th Percentile £554 £459 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £666 £663 £691
90th Percentile £688 £723 £705
South East median daily rate £638 £600 £675
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +9.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 4
10th Percentile £60.75 - -
25th Percentile £77.06 £81.88 £71.20
Median hourly rate £87.04 £87.46 £72.62
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +20.44% -
75th Percentile £88.87 £87.53 £74.06
90th Percentile £89.96 - £74.18
South East median hourly rate £87.04 £87.46 £72.40
% change year-on-year -0.48% +20.81% -

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 1,536 2,200 2,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.20% 84.52% 90.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 921 1,203 1,816
10th Percentile £300 £250 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 153 82
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £14.75 £19.25 £21.35
Median hourly rate £24.91 £49.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.17% -1.01% +191.18%
75th Percentile £55.00 £67.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £82.10 £86.73 £75.60
South East median hourly rate £23.25 £54.62 £50.00
% change year-on-year -57.43% +9.24% +118.91%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +22 40 £613 +11.36% 8
Buckinghamshire +8 3 £325 -55.17% 4
Oxfordshire - 1 £675 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.27%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) AWS
2 4 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (6.82%) GCP
4 1 (2.27%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.27%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.27%) Firewall
2 10 (22.73%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (6.82%) VPN
4 2 (4.55%) Network Security
5 1 (2.27%) BGP
5 1 (2.27%) DNS
5 1 (2.27%) LAN
5 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.27%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) GitLab
2 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.27%) MLflow
General
1 21 (47.73%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.64%) Military
4 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.55%) Finance
6 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.27%) Automotive
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (50.00%) Senior
2 14 (31.82%) Architect
2 14 (31.82%) Security Architect
3 10 (22.73%) Lead
4 7 (15.91%) Security Advisor
5 6 (13.64%) Information Security Specialist
5 6 (13.64%) Information Specialist
5 6 (13.64%) Security Specialist
6 5 (11.36%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 4 (9.09%) Consultant
7 4 (9.09%) Security Consultant
7 4 (9.09%) Security Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 3 (6.82%) Senior Information Security Specialist
8 3 (6.82%) Senior Security Specialist
9 2 (4.55%) Information Security Consultant
9 2 (4.55%) Information Security Risk Consultant
9 2 (4.55%) Risk Consultant
9 2 (4.55%) Salesforce Developer
9 2 (4.55%) Senior Information Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.45%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (18.18%) JBoss Seam
3 5 (11.36%) PyTorch
3 5 (11.36%) TensorFlow
4 4 (9.09%) Google JAX
4 4 (9.09%) JAX
4 4 (9.09%) scikit-learn
4 4 (9.09%) Web Services
5 2 (4.55%) AngularJS
5 2 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (4.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 25 (56.82%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.82%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.55%) CESG
4 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.27%) PKI
5 1 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (59.09%) Risk Management
2 25 (56.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 19 (43.18%) Risk Assessment
4 18 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (36.36%) Decision-Making
5 16 (36.36%) Information Security
6 14 (31.82%) Information Assurance
7 13 (29.55%) DevOps
8 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (13.64%) CI/CD
9 6 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (13.64%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (11.36%) Artificial Intelligence
10 5 (11.36%) Enterprise Architecture
10 5 (11.36%) Incident Response
10 5 (11.36%) Machine Learning
10 5 (11.36%) Validation
11 4 (9.09%) LLM
11 4 (9.09%) SOA
11 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Java
2 5 (11.36%) Python
3 4 (9.09%) C++
3 4 (9.09%) R
4 3 (6.82%) C
5 2 (4.55%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 29 (65.91%) Security Cleared
2 25 (56.82%) DV Cleared
3 13 (29.55%) CISSP
4 8 (18.18%) CISM
5 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.82%) Degree
7 2 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.55%) CCNA
7 2 (4.55%) CEH
7 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.27%) CCNP
8 1 (2.27%) CCSK
8 1 (2.27%) CCSP
8 1 (2.27%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.27%) GIAC
8 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (29.55%) NCSC
2 9 (20.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (15.91%) NIST
4 5 (11.36%) EU AI Act
4 5 (11.36%) GDPR
5 1 (2.27%) GRC
5 1 (2.27%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.27%) RMADS
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.27%) CASB
2 1 (2.27%) Kubeflow
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) Darktrace
2 2 (4.55%) MuleSoft
2 2 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.27%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.27%) Forcepoint
3 1 (2.27%) Google
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.27%) Splunk