RSA Archer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

RSA Archer Governance, Risk and Compliance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring RSA Archer skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 372 417
Rank change year-on-year +12 +45 +94
Contract jobs citing RSA Archer 10 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.065% 0.011% 0.028%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.42% 0.087% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £388 - £514
25th Percentile £413 - £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £540
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.64%
75th Percentile £496 - £599
90th Percentile £528 - £622
UK median daily rate £425 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -22.73% +3.29% -3.18%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

RSA Archer falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,409 2,291 2,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.60% 12.77% 13.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,615 1,581 2,016
10th Percentile £235 £250 £275
25th Percentile £375 £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £521
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -4.03% +0.19%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £615
90th Percentile £638 £650 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 36 119
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £23.13
Median hourly rate £21.39 £39.25 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year -45.50% -17.94% +122.47%
75th Percentile £64.50 £55.63 £74.06
90th Percentile £79.00 £74.44 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £38.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -25.97% -30.00% +130.03%

RSA Archer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing RSA Archer as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for RSA Archer in the UK excluding London

RSA Archer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RSA Archer.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing RSA Archer

RSA Archer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RSA Archer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RSA Archer in the UK excluding London

RSA Archer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RSA Archer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Midlands - 6 £450 - 1
East Midlands - 5 £450 - 1
Scotland - 2 £458 -
South East +13 1 £500 - 2
North of England -29 1 £300 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 £300 - 1
RSA Archer
UK

RSA Archer
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
1 4 (40.00%) Tableau
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (10.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (10.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (20.00%) Git
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Security Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) SailPoint
2 2 (20.00%) FastAPI
2 2 (20.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) IT Audit
2 5 (50.00%) Kanban
3 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (40.00%) Fintech
3 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (20.00%) Data-Driven Testing
5 2 (20.00%) DevOps
5 2 (20.00%) Generative AI
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISA
1 6 (60.00%) CISM
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
2 5 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (70.00%) NIST
2 5 (50.00%) COBIT
2 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 5 (50.00%) NIST 800
3 3 (30.00%) GRC
4 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (10.00%) GDPR
4 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (10.00%) QA
4 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (20.00%) Podman
1 2 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 5 (50.00%) Rapid7
3 4 (40.00%) Alteryx
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Netskope
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (20.00%) Proofpoint
4 2 (20.00%) Splunk
4 2 (20.00%) Symantec
5 1 (10.00%) OneTrust