SABSA Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 366 398
Rank change year-on-year +25 +32 +83
Contract jobs citing SABSA 38 4 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.024% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.028% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 1 14
10th Percentile £276 - £623
25th Percentile £507 - £651
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £550 £670
Median % change year-on-year +3.36% -17.91% +1.13%
75th Percentile £747 - £697
90th Percentile £758 - £711
UK median daily rate £600 £720 £675
% change year-on-year -16.61% +6.59% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 2
10th Percentile £85.00 - £52.75
25th Percentile £88.13 - £53.13
Median hourly rate £91.00 £80.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% +45.45% -
75th Percentile £91.50 - £56.88
90th Percentile - - £57.25
UK median hourly rate £91.00 £80.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +13.75% +45.45% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

SABSA 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,307 14,237 18,760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.16% 83.65% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,605 8,062 12,365
10th Percentile £225 £245 £250
25th Percentile £369 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,594 964 1,305
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.47 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.27 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.34% -5.88% +58.88%
75th Percentile £38.96 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £39.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.52% -7.06% +30.61%

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SABSA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SABSA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SABSA
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SABSA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SABSA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SABSA in the UK excluding London

SABSA
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SABSA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SABSA

SABSA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SABSA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SABSA in the UK excluding London

SABSA
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 SABSA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
East of England +8 13 £86 - 1
North of England - 10 £528 - 8
Yorkshire - 9 £537 - 8
South East +16 7 £725 - 12
Wales - 5 £738 - 8
Scotland +5 2 £675 +22.73%
South West - 1 £788 - 1
North West - 1 £513 -
SABSA
UK

SABSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (21.05%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) AWS
3 2 (5.26%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.63%) GitHub
4 1 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) Kerberos
2 2 (5.26%) Firewall
3 1 (2.63%) Network Security
3 1 (2.63%) VPN
Development Applications
1 8 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 12 (31.58%) Military
3 9 (23.68%) Aerospace
4 7 (18.42%) Finance
5 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (57.89%) Architect
2 18 (47.37%) Security Architect
3 16 (42.11%) Lead
4 13 (34.21%) Security Engineer
5 6 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (10.53%) Lead Architect
6 4 (10.53%) Lead Security Architect
6 4 (10.53%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 4 (10.53%) Security Solutions Architect
7 3 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (7.89%) Design Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Security Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Principal Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Principal Security Architect
9 1 (2.63%) Azure Architect
9 1 (2.63%) DevOps Architect
9 1 (2.63%) IT Architect
9 1 (2.63%) IT Security Architect
9 1 (2.63%) SOC Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.16%) OAuth
1 5 (13.16%) SAML
2 3 (7.89%) ModSecurity
3 1 (2.63%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 14 (36.84%) Management Information System
2 6 (15.79%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.26%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.63%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) TOGAF
2 21 (55.26%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (39.47%) Information Assurance
3 15 (39.47%) Security Management
4 12 (31.58%) GAP Analysis
4 12 (31.58%) Identity Access Management
4 12 (31.58%) Incident Management
4 12 (31.58%) Key Management
4 12 (31.58%) MODAF
4 12 (31.58%) Patch Management
4 12 (31.58%) Risk Management
5 11 (28.95%) Decision-Making
5 11 (28.95%) Security Architecture
5 11 (28.95%) Vulnerability Management
6 10 (26.32%) Architectural Patterns
6 10 (26.32%) Incident Response
6 10 (26.32%) Security Operations
7 9 (23.68%) Secrets Management
7 9 (23.68%) Technical Debt
7 9 (23.68%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 24 (63.16%) CISSP
2 20 (52.63%) Security Cleared
3 19 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 15 (39.47%) CISM
4 15 (39.47%) Degree
5 11 (28.95%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (18.42%) Master's Degree
6 7 (18.42%) PhD
7 4 (10.53%) Azure Certification
8 2 (5.26%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.63%) CCSP
9 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (2.63%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.63%) GIAC
9 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.63%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (57.89%) NIST
2 16 (42.11%) JSP 440
2 16 (42.11%) NCSC
3 15 (39.47%) NIST 800
4 9 (23.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (7.89%) Def Stans
6 2 (5.26%) GDPR
6 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (5.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.63%) GAMP
7 1 (2.63%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (2.63%) GRC
7 1 (2.63%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (31.58%) Firmware
2 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) BiZZdesign
2 6 (15.79%) CyberArk
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.53%) Centrify
5 2 (5.26%) Sparx
6 1 (2.63%) Zscaler