Security Architecture Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 282 330
Rank change year-on-year +107 +48 -74
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 249 177 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.20% 0.73% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 0.82% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 131 159
10th Percentile £512 £538 £511
25th Percentile £600 £600 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £691 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +12.00% +6.98%
75th Percentile £825 £788 £738
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK median daily rate £700 £695 £650
% change year-on-year +0.72% +6.92% +9.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 0
10th Percentile - £72.04 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £73.30 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £82.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.66% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £92.50 -
90th Percentile - £97.00 -
UK median hourly rate £87.46 £74.00 -
% change year-on-year +18.19% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,611 21,615 27,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.77% 89.54% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,550 14,981 19,185
10th Percentile £248 £252 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,036 1,327 1,379
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.22 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.23 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK excluding London

Security Architecture
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 Security Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
South East +60 90 £540 -22.86% 11
North of England +66 66 £800 +14.29% 5
North West +64 63 £800 +6.67% 5
South West +13 36 £625 -9.91% 5
Scotland +43 25 £681 +13.54% 4
Midlands +39 24 £725 +18.37% 7
West Midlands +43 23 £750 +15.38% 6
East of England +2 8 £675 -12.90% 10
Yorkshire +16 3 - -
East Midlands +22 1 £700 +33.33% 1
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.61%) Confluence
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.45%) Azure
2 24 (9.64%) AWS
3 11 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.21%) IaaS
5 6 (2.41%) SaaS
6 5 (2.01%) AWS CodeBuild
6 5 (2.01%) AWS CodeDeploy
6 5 (2.01%) AWS CodePipeline
6 5 (2.01%) GCP
7 4 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.61%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.61%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.61%) PaaS
8 2 (0.80%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.80%) Azure API Management
8 2 (0.80%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 88 (35.34%) Firewall
2 56 (22.49%) Network Security
3 47 (18.88%) VPN
4 37 (14.86%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (4.02%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (2.01%) WAN
7 4 (1.61%) LAN
8 1 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.40%) DHCP
8 1 (0.40%) DNS
8 1 (0.40%) NAS
8 1 (0.40%) SAN
8 1 (0.40%) SNA
8 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.40%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.02%) Big Data
2 5 (2.01%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.80%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.81%) Robot Framework
1 7 (2.81%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.61%) JIRA
3 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.40%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 61 (24.50%) Public Sector
2 32 (12.85%) Social Skills
3 30 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.22%) Finance
5 11 (4.42%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.61%) Military
7 8 (3.21%) Legal
8 7 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.81%) Publishing
9 5 (2.01%) Back Office
10 3 (1.20%) Banking
10 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.40%) Local Government
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Retail
11 1 (0.40%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 150 (60.24%) Architect
2 96 (38.55%) Security Architect
3 45 (18.07%) Technical Architect
4 40 (16.06%) Lead
5 30 (12.05%) Lead Architect
6 29 (11.65%) Technical Leader
7 24 (9.64%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 21 (8.43%) Senior
9 15 (6.02%) Security Engineer
9 15 (6.02%) Senior Architect
9 15 (6.02%) Senior Security Architect
10 11 (4.42%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (3.61%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.61%) Security Manager
12 8 (3.21%) SOC Manager
13 7 (2.81%) Consultant
13 7 (2.81%) Delivery Manager
14 6 (2.41%) Analyst
14 6 (2.41%) Security Advisor
14 6 (2.41%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (16.87%) Node.js
2 15 (6.02%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (2.01%) REST
3 5 (2.01%) SOAP
4 2 (0.80%) .NET
4 2 (0.80%) Kafka
4 2 (0.80%) ModSecurity
4 2 (0.80%) React Native
4 2 (0.80%) Web Services
5 1 (0.40%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.06%) Cyber Defence
2 38 (15.26%) Public Cloud
3 17 (6.83%) Management Information System
4 15 (6.02%) Distributed Applications
5 14 (5.62%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (5.22%) Product Ownership
7 11 (4.42%) PKI
8 10 (4.02%) Security Posture
9 8 (3.21%) Mobile App
10 6 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.41%) Operational Technology
11 5 (2.01%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 3 (1.20%) IoT
14 2 (0.80%) CSOC
14 2 (0.80%) Cyberattack
14 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
14 2 (0.80%) Private Cloud
15 1 (0.40%) Low-Code
15 1 (0.40%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 68 (27.31%) Windows
2 57 (22.89%) Android
2 57 (22.89%) Apple iOS
3 50 (20.08%) Windows Server
4 19 (7.63%) Linux
5 13 (5.22%) Unix
6 7 (2.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.80%) zOS
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (39.76%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (28.51%) Risk Management
3 65 (26.10%) Agile
4 58 (23.29%) DevOps
4 58 (23.29%) Information Security
5 49 (19.68%) CI/CD
6 45 (18.07%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 45 (18.07%) SIEM
6 45 (18.07%) Threat Intelligence
6 45 (18.07%) Zero Trust
7 42 (16.87%) Mobile Device Management
8 33 (13.25%) Design Patterns
9 24 (9.64%) Cloud Security
9 24 (9.64%) Security Operations
10 22 (8.84%) Presales
11 18 (7.23%) Microservices
11 18 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (6.83%) Data Management
12 17 (6.83%) Kalman Filter
12 17 (6.83%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.02%) Java
2 9 (3.61%) Python
3 7 (2.81%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.61%) C#
5 2 (0.80%) Kotlin
5 2 (0.80%) PHP
5 2 (0.80%) Ruby
6 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 158 (63.45%) Security Cleared
2 75 (30.12%) DV Cleared
3 57 (22.89%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.63%) CISSP
5 16 (6.43%) CISM
6 6 (2.41%) Degree
7 4 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.80%) CCSP
9 2 (0.80%) CRISC
9 2 (0.80%) ISACA
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.40%) CCNP
10 1 (0.40%) CEH
10 1 (0.40%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.40%) CISA
10 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.40%) SSCP
10 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (17.27%) NIST
2 36 (14.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (10.04%) RMADS
4 24 (9.64%) NCSC
5 15 (6.02%) Actionable Recommendations
6 11 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (3.61%) NIST 800
8 7 (2.81%) PCI DSS
9 6 (2.41%) GDPR
10 5 (2.01%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.80%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.80%) IASME
12 2 (0.80%) PMO
13 1 (0.40%) GRC
13 1 (0.40%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (4.42%) Active Directory
1 11 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.80%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.40%) Snort
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (6.83%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 15 (6.02%) Terraform
3 8 (3.21%) Ansible
4 4 (1.61%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 3 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.80%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.40%) Kibana
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.40%) Puppet
7 1 (0.40%) SCCM
7 1 (0.40%) SCOM
7 1 (0.40%) vRealize
7 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 26 (10.44%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.82%) VMware
3 11 (4.42%) Cisco
4 10 (4.02%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.81%) Google
5 7 (2.81%) Splunk
6 5 (2.01%) Apple
6 5 (2.01%) Oracle
7 3 (1.20%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.80%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.80%) F5
8 2 (0.80%) NetIQ
8 2 (0.80%) Qualys
9 1 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.40%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.40%) SAP
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.40%) Sparx