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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 273 332
Rank change year-on-year +85 +59 -83
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 229 183 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.13% 0.80% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 0.89% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 143 155
10th Percentile £512 £540 £513
25th Percentile £600 £603 £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +12.00% +5.04%
75th Percentile £825 £800 £744
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK median daily rate £700 £688 £650
% change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% +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 17,127 20,595 27,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.40% 89.52% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,220 18,919
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £479
Median % change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,061 1,259 1,357
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.23 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +28 77 £540 -22.86% 11
North of England +62 63 £800 +14.29% 5
North West +61 62 £800 +6.67% 4
South West -6 35 £625 -10.71% 5
Midlands +39 25 £700 +14.29% 4
Scotland +43 24 £675 +12.50% 1
West Midlands +38 23 £750 +15.38% 4
East of England +3 5 £625 -13.79% 10
East Midlands +14 2 £625 +19.05%
Yorkshire +8 1 - - 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 (1.75%) Confluence
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.92%) Azure
2 21 (9.17%) AWS
3 10 (4.37%) IaaS
4 8 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.49%) SaaS
5 7 (3.06%) PaaS
6 6 (2.62%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.18%) AWS CodeBuild
7 5 (2.18%) AWS CodeDeploy
7 5 (2.18%) AWS CodePipeline
7 5 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.75%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (1.75%) Azure API Management
8 4 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.31%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.31%) GCP
10 2 (0.87%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 84 (36.68%) Firewall
2 56 (24.45%) Network Security
3 48 (20.96%) VPN
4 37 (16.16%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (4.37%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (2.18%) WAN
7 4 (1.75%) LAN
8 1 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.44%) DHCP
8 1 (0.44%) DNS
8 1 (0.44%) NAS
8 1 (0.44%) SAN
8 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.44%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.55%) Big Data
2 5 (2.18%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.31%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.44%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.06%) Robot Framework
1 7 (3.06%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.75%) JIRA
3 3 (1.31%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.44%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 58 (25.33%) Public Sector
2 34 (14.85%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.68%) Finance
5 11 (4.80%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.93%) Military
7 8 (3.49%) Legal
8 7 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.06%) Publishing
9 5 (2.18%) Back Office
10 4 (1.75%) Banking
11 3 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.44%) Automotive
12 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Marketing
12 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Retail
12 1 (0.44%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 144 (62.88%) Architect
2 89 (38.86%) Security Architect
3 42 (18.34%) Technical Architect
4 38 (16.59%) Lead
5 30 (13.10%) Lead Architect
6 29 (12.66%) Technical Leader
7 24 (10.48%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 21 (9.17%) Senior
9 17 (7.42%) Security Engineer
10 15 (6.55%) Senior Architect
10 15 (6.55%) Senior Security Architect
11 12 (5.24%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (3.93%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.93%) Security Manager
13 8 (3.49%) SOC Manager
14 7 (3.06%) Consultant
14 7 (3.06%) Delivery Manager
15 6 (2.62%) Cloud Engineer
15 6 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
16 5 (2.18%) Digital Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (18.34%) Node.js
2 15 (6.55%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (2.18%) REST
3 5 (2.18%) SOAP
4 3 (1.31%) .NET
4 3 (1.31%) Kafka
4 3 (1.31%) Web Services
5 2 (0.87%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.87%) React Native
6 1 (0.44%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.03%) Public Cloud
2 27 (11.79%) Cyber Defence
3 17 (7.42%) Management Information System
4 15 (6.55%) Distributed Applications
5 14 (6.11%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (5.68%) Product Ownership
7 11 (4.80%) PKI
7 11 (4.80%) Security Posture
8 8 (3.49%) Mobile App
9 7 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.62%) Operational Technology
11 5 (2.18%) Cloud Native
11 5 (2.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (1.31%) IoT
13 2 (0.87%) CSOC
13 2 (0.87%) Cyberattack
14 1 (0.44%) Low-Code
14 1 (0.44%) Onboarding
14 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
14 1 (0.44%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 69 (30.13%) Windows
2 57 (24.89%) Android
2 57 (24.89%) Apple iOS
3 50 (21.83%) Windows Server
4 20 (8.73%) Linux
5 13 (5.68%) Unix
6 7 (3.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.31%) zOS
8 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (36.68%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (29.69%) Risk Management
3 63 (27.51%) Agile
4 60 (26.20%) DevOps
5 53 (23.14%) Information Security
6 48 (20.96%) CI/CD
7 46 (20.09%) SIEM
8 45 (19.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 45 (19.65%) Threat Intelligence
8 45 (19.65%) Zero Trust
9 42 (18.34%) Mobile Device Management
10 33 (14.41%) Design Patterns
11 24 (10.48%) Security Operations
12 23 (10.04%) Cloud Security
13 22 (9.61%) Presales
14 19 (8.30%) Microservices
15 18 (7.86%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (7.42%) Data Management
16 17 (7.42%) Kalman Filter
16 17 (7.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.37%) Python
2 9 (3.93%) Java
3 7 (3.06%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.18%) C#
5 3 (1.31%) PHP
5 3 (1.31%) Ruby
6 2 (0.87%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 148 (64.63%) Security Cleared
2 63 (27.51%) DV Cleared
3 59 (25.76%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.55%) CISSP
5 11 (4.80%) CISM
6 4 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.75%) Degree
7 3 (1.31%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.31%) CCSP
8 1 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.44%) CCDP
8 1 (0.44%) CCIE
8 1 (0.44%) CCNA
8 1 (0.44%) CCNP
8 1 (0.44%) CCSK
8 1 (0.44%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.44%) CRISC
8 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (17.03%) NIST
2 32 (13.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (6.55%) Actionable Recommendations
4 12 (5.24%) RMADS
5 11 (4.80%) NCSC
6 9 (3.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.93%) NIST 800
7 7 (3.06%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.75%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (1.75%) GDPR
8 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.87%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.87%) PMO
10 1 (0.44%) GRC
10 1 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (4.80%) Active Directory
1 11 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.31%) Docker
2 3 (1.31%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.44%) Snort
Systems Management
1 14 (6.11%) Terraform
2 7 (3.06%) Ansible
3 5 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (1.75%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 3 (1.31%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.44%) Kibana
6 1 (0.44%) QRadar
6 1 (0.44%) SCCM
6 1 (0.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (9.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.24%) Cisco
3 11 (4.80%) VMware
4 10 (4.37%) Red Hat
5 9 (3.93%) Splunk
6 7 (3.06%) Google
7 5 (2.18%) Apple
7 5 (2.18%) Oracle
8 3 (1.31%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.31%) F5
8 3 (1.31%) Qualys
9 1 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.44%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.44%) SAP
9 1 (0.44%) Sparx