Security Technical Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Technical Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Technical Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 439 508
Rank change year-on-year +49 +69 -70
Contract jobs requiring a Security Technical Architect 3 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.050% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.053% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £648 £630 -
25th Percentile £681 £675 £768
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £750 £785
Median % change year-on-year - -4.46% +27.64%
75th Percentile £806 £813 £803
90th Percentile £833 - -
UK median daily rate £800 £750 £785
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.46% +27.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Security Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Security Technical Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Technical Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Technical Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Technical Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Technical Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Technical Architect in the UK excluding London

Security Technical Architect
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 Technical Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Scotland +38 1 £650 -
North of England +32 1 £850 +13.33%
North West +27 1 £850 +13.33%
Midlands +26 1 - -
West Midlands +20 1 - -
Security Technical Architect
UK

Security Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Security Technical Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Security Technical Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Agile

Security Technical Architect Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS