IT Security Architect Contracts

IT Security Architect
UK

The median IT Security Architect daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 681 840
Rank change year-on-year +105 +159 -175
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Architect 6 31 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.052% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.054% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 22 11
10th Percentile - £675 £475
25th Percentile £675 £680 £627
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £693 £710
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -2.46% +7.98%
75th Percentile £731 £750 £763
90th Percentile £735 - £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £713 £680 £675
% change year-on-year +4.78% +0.74% +19.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

IT Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Architect in the UK

IT Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Security Architect.

Daily rate trend for IT Security Architect in the UK

IT Security Architect
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +102 6 £700 +1.08% 3
London +91 4 £700 -6.67% 2
Work from Home +105 3 £700 +2.19% 1
UK excluding London +47 2 £713 +4.78% 1
South West - 2 £713 - 1

IT Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, IT Security 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 featuring IT Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
2 4 (66.67%) SABSA
2 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) CCSK
3 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (50.00%) CRISC
3 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (50.00%) GIAC
3 3 (50.00%) CISA
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) IaaS
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
5 1 (16.67%) Architectural Design
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
5 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (16.67%) SANS
5 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy

IT Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) SABSA
2 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Communications Security
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Information Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) CCSK
2 3 (50.00%) CISA
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CRISC
2 3 (50.00%) GIAC
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) FFIEC
4 1 (16.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) COBIT
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware