Security Architect Contracts

Security Architect
UK

The median Security Architect daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 266 286
Rank change year-on-year +37 +20 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 459 592 859
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.06% 0.99% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.05% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 413 586
10th Percentile £514 £538 £538
25th Percentile £625 £625 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £669
Median % change year-on-year - +4.67% +4.90%
75th Percentile £775 £760 £770
90th Percentile £825 £838 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £670 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -4.36% +12.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 0
10th Percentile £81.86 - -
25th Percentile £81.88 - -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.94% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile £87.53 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +24.94% - -

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 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
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 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +67 395 £700 - 58
London +31 203 £725 +3.57% 29
UK excluding London +83 188 £670 -4.36% 31
Work from Home +9 159 £700 +2.94% 25
South East +87 103 £650 -7.14% 11
North of England +52 45 £669 -4.43% 3
North West +26 32 £669 -4.43% 2
South West +8 16 £725 +3.57% 4
Yorkshire +32 14 £663 -5.36% 1
Scotland +26 13 £700 +3.70%
Midlands -8 6 £750 +10.29% 4
East of England +7 5 £675 -18.18% 7
West Midlands +5 5 £813 +19.49% 2
North East +19 1 - -
East Midlands +17 1 £567 -8.84% 2

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 235 (51.20%) Security Architecture
2 182 (39.65%) Security Cleared
3 154 (33.55%) Cybersecurity
4 105 (22.88%) NIST
5 97 (21.13%) SC Cleared
6 92 (20.04%) Azure
6 92 (20.04%) CISSP
7 88 (19.17%) Cloud Security
8 85 (18.52%) Firewall
9 78 (16.99%) Finance
9 78 (16.99%) Network Security
10 77 (16.78%) Information Security
11 74 (16.12%) Risk Management
12 73 (15.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 72 (15.69%) DV Cleared
13 72 (15.69%) AWS
14 60 (13.07%) Microsoft
15 57 (12.42%) DevOps
16 56 (12.20%) Public Sector
16 56 (12.20%) CISM
17 45 (9.80%) Agile
17 45 (9.80%) Social Skills
18 44 (9.59%) PKI
19 42 (9.15%) Application Security
20 41 (8.93%) TOGAF
20 41 (8.93%) Intrusion Detection
21 40 (8.71%) Identity Access Management
21 40 (8.71%) Architectural Patterns
22 38 (8.28%) Threat Modelling
22 38 (8.28%) CISA

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 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.44%) Confluence
2 2 (0.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.22%) nginx
3 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.87%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.65%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 92 (20.04%) Azure
2 72 (15.69%) AWS
3 38 (8.28%) SaaS
4 33 (7.19%) IaaS
5 27 (5.88%) GCP
6 23 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.14%) PaaS
8 15 (3.27%) Serverless
9 14 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (2.61%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.18%) Akamai
12 7 (1.53%) Cloudflare
13 6 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (1.09%) WhatsApp
15 4 (0.87%) Azure Key Vault
16 3 (0.65%) Amazon S3
16 3 (0.65%) Power Platform
16 3 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 2 (0.44%) Amazon Kinesis
17 2 (0.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 85 (18.52%) Firewall
2 78 (16.99%) Network Security
3 41 (8.93%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (1.74%) LAN
4 8 (1.74%) SAN
4 8 (1.74%) SSL
4 8 (1.74%) WAN
5 6 (1.31%) DNS
6 5 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.09%) VPN
7 4 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (0.87%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.87%) Wireless
7 4 (0.87%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.44%) HTTP
9 1 (0.22%) DHCP
9 1 (0.22%) DSL
9 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.22%) Internet
9 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.09%) NoSQL
2 4 (0.87%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Hive
4 2 (0.44%) Big Data
4 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.44%) Bigtable
4 2 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.44%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.44%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.44%) HBase
4 2 (0.44%) IBM BigInsights
4 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.44%) Parquet
4 2 (0.44%) PolyBase
4 2 (0.44%) Sqoop
5 1 (0.22%) MySQL
5 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (2.61%) Robot Framework
1 12 (2.61%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (1.31%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.87%) GitLab
4 3 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.44%) JIRA
5 2 (0.44%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
General
1 78 (16.99%) Finance
2 56 (12.20%) Public Sector
3 45 (9.80%) Social Skills
4 22 (4.79%) Banking
5 17 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.40%) Financial Institution
6 11 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.74%) Legal
8 6 (1.31%) Local Government
8 6 (1.31%) Retail
9 4 (0.87%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.44%) Electronics
10 2 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.44%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.44%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.22%) Automotive
11 1 (0.22%) Back Office
11 1 (0.22%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.22%) Marketing
11 1 (0.22%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.14%) OpenID
2 17 (3.70%) SAML
3 12 (2.61%) XACML
4 9 (1.96%) OAuth
5 6 (1.31%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.65%) Kafka
6 3 (0.65%) PyTorch
6 3 (0.65%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.65%) SOAP
6 3 (0.65%) TensorFlow
6 3 (0.65%) XML
7 2 (0.44%) Apache Avro
7 2 (0.44%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (0.44%) SPML
8 1 (0.22%) JSON
8 1 (0.22%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.22%) Node.js
8 1 (0.22%) RESTful
8 1 (0.22%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.59%) PKI
2 34 (7.41%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.92%) IoT
3 18 (3.92%) Security Posture
4 15 (3.27%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.05%) Operational Technology
6 10 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (1.96%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.74%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 7 (1.53%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.31%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.87%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.65%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.65%) Credit Risk
13 3 (0.65%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.66%) Windows
2 13 (2.83%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.61%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.09%) Linux
5 4 (0.87%) Unix
6 1 (0.22%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (51.20%) Security Architecture
2 154 (33.55%) Cybersecurity
3 88 (19.17%) Cloud Security
4 77 (16.78%) Information Security
5 74 (16.12%) Risk Management
6 57 (12.42%) DevOps
7 45 (9.80%) Agile
8 42 (9.15%) Application Security
9 41 (8.93%) TOGAF
10 40 (8.71%) Architectural Patterns
10 40 (8.71%) Identity Access Management
11 38 (8.28%) Threat Modelling
12 37 (8.06%) SABSA
13 35 (7.63%) Business Strategy
14 34 (7.41%) Data Loss Prevention
14 34 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (7.19%) DevSecOps
15 33 (7.19%) Roadmaps
16 32 (6.97%) Penetration Testing
17 29 (6.32%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.23%) Python
2 15 (3.27%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.09%) Java
3 5 (1.09%) SQL
4 2 (0.44%) C++
4 2 (0.44%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 182 (39.65%) Security Cleared
2 97 (21.13%) SC Cleared
3 92 (20.04%) CISSP
4 72 (15.69%) DV Cleared
5 56 (12.20%) CISM
6 38 (8.28%) CISA
7 30 (6.54%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (5.66%) Degree
9 21 (4.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 20 (4.36%) SANS
11 16 (3.49%) CCSK
11 16 (3.49%) CRISC
12 13 (2.83%) GIAC
13 10 (2.18%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.74%) CCNP
14 8 (1.74%) CREST Certified
15 6 (1.31%) CEH
15 6 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (1.09%) Azure Certification
16 5 (1.09%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (22.88%) NIST
2 73 (15.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (6.32%) NCSC
4 26 (5.66%) GDPR
5 14 (3.05%) PCI DSS
6 10 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (2.18%) NIST 800
7 8 (1.74%) COBIT
7 8 (1.74%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.53%) RMADS
9 4 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.87%) GRC
10 3 (0.65%) GPG13
10 3 (0.65%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.65%) QA
11 2 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.22%) ISA99
12 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (4.79%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.87%) RACF
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (6.32%) Terraform
2 23 (5.01%) Ansible
3 13 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.87%) zSecure
5 3 (0.65%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.65%) PingFederate
6 2 (0.44%) Ambari
6 2 (0.44%) Oozie
6 2 (0.44%) QRadar
7 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.22%) Kibana
7 1 (0.22%) logstash
7 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 60 (13.07%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.27%) IBM
3 14 (3.05%) VMware
4 12 (2.61%) Okta
5 11 (2.40%) Google
6 9 (1.96%) CyberArk
7 8 (1.74%) F5
7 8 (1.74%) Palo Alto
7 8 (1.74%) SAP
8 7 (1.53%) Cisco
9 6 (1.31%) Oracle
10 4 (0.87%) LogRhythm
10 4 (0.87%) Ping Identity
10 4 (0.87%) Sparx
11 3 (0.65%) ForeScout
11 3 (0.65%) NetIQ
11 3 (0.65%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.65%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.65%) Splunk
12 2 (0.44%) Atlassian