Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Security Architect
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Security Architect daily rate in Wokingham is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 2.09% - 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.58% - 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £750
75th Percentile £526 - -
90th Percentile £572 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £531 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +6.10% -16.67% -9.43%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 155 85 77
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.15% 98.84% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 63 45
10th Percentile £340 £325 £309
25th Percentile £393 £350 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% -13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £675
90th Percentile £630 £610 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £14.15 - -
90th Percentile £14.24 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.80 £58.75
% change year-on-year -47.71% +5.18% +142.27%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Wokingham

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Wokingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Wokingham

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

For the 6 months to 30 August 2025, 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 across the Wokingham region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (50.00%) Apache Axis
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Ruby
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) SOA
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) SOA
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) Ruby
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On