Security Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Security Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 93 120
Rank change year-on-year +39 +27 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 68 22 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.52% 1.24% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.78% 1.31% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 6
10th Percentile £111 £600 £531
25th Percentile £478 £606 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -3.70% +14.11%
75th Percentile £624 £688 £763
90th Percentile £695 £762 £800
South East median daily rate £650 £700 £588
% change year-on-year -7.14% +19.15% -0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 0
10th Percentile £81.86 £72.13 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £73.21 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.61% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £75.34 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £75.54 -
South East median hourly rate £87.46 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year +16.61% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,801 1,681 2,267
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 94.86% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 1,047 1,457
10th Percentile £243 £325 £213
25th Percentile £388 £419 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 59 37
10th Percentile £19.23 £17.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £42.00 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.06 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +207.98% -2.33%
75th Percentile £76.12 £74.90 £34.89
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.40 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Berkshire

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Berkshire

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Berkshire

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in Berkshire

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Reading +12 38 £500 -25.93% 3
Bracknell - 20 £500 -
Slough +9 1 £610 -6.15%
Security Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 49 (72.06%) Security Cleared
2 42 (61.76%) Security Architecture
3 35 (51.47%) Cybersecurity
4 34 (50.00%) Firewall
4 34 (50.00%) DevOps
5 33 (48.53%) DV Cleared
6 31 (45.59%) Intrusion Detection
7 19 (27.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (25.00%) Public Sector
9 13 (19.12%) Presales
10 8 (11.76%) Risk Management
11 7 (10.29%) Azure
12 6 (8.82%) Network Security
12 6 (8.82%) ITIL
12 6 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
13 5 (7.35%) GDPR
13 5 (7.35%) Threat Modelling
13 5 (7.35%) NIST
13 5 (7.35%) Application Security
13 5 (7.35%) Information Security
13 5 (7.35%) COBIT
14 4 (5.88%) AWS
14 4 (5.88%) OWASP
14 4 (5.88%) ISACA
14 4 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
14 4 (5.88%) Capacity Management
14 4 (5.88%) Project Planning
14 4 (5.88%) Information Security Management
14 4 (5.88%) Security Management
14 4 (5.88%) Conflict Resolution

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 7 (10.29%) Azure
2 4 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (50.00%) Firewall
2 31 (45.59%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (8.82%) Network Security
4 1 (1.47%) 4G
4 1 (1.47%) 5G
4 1 (1.47%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Git
General
1 17 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (4.41%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.94%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) OAuth
1 2 (2.94%) OpenID
1 2 (2.94%) SAML
2 1 (1.47%) Google JAX
2 1 (1.47%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.47%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.94%) CSOC
2 2 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.47%) IoT
3 1 (1.47%) iPad
3 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.47%) PKI
3 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (61.76%) Security Architecture
2 35 (51.47%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (50.00%) DevOps
4 19 (27.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (19.12%) Presales
6 8 (11.76%) Risk Management
7 6 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (8.82%) ITIL
8 5 (7.35%) Application Security
8 5 (7.35%) Information Security
8 5 (7.35%) Threat Modelling
9 4 (5.88%) Budget Management
9 4 (5.88%) Budgeting
9 4 (5.88%) Capacity Management
9 4 (5.88%) Information Security Management
9 4 (5.88%) OWASP
9 4 (5.88%) Project Planning
9 4 (5.88%) Roadmaps
9 4 (5.88%) Security Management
9 4 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.94%) C
1 2 (2.94%) C++
1 2 (2.94%) Python
2 1 (1.47%) Java
2 1 (1.47%) R
Qualifications
1 49 (72.06%) Security Cleared
2 33 (48.53%) DV Cleared
3 4 (5.88%) ISACA
4 2 (2.94%) CISSP
4 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.47%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.47%) CCSP
5 1 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.47%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.35%) COBIT
1 5 (7.35%) GDPR
1 5 (7.35%) NIST
2 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.47%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto