Security Architecture Contracts in Berkshire

Security Architecture
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 82 122
Rank change year-on-year +9 +40 -36
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 48 33 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.49% 1.86% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 2.08% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 9
10th Percentile £78 £533 £486
25th Percentile £450 £559 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +46.34%
75th Percentile £615 £678 £788
90th Percentile £660 £700 £815
South East median daily rate £570 £675 £613
% change year-on-year -15.56% +10.20% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.88 £71.20 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £72.62 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £74.06 -
90th Percentile - £74.18 -
South East median hourly rate £87.46 £72.62 -
% change year-on-year +20.44% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Security Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,694 1,590 2,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.77% 89.73% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 993 1,350
10th Percentile £235 £349 £267
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +7.41%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 53 38
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £26.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.80 £63.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +199.64% -0.12%
75th Percentile £71.89 £74.79 £34.97
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £67.72
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Berkshire

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Berkshire

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Berkshire

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in Berkshire

Security Architecture
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 Architecture 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 -14 19 £366 -43.77% 4
Bracknell - 17 - -
Wokingham +4 4 £475 -13.64%
Slough +9 1 £610 -6.15%
Security Architecture
South East

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.08%) Apache
1 1 (2.08%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) AWS
2 4 (8.33%) Azure API Management
2 4 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 4 (8.33%) IaaS
2 4 (8.33%) PaaS
2 4 (8.33%) SaaS
3 3 (6.25%) Azure Event Grid
3 3 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (43.75%) Firewall
2 19 (39.58%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (8.33%) Network Security
4 3 (6.25%) VPN
5 1 (2.08%) 4G
5 1 (2.08%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Big Data
1 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.08%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.08%) Git
General
1 17 (35.42%) Public Sector
2 3 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (91.67%) Architect
2 42 (87.50%) Security Architect
3 19 (39.58%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 10 (20.83%) Senior
4 10 (20.83%) Senior Architect
4 10 (20.83%) Senior Security Architect
5 4 (8.33%) Lead
6 2 (4.17%) Azure Architect
7 1 (2.08%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Data Architect
7 1 (2.08%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (2.08%) Data Architect
7 1 (2.08%) Lead Architect
7 1 (2.08%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) .NET
1 3 (6.25%) Web Services
2 1 (2.08%) Google JAX
2 1 (2.08%) Kafka
2 1 (2.08%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.08%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.08%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Public Cloud
2 2 (4.17%) CSOC
2 2 (4.17%) IoT
2 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.08%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.08%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (54.17%) DevOps
2 25 (52.08%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (29.17%) Presales
4 10 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (8.33%) Affinity Analysis
5 4 (8.33%) API Management
5 4 (8.33%) Cloud Security
5 4 (8.33%) Data Protection
5 4 (8.33%) DevSecOps
5 4 (8.33%) High Availability
5 4 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (8.33%) Migration
5 4 (8.33%) Network Architecture
6 3 (6.25%) Continuous Deployment
6 3 (6.25%) Cryptography
6 3 (6.25%) Key Management
6 3 (6.25%) Microservices
6 3 (6.25%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (6.25%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (6.25%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.33%) Java
1 4 (8.33%) Python
2 3 (6.25%) C#
2 3 (6.25%) PHP
2 3 (6.25%) Ruby
3 1 (2.08%) C
3 1 (2.08%) C++
3 1 (2.08%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (43.75%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (4.17%) CCSP
4 2 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.17%) CISSP
5 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.08%) CCSK
5 1 (2.08%) CEH
5 1 (2.08%) CISA
5 1 (2.08%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.17%) NIST
2 1 (2.08%) COBIT
2 1 (2.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) NCSC
2 1 (2.08%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.25%) Docker
1 3 (6.25%) Hyper-V
1 3 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 4 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) VMware
3 1 (2.08%) Databricks