Security Architecture Contracts in London

Security Architecture
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 227 303
Rank change year-on-year -1 +76 -19
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 174 272 347
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.00% 1.05% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.16% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 189 220
10th Percentile £500 £516 £506
25th Percentile £616 £625 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £780 £800 £770
90th Percentile £834 £856 £863
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +9.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £82.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.66% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,495 23,478 35,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.88% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,110 16,936 26,017
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 270 417
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £38.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% +2.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.48
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.28 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Central London +54 25 £738 +0.89% 3
East London -10 5 £770 +2.67%
West London -2 3 £686 -16.82%
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (1.15%) Confluence
2 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 44 (25.29%) AWS
2 37 (21.26%) SaaS
3 35 (20.11%) Azure
4 28 (16.09%) IaaS
5 17 (9.77%) Serverless
6 16 (9.20%) PaaS
7 14 (8.05%) GCP
8 11 (6.32%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.72%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.57%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.57%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.57%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.57%) OCI
11 1 (0.57%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.64%) Firewall
2 21 (12.07%) Network Security
3 8 (4.60%) SSL
4 6 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (2.30%) DNS
5 4 (2.30%) SAN
5 4 (2.30%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.15%) DHCP
7 1 (0.57%) 4G
7 1 (0.57%) Internet
7 1 (0.57%) LAN
7 1 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.57%) VPN
7 1 (0.57%) WAN
7 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.57%) Metadata
1 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.57%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (36.21%) Finance
2 23 (13.22%) Social Skills
3 18 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.60%) Banking
4 8 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.87%) Police
6 3 (1.72%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.15%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.57%) French Language
8 1 (0.57%) Law
8 1 (0.57%) Legal
8 1 (0.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 141 (81.03%) Architect
2 120 (68.97%) Security Architect
3 24 (13.79%) Senior
4 21 (12.07%) Senior Architect
4 21 (12.07%) Senior Security Architect
5 16 (9.20%) Cloud Architect
6 15 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 15 (8.62%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (7.47%) Consultant
7 13 (7.47%) Security Consultant
8 12 (6.90%) Cloud Security Architect
9 11 (6.32%) AWS Architect
10 10 (5.75%) AWS Security Architect
11 9 (5.17%) Lead
12 8 (4.60%) Enterprise Architect
12 8 (4.60%) Technical Architect
13 7 (4.02%) Enterprise Security Architect
13 7 (4.02%) Senior Cloud Architect
14 6 (3.45%) CISSP Architect
14 6 (3.45%) Domain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.05%) OpenID
1 14 (8.05%) SAML
2 12 (6.90%) XACML
3 3 (1.72%) REST
4 2 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.15%) Kafka
4 2 (1.15%) OAuth
4 2 (1.15%) SPML
5 1 (0.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.49%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.05%) IoT
3 13 (7.47%) Mobile App
4 11 (6.32%) Security Posture
5 10 (5.75%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (4.60%) PKI
6 8 (4.60%) Public Cloud
7 6 (3.45%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.45%) Mainframe
8 5 (2.87%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.30%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.15%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.15%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.57%) Life Science
12 1 (0.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.62%) Linux
2 14 (8.05%) Windows
3 3 (1.72%) Unix
4 2 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.57%) Android
5 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (37.36%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (30.46%) Cloud Security
3 40 (22.99%) Information Security
4 29 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 27 (15.52%) DevSecOps
6 25 (14.37%) Application Security
7 23 (13.22%) Architectural Patterns
8 22 (12.64%) Agile
9 21 (12.07%) SABSA
10 20 (11.49%) TOGAF
11 19 (10.92%) Business Strategy
11 19 (10.92%) Enterprise Architecture
12 18 (10.34%) Roadmaps
13 17 (9.77%) Deployment Automation
13 17 (9.77%) Design Patterns
13 17 (9.77%) DevOps
13 17 (9.77%) SIEM
14 16 (9.20%) Data Loss Prevention
14 16 (9.20%) Risk Assessment
14 16 (9.20%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.60%) Python
2 7 (4.02%) Java
3 6 (3.45%) C++
4 2 (1.15%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.57%) C
5 1 (0.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 48 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 43 (24.71%) CISSP
3 38 (21.84%) SC Cleared
4 37 (21.26%) CISM
5 23 (13.22%) CISA
6 17 (9.77%) DV Cleared
7 15 (8.62%) CRISC
7 15 (8.62%) SANS
8 11 (6.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (6.32%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (5.17%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (4.60%) CREST Certified
11 7 (4.02%) CTC Cleared
11 7 (4.02%) Degree
12 6 (3.45%) CCSK
13 5 (2.87%) GIAC
14 3 (1.72%) CCSP
14 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (1.15%) CEH
15 2 (1.15%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (30.46%) NIST
2 29 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (8.62%) NCSC
4 11 (6.32%) GDPR
4 11 (6.32%) NIST 800
5 10 (5.75%) PCI DSS
6 8 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (2.87%) ISO 31000
9 4 (2.30%) Accessibility
9 4 (2.30%) QA
10 3 (1.72%) GPG13
11 2 (1.15%) COBIT
12 1 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.57%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 6 (3.45%) RACF
2 3 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.57%) Docker
3 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (7.47%) Single Sign-On
1 13 (7.47%) Terraform
2 9 (5.17%) Ansible
3 6 (3.45%) zSecure
4 4 (2.30%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.15%) SCCM
6 2 (1.15%) WSUS
7 1 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.57%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.57%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 29 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.05%) IBM
3 13 (7.47%) Okta
4 6 (3.45%) Google
4 6 (3.45%) VMware
5 3 (1.72%) Oracle
5 3 (1.72%) Rapid7
5 3 (1.72%) Splunk
6 2 (1.15%) AlienVault
6 2 (1.15%) ArcSight
6 2 (1.15%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.15%) CA
6 2 (1.15%) Sophos
7 1 (0.57%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (0.57%) Confluent
7 1 (0.57%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.57%) Databricks
7 1 (0.57%) Informatica
7 1 (0.57%) Thales
7 1 (0.57%) Zscaler