Security Architecture Contracts in Manchester

Security Architecture
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 93 128
Rank change year-on-year +47 +35 -50
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 48 16 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.32% 0.90% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 1.00% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 11 15
10th Percentile £760 £669 £543
25th Percentile £775 £688 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £750 £635
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +18.11% +9.96%
75th Percentile - £819 £688
90th Percentile - £838 £768
North West median daily rate £800 £750 £625
% change year-on-year +6.67% +20.00% +5.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,237 1,602 2,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 85.55% 90.51% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 826 1,184 1,824
10th Percentile £325 £319 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 51 53
10th Percentile £12.47 £15.72 £11.44
25th Percentile £13.66 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +35.14% +13.99%
75th Percentile £60.94 £39.18 £56.25
90th Percentile £73.10 £66.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £27.50 £30.54 £23.39
% change year-on-year -9.95% +30.57% +29.12%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Manchester

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Manchester

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Manchester over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Manchester

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (10.42%) AWS
2 3 (6.25%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 41 (85.42%) Firewall
2 40 (83.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (12.50%) Legal
1 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.17%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.08%) Automotive
3 1 (2.08%) Banking
3 1 (2.08%) Finance
3 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (95.83%) Architect
2 38 (79.17%) Technical Architect
3 28 (58.33%) Lead
3 28 (58.33%) Lead Architect
3 28 (58.33%) Technical Leader
4 8 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Digital Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Digital Technical Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Lead Cloud Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Mobile Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) Firewall Architect
8 1 (2.08%) Information Security Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 1 (2.08%) IT Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) IT Security Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) Lead Security Architect
8 1 (2.08%) Security Technical Architect
8 1 (2.08%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (87.50%) Node.js
2 2 (4.17%) React Native
3 1 (2.08%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 29 (60.42%) Public Cloud
2 9 (18.75%) Product Ownership
3 7 (14.58%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.17%) PKI
4 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 44 (91.67%) Windows
2 43 (89.58%) Android
2 43 (89.58%) Apple iOS
3 42 (87.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.17%) Linux
5 1 (2.08%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (89.58%) Zero Trust
2 42 (87.50%) CI/CD
3 41 (85.42%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 41 (85.42%) Mobile Device Management
3 41 (85.42%) Risk Management
3 41 (85.42%) Threat Intelligence
4 32 (66.67%) Agile
5 31 (64.58%) DevOps
6 27 (56.25%) Design Patterns
7 13 (27.08%) Microservices
8 10 (20.83%) Roadmaps
9 9 (18.75%) Product Strategy
9 9 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
10 7 (14.58%) Product Roadmap
10 7 (14.58%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (14.58%) User Experience
11 4 (8.33%) Containerisation
12 2 (4.17%) Cloud Security
12 2 (4.17%) Decision-Making
12 2 (4.17%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 28 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 27 (56.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.08%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (4.17%) NIST
2 1 (2.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.08%) NCSC
2 1 (2.08%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (10.42%) Apple
1 5 (10.42%) Google
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.08%) F5
3 1 (2.08%) Qualys
3 1 (2.08%) Splunk