Security Architect Contracts in the South West

Security Architect
England > South West

The median Security Architect daily rate in the South West is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 132 139
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 16 29 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.51% 0.84% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.91% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 31
10th Percentile £481 £600 £600
25th Percentile £581 £634 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £725
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +17.89%
75th Percentile £763 £725 £788
90th Percentile £775 £780 £825
England median daily rate £725 £700 £675
% change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +24.94% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 2,948 3,181 3,523
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 92.44% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,875 2,378 2,516
10th Percentile £213 £275 £223
25th Percentile £400 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £613 £644 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 413 250 216
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +39.78% +9.41%
75th Percentile £71.25 £72.98 £63.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.44 £69.05
England median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
% change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the South West

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in the South West

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the South West

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in the South West

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Wiltshire +1 11 £725 +3.57% 4
Bristol -3 5 £713 +1.79% 1
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 21 May 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 South West region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 14 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
3 7 (43.75%) DV Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) CISSP
5 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (25.00%) HIPAA
5 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 4 (25.00%) GDPR
6 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
6 3 (18.75%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (18.75%) Data Virtualisation
6 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (18.75%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
6 3 (18.75%) Information Assurance
6 3 (18.75%) Azure
6 3 (18.75%) Data Architecture
6 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
6 3 (18.75%) Information Security
6 3 (18.75%) Teamcenter
6 3 (18.75%) Data Security
6 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
6 3 (18.75%) Legal
6 3 (18.75%) SOAP
6 3 (18.75%) XML
7 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
7 2 (12.50%) Firewall
7 2 (12.50%) Network Security
7 2 (12.50%) AWS
7 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (18.75%) Legal
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) SOAP
1 3 (18.75%) XML
2 1 (6.25%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Cyberattack
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Private Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (18.75%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
2 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (18.75%) Data Architecture
2 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
2 3 (18.75%) Data Security
2 3 (18.75%) Data Virtualisation
2 3 (18.75%) Information Assurance
2 3 (18.75%) Information Security
2 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
2 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (6.25%) Interaction Design
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Network Management
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
3 7 (43.75%) DV Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) CISSP
5 1 (6.25%) CCNP
5 1 (6.25%) CCSP
5 1 (6.25%) CISA
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.25%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GDPR
1 4 (25.00%) HIPAA
1 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (12.50%) NIST
3 1 (6.25%) GRC
3 1 (6.25%) JSP 440
3 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco
1 1 (6.25%) Google