Security Architecture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 82 116 138
Rank change year-on-year +34 +22 -24
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 50 34 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.89% 1.19% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 1.31% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 25 21
10th Percentile £78 £510 £525
25th Percentile £456 £550 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.04% +11.87%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £725
90th Percentile £725 £700 £788
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
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
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 the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the Thames Valley

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +9 48 £500 -20.00% 5
Buckinghamshire +32 2 £725 +45.00%
Security Architecture
South East

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (2.00%) Apache
1 1 (2.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) Azure
2 5 (10.00%) IaaS
2 5 (10.00%) PaaS
2 5 (10.00%) SaaS
3 4 (8.00%) AWS
3 4 (8.00%) Azure API Management
3 4 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.00%) Azure Event Grid
4 3 (6.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (42.00%) Firewall
2 19 (38.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (8.00%) Network Security
3 4 (8.00%) VPN
4 1 (2.00%) 4G
4 1 (2.00%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Big Data
1 1 (2.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.00%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.00%) Git
General
1 17 (34.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (6.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.00%) Finance
4 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (90.00%) Architect
2 42 (84.00%) Security Architect
3 19 (38.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 10 (20.00%) Senior
4 10 (20.00%) Senior Architect
4 10 (20.00%) Senior Security Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Lead
6 2 (4.00%) Azure Architect
7 1 (2.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 1 (2.00%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (2.00%) Consultant
7 1 (2.00%) Data Architect
7 1 (2.00%) IT Consultant
7 1 (2.00%) IT Security Consultant
7 1 (2.00%) Lead Architect
7 1 (2.00%) Lead Security Architect
7 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Architect
7 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Technical Architect
7 1 (2.00%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) .NET
1 3 (6.00%) Web Services
2 1 (2.00%) Google JAX
2 1 (2.00%) Kafka
2 1 (2.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (2.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (4.00%) CSOC
2 2 (4.00%) IoT
2 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.00%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.00%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Linux
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (52.00%) DevOps
2 25 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (28.00%) Presales
4 10 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (10.00%) Cloud Security
5 5 (10.00%) Migration
6 4 (8.00%) Affinity Analysis
6 4 (8.00%) API Management
6 4 (8.00%) Cryptography
6 4 (8.00%) Data Protection
6 4 (8.00%) DevSecOps
6 4 (8.00%) High Availability
6 4 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (8.00%) Key Management
6 4 (8.00%) Microservices
6 4 (8.00%) Network Architecture
7 3 (6.00%) Continuous Deployment
7 3 (6.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 3 (6.00%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (6.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) Java
1 4 (8.00%) Python
2 3 (6.00%) C#
2 3 (6.00%) PHP
2 3 (6.00%) Ruby
3 1 (2.00%) C
3 1 (2.00%) C++
3 1 (2.00%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (42.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (4.00%) CCSP
4 2 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.00%) CISSP
5 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.00%) CCSK
5 1 (2.00%) CEH
5 1 (2.00%) CISA
5 1 (2.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.00%) NIST
2 1 (2.00%) COBIT
2 1 (2.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) NCSC
2 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) Docker
2 3 (6.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (8.00%) VMware
2 1 (2.00%) Databricks
2 1 (2.00%) Salesforce