Network Security Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 427 495
Rank change year-on-year +52 +68 -55
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 10 19 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.083% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.088% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 9
10th Percentile £474 £505 £515
25th Percentile £616 £534 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £569 £575
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -1.09% -
75th Percentile £775 £609 £638
90th Percentile - £638 £683
UK median daily rate £713 £650 £600
% change year-on-year +9.62% +8.33% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,796 21,663 29,128
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.29% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,463 15,116 20,427
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,267 1,107 1,446
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.02 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.92
90th Percentile £73.85 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Network Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Architect within the UK excluding 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
North of England +27 7 £750 +44.79%
North West +18 7 £750 +54.32%
South East - 3 £700 -
Network Security Architect
UK

Network Security Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Network 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Security Architect in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
2 6 (60.00%) Firewall
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco
4 4 (40.00%) CCIE
4 4 (40.00%) CCNP
4 4 (40.00%) CISSP
4 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (40.00%) CCIE Security
4 4 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (30.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (30.00%) Juniper
6 2 (20.00%) LAN
6 2 (20.00%) WAN
6 2 (20.00%) VPN
6 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
7 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
7 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation

Network Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
2 6 (60.00%) Firewall
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (20.00%) LAN
4 2 (20.00%) VPN
4 2 (20.00%) WAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Agile
1 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CCIE
1 4 (40.00%) CCIE Security
1 4 (40.00%) CCNP
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (40.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Juniper
3 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto