Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SABSA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SABSA over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 606 698
Rank change year-on-year +74 +92 -81
Contract jobs citing SABSA 51 90 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 53 100
10th Percentile £525 £605 £495
25th Percentile £600 £650 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £694
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +0.90% +6.73%
75th Percentile £738 £775 £770
90th Percentile £780 £820 £803
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -3.92% -3.70% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SABSA 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,868 52,242 79,883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.23% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,721 36,208 56,080
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,718 1,919
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -6.98%

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SABSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SABSA in the UK

SABSA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SABSA.

Daily rate trend for SABSA in the UK

SABSA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SABSA over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SABSA in the UK

SABSA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SABSA.

Hourly rate trend for SABSA in the UK

SABSA
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SABSA within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +80 45 £708 -4.07% 8
London +66 35 £717 -4.37% 3
Work from Home +85 24 £725 -3.33% 4
UK excluding London +62 7 £625 -3.92% 6
South East +13 4 £600 -9.77% 3
East of England - 2 £649 - 2
South West - 1 £725 -

SABSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.96%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (35.29%) Azure
2 16 (31.37%) AWS
3 9 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (9.80%) IaaS
5 4 (7.84%) GCP
5 4 (7.84%) SaaS
6 3 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.92%) PaaS
8 1 (1.96%) AWS IoT
8 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (29.41%) Network Security
2 8 (15.69%) Firewall
3 7 (13.73%) DNS
4 4 (7.84%) DHCP
4 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
4 4 (7.84%) VLAN
4 4 (7.84%) VPN
5 2 (3.92%) NGFW
6 1 (1.96%) Internet
6 1 (1.96%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
General
1 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (11.76%) Local Government
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
4 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Military
7 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (70.59%) Architect
1 36 (70.59%) Security Architect
2 6 (11.76%) Senior
2 6 (11.76%) Senior Architect
2 6 (11.76%) Senior Security Architect
3 5 (9.80%) Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Security Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Consultant
5 3 (5.88%) Information Officer
5 3 (5.88%) Information Security Officer
5 3 (5.88%) IT Architect
5 3 (5.88%) IT Security Architect
5 3 (5.88%) Security Consultant
5 3 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Security Officer
6 2 (3.92%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (3.92%) Network Security Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Security Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Management Information System
2 8 (15.69%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.88%) IoT
3 3 (5.88%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.92%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (3.92%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.96%) NHS
5 1 (1.96%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (70.59%) Security Architecture
2 32 (62.75%) Information Security
3 31 (60.78%) TOGAF
4 19 (37.25%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (31.37%) Cloud Security
6 14 (27.45%) Risk Management
7 13 (25.49%) Security Management
8 12 (23.53%) Information Assurance
8 12 (23.53%) Information Security Management
9 11 (21.57%) Architectural Patterns
10 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (19.61%) Risk Assessment
11 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
12 6 (11.76%) Agile
12 6 (11.76%) Decision-Making
12 6 (11.76%) SIEM
13 5 (9.80%) Data Protection
13 5 (9.80%) IT Strategy
13 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
13 5 (9.80%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 41 (80.39%) CISSP
2 28 (54.90%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (52.94%) CISM
4 22 (43.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 21 (41.18%) CISA
6 17 (33.33%) CCSK
7 14 (27.45%) Security Cleared
8 12 (23.53%) Degree
9 11 (21.57%) CEH
10 10 (19.61%) CCSP
11 9 (17.65%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (15.69%) CREST Certified
12 8 (15.69%) CRISC
13 7 (13.73%) GIAC
13 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
14 6 (11.76%) CCNA
15 4 (7.84%) APMP
15 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (7.84%) PMP
15 4 (7.84%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (52.94%) NIST
2 25 (49.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (31.37%) NCSC
4 10 (19.61%) NIST 800
5 8 (15.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (7.84%) GDPR
6 4 (7.84%) PCI DSS
7 3 (5.88%) ISO 22301
7 3 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (3.92%) COBIT
8 2 (3.92%) ISO 31000
8 2 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.96%) GRC
9 1 (1.96%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Firmware
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.92%) QRadar
2 1 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (21.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) Cisco
3 2 (3.92%) Splunk
3 2 (3.92%) VMware
3 2 (3.92%) Zscaler
4 1 (1.96%) AlienVault
4 1 (1.96%) Citrix
4 1 (1.96%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.96%) Sparx