Security Architecture Contracts

Security Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 300 329
Rank change year-on-year +82 +29 -20
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 462 531 726
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 0.90% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.00% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 377 510
10th Percentile £504 £513 £513
25th Percentile £600 £605 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £695 £650
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +6.92% +9.24%
75th Percentile £788 £775 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £681 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -2.68% +12.00% +6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 0
10th Percentile - £68.70 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £70.85 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £74.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.19% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £91.88 -
90th Percentile - £96.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.46 £82.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.66% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +71 410 £725 +3.57% 74
UK excluding London +107 251 £681 -2.68% 38
London +34 176 £725 +3.57% 36
Work from Home +56 139 £700 - 26
South East +50 91 £540 -22.86% 9
North of England +66 67 £800 +14.29% 6
North West +63 64 £800 +6.67% 5
South West +7 36 £625 -10.71% 7
Scotland +49 25 £675 +12.50%
Midlands +41 24 £725 +18.37% 5
West Midlands +38 23 £750 +15.38% 4
East of England +3 8 £675 -12.90% 9
Yorkshire +17 3 - - 1
East Midlands +23 1 £700 +33.33% 1

Security Architecture
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 9 (1.95%) Confluence
2 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 82 (17.75%) Azure
2 80 (17.32%) AWS
3 47 (10.17%) SaaS
4 39 (8.44%) IaaS
5 24 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (5.19%) PaaS
6 19 (4.11%) GCP
7 18 (3.90%) Serverless
8 12 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (1.95%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.08%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (1.08%) AWS CodeDeploy
11 5 (1.08%) AWS CodePipeline
12 4 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.87%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (0.87%) Azure API Management
12 4 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.65%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.65%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 119 (25.76%) Firewall
2 91 (19.70%) Network Security
3 53 (11.47%) VPN
4 48 (10.39%) Intrusion Detection
5 14 (3.03%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.16%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (1.95%) DNS
8 8 (1.73%) WAN
9 7 (1.52%) DHCP
9 7 (1.52%) LAN
9 7 (1.52%) SAN
9 7 (1.52%) SSL
10 4 (0.87%) tcpdump
10 4 (0.87%) VLAN
10 4 (0.87%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.43%) SNA
11 2 (0.43%) Wireless
12 1 (0.22%) Internet
12 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.46%) Big Data
2 5 (1.08%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.87%) Apache Hive
3 4 (0.87%) Hadoop
3 4 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.87%) Tableau
4 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.43%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (2.16%) JIRA
2 7 (1.52%) Robot Framework
2 7 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.87%) IDA Disassembler
4 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.65%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Git
General
1 82 (17.75%) Public Sector
2 81 (17.53%) Finance
3 71 (15.37%) Social Skills
4 50 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.25%) Banking
6 14 (3.03%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (1.95%) Legal
9 9 (1.95%) Military
10 8 (1.73%) Publishing
11 6 (1.30%) Back Office
11 6 (1.30%) Local Government
12 5 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.08%) Police
13 4 (0.87%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.65%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.43%) Automotive
16 1 (0.22%) Law
16 1 (0.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 313 (67.75%) Architect
2 236 (51.08%) Security Architect
3 53 (11.47%) Lead
4 51 (11.04%) Technical Architect
5 48 (10.39%) Senior
6 44 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 39 (8.44%) Senior Architect
7 39 (8.44%) Senior Security Architect
8 38 (8.23%) Lead Architect
9 31 (6.71%) Technical Leader
10 28 (6.06%) Cloud Architect
11 22 (4.76%) Security Engineer
12 21 (4.55%) Consultant
12 21 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (3.90%) Security Consultant
14 17 (3.68%) Analyst
15 16 (3.46%) AWS Architect
16 13 (2.81%) Cloud Security Architect
17 12 (2.60%) Enterprise Architect
18 11 (2.38%) Enterprise Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (9.31%) Node.js
2 15 (3.25%) Apache NiFi
3 14 (3.03%) OpenID
3 14 (3.03%) SAML
4 12 (2.60%) XACML
5 8 (1.73%) REST
6 5 (1.08%) Kafka
6 5 (1.08%) SOAP
7 4 (0.87%) OLE
8 3 (0.65%) .NET
8 3 (0.65%) Web Services
9 2 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.43%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.43%) OAuth
9 2 (0.43%) React Native
9 2 (0.43%) SPML
10 1 (0.22%) Pandas
10 1 (0.22%) pytest
10 1 (0.22%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.17%) Public Cloud
2 43 (9.31%) Management Information System
3 39 (8.44%) Cyber Defence
4 23 (4.98%) Cyber Threat
4 23 (4.98%) Security Posture
5 22 (4.76%) Mobile App
6 20 (4.33%) Security Operations Centre
7 19 (4.11%) PKI
8 18 (3.90%) IoT
9 16 (3.46%) Product Ownership
10 15 (3.25%) Distributed Applications
11 10 (2.16%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 8 (1.73%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (1.30%) Cloud Native
15 5 (1.08%) Mainframe
16 4 (0.87%) YARA
17 3 (0.65%) Cyber Security Posture
17 3 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 93 (20.13%) Windows
2 59 (12.77%) Apple iOS
3 58 (12.55%) Android
4 51 (11.04%) Windows Server
5 40 (8.66%) Linux
6 19 (4.11%) Unix
7 7 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.65%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.65%) zOS
9 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (38.96%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (24.24%) Information Security
3 110 (23.81%) Risk Management
4 89 (19.26%) Agile
4 89 (19.26%) Cloud Security
5 79 (17.10%) DevOps
6 74 (16.02%) SIEM
7 57 (12.34%) Zero Trust
8 55 (11.90%) CI/CD
9 50 (10.82%) Design Patterns
9 50 (10.82%) Threat Intelligence
10 49 (10.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 45 (9.74%) Mobile Device Management
12 42 (9.09%) Roadmaps
13 40 (8.66%) Security Operations
14 39 (8.44%) Business Strategy
15 36 (7.79%) Application Security
16 35 (7.58%) DevSecOps
16 35 (7.58%) SABSA
16 35 (7.58%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.33%) Python
2 14 (3.03%) Java
3 10 (2.16%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.30%) C#
5 4 (0.87%) C++
6 3 (0.65%) PHP
6 3 (0.65%) Ruby
7 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.22%) C
8 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 219 (47.40%) Security Cleared
2 104 (22.51%) SC Cleared
3 96 (20.78%) DV Cleared
4 78 (16.88%) CISSP
5 65 (14.07%) CISM
6 28 (6.06%) CISA
7 24 (5.19%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (4.55%) Degree
9 17 (3.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 17 (3.68%) SANS
10 16 (3.46%) CRISC
11 11 (2.38%) CCSK
11 11 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (1.73%) CEH
12 8 (1.73%) CREST Certified
13 7 (1.52%) CTC Cleared
14 6 (1.30%) CCSP
14 6 (1.30%) GIAC
15 5 (1.08%) CCNA
16 4 (0.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (24.24%) NIST
2 76 (16.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (9.09%) NCSC
4 24 (5.19%) RMADS
5 21 (4.55%) GDPR
5 21 (4.55%) NIST 800
6 20 (4.33%) PCI DSS
7 17 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 16 (3.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (1.30%) Accessibility
11 5 (1.08%) HIPAA
11 5 (1.08%) ISO 31000
11 5 (1.08%) QA
12 4 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.65%) GPG13
13 3 (0.65%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.43%) COBIT
14 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (3.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.08%) RACF
5 4 (0.87%) Docker
5 4 (0.87%) Snort
6 3 (0.65%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.43%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.22%) Firmware
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (6.49%) Terraform
2 20 (4.33%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (3.90%) Ansible
4 16 (3.46%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 7 (1.52%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.08%) zSecure
7 4 (0.87%) Kibana
7 4 (0.87%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.65%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.65%) SCCM
9 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.43%) Puppet
9 2 (0.43%) vRealize
9 2 (0.43%) VxRail
9 2 (0.43%) WSUS
10 1 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.22%) QRadar
10 1 (0.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 71 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.33%) VMware
3 17 (3.68%) Google
3 17 (3.68%) Splunk
4 14 (3.03%) Okta
5 12 (2.60%) Cisco
5 12 (2.60%) IBM
6 10 (2.16%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.73%) Oracle
8 6 (1.30%) Apple
8 6 (1.30%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.08%) Qualys
10 3 (0.65%) AlienVault
10 3 (0.65%) ArcSight
10 3 (0.65%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.65%) F5
10 3 (0.65%) NetIQ
10 3 (0.65%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.43%) LogRhythm
11 2 (0.43%) Palo Alto