AWS Security Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect) daily rate in Work from Home is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 455 623
Rank change year-on-year +114 +168 -136
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Security Architect 7 6 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.048% 0.025% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.026% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile - - £520
25th Percentile £600 - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £588
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +10.64% -0.42%
75th Percentile £930 £691 £628
90th Percentile - £764 £634
UK median daily rate £700 £650 £675
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +1.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,691 22,958 42,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.26% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 16,282 30,640
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +43.84% +57.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

AWS Security Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured AWS Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

AWS Security Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

AWS Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing AWS Security Architect.

AWS Security Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

AWS Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing AWS Security Architect over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

AWS Security Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

AWS Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, AWS 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring AWS Security Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Network Security
3 3 (42.86%) CISSP
4 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 2 (28.57%) CISM
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (28.57%) Amazon S3
4 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
4 2 (28.57%) IaaS
4 2 (28.57%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) SaaS
4 2 (28.57%) PaaS
4 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
4 2 (28.57%) AWS Certification
4 2 (28.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (14.29%) NCSC
5 1 (14.29%) NIST

AWS Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (28.57%) Amazon S3
2 2 (28.57%) IaaS
2 2 (28.57%) PaaS
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
2 2 (28.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Amazon RDS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Information Security
1 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
2 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
2 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Event-Driven
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) AWS Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) GIAC
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Atlassian
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft