Cybersecurity Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £660 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 356 402 507
Rank change year-on-year +46 +105 -68
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 44 36 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.16% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.17% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 12
10th Percentile £104 £597 £529
25th Percentile £523 £650 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £700 £694
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +0.90% +15.63%
75th Percentile £821 £838 £788
90th Percentile £848 - -
UK median daily rate £650 £700 £688
% change year-on-year -7.14% +1.82% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 0
10th Percentile £81.86 £72.13 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £73.21 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.61% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £75.34 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £75.54 -
UK median hourly rate £87.46 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year +16.61% - -

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 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity Architect in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Architect within the UK excluding London 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
South East +16 33 £81 -89.20% 5
North of England +29 7 £660 -5.71% 2
North West +26 6 £670 -4.29% 2
Midlands +21 2 £823 +26.54% 4
South West +5 2 £543 -14.90%
East Midlands - 2 £823 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £600 -
Cybersecurity Architect
UK

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (68.18%) Firewall
3 29 (65.91%) DV Cleared
3 29 (65.91%) Security Cleared
4 27 (61.36%) DevOps
5 24 (54.55%) Intrusion Detection
6 22 (50.00%) Security Architecture
7 17 (38.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (25.00%) Public Sector
9 10 (22.73%) Network Security
10 9 (20.45%) Information Security
11 8 (18.18%) Risk Management
12 7 (15.91%) NIST
12 7 (15.91%) Identity Access Management
13 6 (13.64%) ITIL
13 6 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
14 5 (11.36%) CISSP
14 5 (11.36%) Application Security
15 4 (9.09%) GDPR
15 4 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
15 4 (9.09%) Roadmaps
15 4 (9.09%) Budget Management
15 4 (9.09%) Budgeting
15 4 (9.09%) Information Security Management
15 4 (9.09%) Security Management
15 4 (9.09%) Project Planning
15 4 (9.09%) COBIT
15 4 (9.09%) Capacity Management
15 4 (9.09%) ISACA
15 4 (9.09%) Data Centre

Cybersecurity 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (6.82%) Azure
2 3 (6.82%) IaaS
2 3 (6.82%) PaaS
2 3 (6.82%) SaaS
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (68.18%) Firewall
2 24 (54.55%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (22.73%) Network Security
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
General
1 11 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.27%) Automotive
3 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.27%) Legal
3 1 (2.27%) Local Government
3 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.82%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.55%) CSOC
4 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.27%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (61.36%) DevOps
3 22 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 17 (38.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (20.45%) Information Security
6 8 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 7 (15.91%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (13.64%) ITIL
8 6 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (11.36%) Application Security
10 4 (9.09%) Budget Management
10 4 (9.09%) Budgeting
10 4 (9.09%) Capacity Management
10 4 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
10 4 (9.09%) Information Security Management
10 4 (9.09%) OWASP
10 4 (9.09%) Project Planning
10 4 (9.09%) Roadmaps
10 4 (9.09%) Security Management
11 3 (6.82%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 29 (65.91%) DV Cleared
1 29 (65.91%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.36%) CISSP
3 4 (9.09%) ISACA
4 3 (6.82%) CISM
4 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) NIST
2 4 (9.09%) COBIT
2 4 (9.09%) GDPR
3 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) Cisco
2 1 (2.27%) Darktrace
2 1 (2.27%) Rapid7