Lead Security Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Lead Security Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £609 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 429 503
Rank change year-on-year +36 +74 -78
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 5 18 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.079% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.083% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 3
10th Percentile - £606 £610
25th Percentile £567 £623 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £609 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £719 £788 £700
90th Percentile £798 £794 £715
UK median daily rate £725 £711 £640
% change year-on-year +1.93% +11.13% -1.54%

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 19,265 21,604 29,212
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.27% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,031 20,565
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
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 2,432 1,082 1,393
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.88
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 £61.19
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Lead Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

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

Lead 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 Lead Security Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +23 2 £709 +16.91%
North West +11 2 £709 +16.91%
Midlands +23 1 £567 -6.44%
South East +10 1 - -
East Midlands +8 1 £567 -6.44%
Scotland - 1 £650 -
Lead Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Lead 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 Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (40.00%) Application Security
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management

Lead 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 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Application Security
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (20.00%) Presales
4 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS