Security Architect Contracts

Security Architect
UK

The median Security Architect daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 253 295
Rank change year-on-year +38 +42 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 457 601 829
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 1.05% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.11% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 423 569
10th Percentile £528 £538 £538
25th Percentile £625 £625 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £779 £775 £770
90th Percentile £836 £838 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £668 £681 £632
% change year-on-year -1.91% +7.67% +4.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 0
10th Percentile £81.86 - -
25th Percentile £81.88 - -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.94% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 - -
90th Percentile £87.53 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +24.94% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,476 54,050 83,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,679 37,739 58,629
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,507 2,053
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.88
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.70 £76.10 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +47 406 £722 +3.18% 54
London +34 212 £750 +7.14% 19
UK excluding London +49 181 £668 -1.91% 32
Work from Home -11 147 £700 +2.94% 28
South East +82 104 £650 -7.83% 8
North of England +32 47 £668 +6.80% 6
North West +20 33 £669 +7.04% 5
South West +6 16 £725 +3.57% 5
Yorkshire +33 15 £606 -13.39% 1
Scotland +32 6 £693 +2.59% 1
Midlands 0 6 £750 +12.23% 4
West Midlands -6 5 £813 +19.49% 4
East of England -1 2 £675 -18.18% 6
North East +11 1 - -
East Midlands +11 1 £567 -6.44%

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, 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 featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 235 (51.42%) Security Architecture
2 172 (37.64%) Security Cleared
3 148 (32.39%) Cybersecurity
4 101 (22.10%) NIST
5 95 (20.79%) Cloud Security
6 94 (20.57%) Finance
7 90 (19.69%) Azure
8 89 (19.47%) Information Security
9 86 (18.82%) CISSP
10 84 (18.38%) SC Cleared
11 83 (18.16%) Firewall
12 80 (17.51%) Network Security
13 79 (17.29%) AWS
14 72 (15.75%) DV Cleared
15 63 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 63 (13.79%) Risk Management
16 60 (13.13%) DevOps
17 59 (12.91%) Microsoft
18 57 (12.47%) Application Security
19 56 (12.25%) CISM
20 53 (11.60%) Public Sector
21 49 (10.72%) Threat Modelling
22 46 (10.07%) Agile
23 45 (9.85%) Social Skills
24 44 (9.63%) PKI
25 41 (8.97%) Intrusion Detection
26 40 (8.75%) Roadmaps
26 40 (8.75%) Architectural Patterns
27 38 (8.32%) Stakeholder Management
27 38 (8.32%) Business Strategy

Security Architect Skill Set
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 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.44%) Confluence
1 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.22%) nginx
2 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 3 (0.66%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 90 (19.69%) Azure
2 79 (17.29%) AWS
3 37 (8.10%) SaaS
4 34 (7.44%) IaaS
5 28 (6.13%) GCP
6 24 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.16%) PaaS
8 15 (3.28%) Serverless
9 14 (3.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (2.63%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.19%) Akamai
12 8 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (1.53%) Cloudflare
13 7 (1.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.31%) Amazon S3
15 5 (1.09%) WhatsApp
16 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
17 3 (0.66%) Power Platform
18 2 (0.44%) Amazon Cognito
18 2 (0.44%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 83 (18.16%) Firewall
2 80 (17.51%) Network Security
3 41 (8.97%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (2.19%) SSL
5 8 (1.75%) LAN
5 8 (1.75%) WAN
6 6 (1.31%) DNS
7 5 (1.09%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.09%) VPN
8 4 (0.88%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (0.88%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.88%) SAN
8 4 (0.88%) Wireless
8 4 (0.88%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.44%) HTTP
10 1 (0.22%) DHCP
10 1 (0.22%) DSL
10 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.22%) Internet
10 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.09%) NoSQL
2 4 (0.88%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Hive
4 2 (0.44%) Big Data
4 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.44%) Bigtable
4 2 (0.44%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.44%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.44%) HBase
4 2 (0.44%) IBM BigInsights
4 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.44%) Parquet
4 2 (0.44%) PolyBase
4 2 (0.44%) Sqoop
5 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (2.63%) Robot Framework
1 12 (2.63%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (1.31%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.88%) GitLab
3 4 (0.88%) JIRA
4 3 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.44%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
General
1 94 (20.57%) Finance
2 53 (11.60%) Public Sector
3 45 (9.85%) Social Skills
4 27 (5.91%) Banking
5 18 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.41%) Financial Institution
6 11 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.75%) Legal
8 6 (1.31%) Retail
9 5 (1.09%) Local Government
10 4 (0.88%) Front Office
10 4 (0.88%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.44%) Automotive
11 2 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.44%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.22%) Back Office
12 1 (0.22%) Electronics
12 1 (0.22%) Law
12 1 (0.22%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.94%) OpenID
2 17 (3.72%) SAML
3 11 (2.41%) XACML
4 8 (1.75%) OAuth
5 6 (1.31%) Kafka
5 6 (1.31%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.66%) PyTorch
6 3 (0.66%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.66%) SOAP
6 3 (0.66%) TensorFlow
6 3 (0.66%) XML
7 2 (0.44%) Apache Avro
7 2 (0.44%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (0.44%) SPML
8 1 (0.22%) JSON
8 1 (0.22%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.22%) Node.js
8 1 (0.22%) RESTful
8 1 (0.22%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.63%) PKI
2 32 (7.00%) Management Information System
3 21 (4.60%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.94%) IoT
5 15 (3.28%) Mobile App
6 14 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (2.84%) Operational Technology
8 8 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.75%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 7 (1.53%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.31%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.31%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.88%) Cyberattack
13 3 (0.66%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.66%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.81%) Windows
2 13 (2.84%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (0.88%) Unix
5 3 (0.66%) Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (51.42%) Security Architecture
2 148 (32.39%) Cybersecurity
3 95 (20.79%) Cloud Security
4 89 (19.47%) Information Security
5 63 (13.79%) Risk Management
6 60 (13.13%) DevOps
7 57 (12.47%) Application Security
8 49 (10.72%) Threat Modelling
9 46 (10.07%) Agile
10 40 (8.75%) Architectural Patterns
10 40 (8.75%) Roadmaps
11 38 (8.32%) Business Strategy
11 38 (8.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (8.10%) DevSecOps
12 37 (8.10%) TOGAF
13 36 (7.88%) Identity Access Management
14 34 (7.44%) SABSA
15 33 (7.22%) Penetration Testing
16 32 (7.00%) Data Loss Prevention
17 29 (6.35%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.25%) Python
2 15 (3.28%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.31%) C++
3 6 (1.31%) Java
4 5 (1.09%) SQL
5 2 (0.44%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 172 (37.64%) Security Cleared
2 86 (18.82%) CISSP
3 84 (18.38%) SC Cleared
4 72 (15.75%) DV Cleared
5 56 (12.25%) CISM
6 35 (7.66%) CISA
7 29 (6.35%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (5.25%) Degree
9 20 (4.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 15 (3.28%) SANS
11 13 (2.84%) CCSK
12 12 (2.63%) CRISC
13 10 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (1.97%) GIAC
15 8 (1.75%) CCNP
15 8 (1.75%) CREST Certified
16 6 (1.31%) CEH
16 6 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
17 5 (1.09%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (22.10%) NIST
2 63 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.91%) GDPR
3 27 (5.91%) NCSC
4 14 (3.06%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.75%) HIPAA
5 8 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (1.53%) COBIT
6 7 (1.53%) NIST 800
6 7 (1.53%) QA
6 7 (1.53%) RMADS
7 4 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.88%) GRC
8 3 (0.66%) GPG13
8 3 (0.66%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (4.81%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.31%) RACF
4 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (6.35%) Terraform
2 23 (5.03%) Ansible
3 13 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.31%) zSecure
5 3 (0.66%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.66%) PingFederate
6 2 (0.44%) Ambari
6 2 (0.44%) Oozie
6 2 (0.44%) QRadar
7 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.22%) Kibana
7 1 (0.22%) logstash
7 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.22%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 59 (12.91%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.72%) IBM
3 15 (3.28%) VMware
4 12 (2.63%) Okta
5 11 (2.41%) Google
6 8 (1.75%) F5
7 7 (1.53%) Cisco
7 7 (1.53%) CyberArk
8 6 (1.31%) Oracle
8 6 (1.31%) SAP
9 5 (1.09%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.88%) LogRhythm
10 4 (0.88%) Ping Identity
11 3 (0.66%) ForeScout
11 3 (0.66%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.66%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.66%) Sparx
11 3 (0.66%) Splunk
11 3 (0.66%) Unisys
11 3 (0.66%) Zscaler