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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 282 334
Rank change year-on-year +62 +52 -25
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 445 534 720
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 0.94% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.04% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 378 507
10th Percentile £501 £513 £510
25th Percentile £600 £605 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £688 £650
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% +9.24%
75th Percentile £788 £775 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £691 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -1.25% +12.00% +5.04%
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 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
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 15 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 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 +59 394 £725 +3.57% 69
UK excluding London +77 231 £691 -1.25% 36
London +33 179 £725 +3.57% 33
Work from Home +46 137 £700 - 20
South East +34 78 £540 -22.86% 7
North of England +58 63 £800 +14.29% 6
North West +62 62 £800 +6.67% 4
South West +2 36 £625 -10.71% 6
Midlands +44 25 £700 +14.29% 5
Scotland +55 24 £675 +12.50% 1
West Midlands +31 23 £750 +15.38% 4
East of England +5 5 £625 -13.79% 9
East Midlands +16 2 £625 +19.05% 1
Yorkshire +14 1 - - 2

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 (2.02%) Confluence
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 78 (17.53%) AWS
1 78 (17.53%) Azure
2 47 (10.56%) SaaS
3 40 (8.99%) IaaS
4 24 (5.39%) PaaS
5 23 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (4.27%) GCP
7 18 (4.04%) Serverless
8 12 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (2.02%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.12%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (1.12%) AWS CodeDeploy
11 5 (1.12%) AWS CodePipeline
12 4 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.90%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (0.90%) Azure API Management
12 4 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.67%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 116 (26.07%) Firewall
2 91 (20.45%) Network Security
3 53 (11.91%) VPN
4 48 (10.79%) Intrusion Detection
5 14 (3.15%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.25%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (2.02%) DNS
8 8 (1.80%) SSL
8 8 (1.80%) WAN
9 7 (1.57%) DHCP
9 7 (1.57%) LAN
10 5 (1.12%) SAN
11 4 (0.90%) tcpdump
11 4 (0.90%) VLAN
11 4 (0.90%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.45%) Wireless
13 1 (0.22%) Internet
13 1 (0.22%) NAS
13 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.60%) Big Data
2 5 (1.12%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.90%) Apache Hive
3 4 (0.90%) Hadoop
3 4 (0.90%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.90%) Tableau
4 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.45%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (2.25%) JIRA
2 7 (1.57%) Robot Framework
2 7 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.90%) IDA Disassembler
4 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) Git
5 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 82 (18.43%) Finance
2 80 (17.98%) Public Sector
3 73 (16.40%) Social Skills
4 51 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.37%) Banking
6 14 (3.15%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.25%) Legal
9 9 (2.02%) Military
10 8 (1.80%) Publishing
11 6 (1.35%) Back Office
12 5 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.12%) Local Government
12 5 (1.12%) Police
13 4 (0.90%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.67%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.45%) Automotive
16 1 (0.22%) Law
16 1 (0.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 311 (69.89%) Architect
2 235 (52.81%) Security Architect
3 50 (11.24%) Technical Architect
4 49 (11.01%) Lead
5 48 (10.79%) Senior
6 42 (9.44%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 39 (8.76%) Senior Architect
7 39 (8.76%) Senior Security Architect
8 38 (8.54%) Lead Architect
9 31 (6.97%) Technical Leader
10 29 (6.52%) Cloud Architect
11 23 (5.17%) Security Engineer
12 21 (4.72%) Consultant
12 21 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (4.04%) Security Consultant
14 17 (3.82%) AWS Architect
15 16 (3.60%) Analyst
16 13 (2.92%) Cloud Security Architect
17 12 (2.70%) AWS Security Architect
18 11 (2.47%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (9.66%) Node.js
2 15 (3.37%) Apache NiFi
3 14 (3.15%) OpenID
3 14 (3.15%) SAML
4 12 (2.70%) XACML
5 8 (1.80%) REST
6 5 (1.12%) Kafka
6 5 (1.12%) SOAP
7 4 (0.90%) OLE
8 3 (0.67%) .NET
8 3 (0.67%) Web Services
9 2 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.45%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.45%) OAuth
9 2 (0.45%) React Native
9 2 (0.45%) SPML
10 1 (0.22%) Pandas
10 1 (0.22%) pytest
10 1 (0.22%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.56%) Public Cloud
2 42 (9.44%) Management Information System
3 28 (6.29%) Cyber Defence
4 24 (5.39%) Cyber Threat
5 23 (5.17%) Security Posture
6 22 (4.94%) Mobile App
7 20 (4.49%) Security Operations Centre
8 19 (4.27%) PKI
9 18 (4.04%) IoT
10 16 (3.60%) Product Ownership
11 15 (3.37%) Distributed Applications
12 11 (2.47%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 8 (1.80%) Data Centre
14 7 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (1.35%) Cloud Native
15 6 (1.35%) Mainframe
16 4 (0.90%) YARA
17 3 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
17 3 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 90 (20.22%) Windows
2 59 (13.26%) Apple iOS
3 58 (13.03%) Android
4 51 (11.46%) Windows Server
5 39 (8.76%) Linux
6 19 (4.27%) Unix
7 7 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.67%) zOS
9 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (37.75%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (25.39%) Information Security
3 106 (23.82%) Risk Management
4 88 (19.78%) Agile
4 88 (19.78%) Cloud Security
5 82 (18.43%) DevOps
6 73 (16.40%) SIEM
7 58 (13.03%) Zero Trust
8 55 (12.36%) CI/CD
9 52 (11.69%) Design Patterns
10 50 (11.24%) Threat Intelligence
11 49 (11.01%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 45 (10.11%) Mobile Device Management
13 43 (9.66%) Roadmaps
14 41 (9.21%) Business Strategy
15 40 (8.99%) Security Operations
16 38 (8.54%) Application Security
17 37 (8.31%) DevSecOps
18 34 (7.64%) SABSA
19 31 (6.97%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.49%) Python
2 16 (3.60%) Java
3 10 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.35%) C#
4 6 (1.35%) C++
5 3 (0.67%) PHP
5 3 (0.67%) Ruby
6 2 (0.45%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.22%) C
7 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 206 (46.29%) Security Cleared
2 102 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 84 (18.88%) DV Cleared
4 74 (16.63%) CISSP
5 59 (13.26%) CISM
6 25 (5.62%) CISA
6 25 (5.62%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (4.49%) Degree
8 17 (3.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 16 (3.60%) CRISC
10 15 (3.37%) SANS
11 11 (2.47%) CCSK
11 11 (2.47%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (1.80%) CEH
12 8 (1.80%) CREST Certified
13 7 (1.57%) CTC Cleared
14 6 (1.35%) CCSP
14 6 (1.35%) GIAC
15 5 (1.12%) CCNA
16 4 (0.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (24.94%) NIST
2 73 (16.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (6.97%) NCSC
4 21 (4.72%) NIST 800
5 20 (4.49%) GDPR
5 20 (4.49%) PCI DSS
6 16 (3.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 13 (2.92%) RMADS
9 5 (1.12%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.12%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.12%) ISO 31000
9 5 (1.12%) QA
10 4 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.67%) GPG13
11 3 (0.67%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.45%) COBIT
12 2 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (3.37%) Active Directory
1 15 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.35%) RACF
2 6 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.90%) Docker
3 4 (0.90%) Snort
4 3 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (6.29%) Terraform
2 20 (4.49%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (3.60%) Ansible
4 7 (1.57%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.35%) zSecure
6 5 (1.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (0.90%) Kibana
7 4 (0.90%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.67%) SCCM
9 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.45%) WSUS
10 1 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.22%) QRadar
10 1 (0.22%) SCOM
10 1 (0.22%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 66 (14.83%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.04%) VMware
3 17 (3.82%) Google
3 17 (3.82%) Splunk
4 14 (3.15%) IBM
4 14 (3.15%) Okta
5 13 (2.92%) Cisco
6 10 (2.25%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.80%) Oracle
8 6 (1.35%) Apple
8 6 (1.35%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.12%) Qualys
10 3 (0.67%) AlienVault
10 3 (0.67%) ArcSight
10 3 (0.67%) F5
10 3 (0.67%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.45%) CA
11 2 (0.45%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.45%) Sophos
11 2 (0.45%) Zscaler