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 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 219 240 294
Rank change year-on-year +21 +54 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 465 612 824
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 1.09% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.15% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 421 561
10th Percentile £519 £525 £545
25th Percentile £625 £625 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £780 £763 £775
90th Percentile £825 £838 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £663 £680 £650
% change year-on-year -2.57% +4.62% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 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 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £75.27 -
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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £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 1 June 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 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
England +33 418 £700 - 66
London +24 207 £750 +7.14% 24
UK excluding London +34 197 £663 -2.57% 32
Work from Home -17 146 £700 +2.94% 27
South East +58 107 £650 -7.14% 10
North of England +32 49 £666 +6.56% 8
North West +22 35 £669 +7.04% 8
South West +4 27 £625 -10.71% 4
Yorkshire +28 15 £600 -20.00%
Scotland +25 6 £693 -1.07%
Midlands -8 6 £750 +12.23% 5
East Midlands +10 3 £820 +35.31% 1
West Midlands -13 3 £750 +10.29% 4
East of England -10 2 £675 -18.18% 5
North East +12 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1 220 (47.31%) Security Architecture
2 167 (35.91%) Security Cleared
3 151 (32.47%) Cybersecurity
4 100 (21.51%) Finance
5 98 (21.08%) Cloud Security
6 93 (20.00%) Azure
6 93 (20.00%) NIST
7 88 (18.92%) AWS
7 88 (18.92%) Information Security
8 82 (17.63%) Firewall
9 81 (17.42%) CISSP
10 79 (16.99%) SC Cleared
11 77 (16.56%) Network Security
12 76 (16.34%) DV Cleared
13 65 (13.98%) Application Security
14 61 (13.12%) Microsoft
15 60 (12.90%) Risk Management
16 59 (12.69%) DevOps
17 58 (12.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 55 (11.83%) CISM
18 55 (11.83%) Threat Modelling
19 49 (10.54%) Public Sector
20 48 (10.32%) Agile
21 46 (9.89%) PKI
22 41 (8.82%) DevSecOps
23 40 (8.60%) Identity Access Management
24 39 (8.39%) Intrusion Detection
24 39 (8.39%) Social Skills
24 39 (8.39%) Roadmaps
24 39 (8.39%) Architectural Patterns

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 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.22%) Confluence
3 1 (0.22%) nginx
3 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (0.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 93 (20.00%) Azure
2 88 (18.92%) AWS
3 37 (7.96%) SaaS
4 33 (7.10%) IaaS
5 28 (6.02%) GCP
6 23 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.09%) PaaS
8 15 (3.23%) Entra ID
9 14 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (3.01%) Serverless
10 10 (2.15%) Akamai
10 10 (2.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (1.94%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.51%) Cloudflare
13 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.86%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
15 3 (0.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 82 (17.63%) Firewall
2 77 (16.56%) Network Security
3 39 (8.39%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (2.15%) SSL
5 8 (1.72%) LAN
5 8 (1.72%) WAN
6 7 (1.51%) DNS
7 5 (1.08%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.08%) VPN
8 4 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (0.86%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.86%) Wireless
8 4 (0.86%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.65%) SAN
10 2 (0.43%) HTTP
10 2 (0.43%) Internet
11 1 (0.22%) DHCP
11 1 (0.22%) DSL
11 1 (0.22%) FTP
11 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.29%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.08%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.65%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.43%) Apache Hive
5 2 (0.43%) Big Data
5 2 (0.43%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.43%) Bigtable
5 2 (0.43%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.43%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.43%) HBase
5 2 (0.43%) IBM BigInsights
5 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.43%) Parquet
5 2 (0.43%) PolyBase
5 2 (0.43%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 13 (2.80%) Robot Framework
1 13 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (1.29%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.08%) JIRA
4 4 (0.86%) GitLab
5 2 (0.43%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.22%) Git
General
1 100 (21.51%) Finance
2 49 (10.54%) Public Sector
3 39 (8.39%) Social Skills
4 31 (6.67%) Banking
5 20 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.72%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.51%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.29%) Front Office
9 6 (1.29%) Legal
9 6 (1.29%) Retail
10 2 (0.43%) Automotive
10 2 (0.43%) Electronics
10 2 (0.43%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.43%) Marketing
10 2 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Local Government
11 1 (0.22%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.22%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.09%) OpenID
1 19 (4.09%) SAML
2 11 (2.37%) OAuth
2 11 (2.37%) XACML
3 8 (1.72%) Kafka
4 6 (1.29%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.86%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.86%) scikit-learn
5 4 (0.86%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Avro
6 2 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.43%) JWT
6 2 (0.43%) REST
6 2 (0.43%) SOAP
6 2 (0.43%) SPML
6 2 (0.43%) XML
7 1 (0.22%) Google JAX
7 1 (0.22%) JSON
7 1 (0.22%) RESTful
7 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.89%) PKI
2 27 (5.81%) Security Posture
3 25 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.66%) IoT
5 16 (3.44%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (3.23%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.37%) Operational Technology
8 7 (1.51%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.51%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.51%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.29%) Mainframe
9 6 (1.29%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.08%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.86%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.95%) Windows
2 17 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.44%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (0.43%) Linux
4 2 (0.43%) Unix
4 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (47.31%) Security Architecture
2 151 (32.47%) Cybersecurity
3 98 (21.08%) Cloud Security
4 88 (18.92%) Information Security
5 65 (13.98%) Application Security
6 60 (12.90%) Risk Management
7 59 (12.69%) DevOps
8 55 (11.83%) Threat Modelling
9 48 (10.32%) Agile
10 41 (8.82%) DevSecOps
11 40 (8.60%) Identity Access Management
12 39 (8.39%) Architectural Patterns
12 39 (8.39%) Roadmaps
13 36 (7.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (7.31%) Business Strategy
14 34 (7.31%) Penetration Testing
15 32 (6.88%) Cryptography
16 30 (6.45%) Data Loss Prevention
16 30 (6.45%) Design Patterns
16 30 (6.45%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.02%) Python
2 17 (3.66%) PowerShell
3 9 (1.94%) C++
3 9 (1.94%) Java
4 5 (1.08%) SQL
5 2 (0.43%) C
5 2 (0.43%) U-SQL
6 1 (0.22%) R
Qualifications
1 167 (35.91%) Security Cleared
2 81 (17.42%) CISSP
3 79 (16.99%) SC Cleared
4 76 (16.34%) DV Cleared
5 55 (11.83%) CISM
6 35 (7.53%) CISA
7 25 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (5.38%) Degree
8 16 (3.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 12 (2.58%) SANS
10 11 (2.37%) CRISC
11 10 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (1.94%) CCSK
12 9 (1.94%) GIAC
13 8 (1.72%) CCNP
13 8 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.72%) CREST Certified
14 6 (1.29%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.29%) CCSP
15 5 (1.08%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (20.00%) NIST
2 58 (12.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (6.02%) GDPR
4 24 (5.16%) NCSC
5 18 (3.87%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.94%) QA
7 8 (1.72%) COBIT
7 8 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 7 (1.51%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.51%) NIST 800
8 7 (1.51%) RMADS
9 4 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.86%) GRC
10 3 (0.65%) GPG13
11 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.22%) ISA99
12 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
System Software
1 25 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.29%) RACF
4 5 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.43%) Docker
5 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (6.45%) Terraform
2 24 (5.16%) Ansible
3 14 (3.01%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.29%) zSecure
5 5 (1.08%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.65%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.43%) Ambari
7 2 (0.43%) Oozie
7 2 (0.43%) QRadar
7 2 (0.43%) SCCM
7 2 (0.43%) SCDPM
7 2 (0.43%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.43%) WSUS
8 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.22%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.22%) logstash
8 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 61 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.66%) IBM
3 16 (3.44%) VMware
4 14 (3.01%) Okta
5 11 (2.37%) Google
6 9 (1.94%) SAP
7 8 (1.72%) F5
8 7 (1.51%) Cisco
8 7 (1.51%) CyberArk
9 6 (1.29%) Oracle
10 5 (1.08%) Ping Identity
10 5 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.86%) Unisys
12 3 (0.65%) ForeScout
12 3 (0.65%) Juniper
12 3 (0.65%) LogRhythm
12 3 (0.65%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.65%) Sparx
12 3 (0.65%) Splunk
12 3 (0.65%) Zscaler