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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 263 315
Rank change year-on-year +29 +52 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 429 555 760
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.00% 0.99% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.10% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 393 532
10th Percentile £500 £514 £506
25th Percentile £600 £605 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £681 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% +4.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £788 £775 £755
90th Percentile £850 £848 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £700 £647
% change year-on-year -3.57% +8.28% +8.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 0
10th Percentile - £69.60 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £71.20 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £72.84 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.08% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £90.00 -
90th Percentile - £95.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.46 £73.42 -
% change year-on-year +19.13% - -

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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 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 +32 379 £725 +3.57% 92
UK excluding London +49 222 £675 -3.57% 44
London +16 171 £725 +3.57% 44
Work from Home +41 139 £675 -3.57% 25
South East +3 69 £570 -15.56% 15
North of England +60 63 £800 +6.67% 9
North West +65 62 £800 +6.67% 4
South West -12 37 £625 -10.71% 4
Midlands +34 26 £688 +1.85% 6
West Midlands +25 24 £688 -3.51% 6
Scotland +43 22 £681 +13.54% 2
East of England -2 5 £625 -21.88% 9
East Midlands +13 2 £625 +19.05%
Yorkshire +11 1 - - 5

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 8 (1.86%) Confluence
2 3 (0.70%) Apache
2 3 (0.70%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 83 (19.35%) AWS
2 72 (16.78%) Azure
3 47 (10.96%) SaaS
4 39 (9.09%) IaaS
5 24 (5.59%) PaaS
6 21 (4.90%) GCP
7 17 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (3.96%) Serverless
8 12 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (2.33%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.17%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.17%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (1.17%) AWS CodeDeploy
11 5 (1.17%) AWS CodePipeline
12 4 (0.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.93%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (0.93%) Azure API Management
12 4 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.70%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 119 (27.74%) Firewall
2 96 (22.38%) Network Security
3 54 (12.59%) VPN
4 49 (11.42%) Intrusion Detection
5 16 (3.73%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.56%) WAN
7 10 (2.33%) Cisco ISE
8 9 (2.10%) DNS
8 9 (2.10%) LAN
9 8 (1.86%) SSL
10 7 (1.63%) DHCP
11 4 (0.93%) SAN
11 4 (0.93%) tcpdump
11 4 (0.93%) VLAN
11 4 (0.93%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.70%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.70%) WLAN
13 2 (0.47%) Internet
13 2 (0.47%) MPLS
13 2 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.66%) Big Data
2 5 (1.17%) Oracle Database
2 5 (1.17%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.93%) Apache Hive
3 4 (0.93%) Hadoop
3 4 (0.93%) Tableau
4 3 (0.70%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.23%) HDInsight
6 1 (0.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (2.10%) JIRA
2 7 (1.63%) Robot Framework
2 7 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.93%) IDA Disassembler
4 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.47%) Git
6 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (18.65%) Finance
2 75 (17.48%) Public Sector
3 67 (15.62%) Social Skills
4 56 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.43%) Banking
6 15 (3.50%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.10%) Legal
8 9 (2.10%) Military
9 8 (1.86%) Publishing
10 7 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.17%) Back Office
11 5 (1.17%) Police
12 4 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.47%) Automotive
13 2 (0.47%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.47%) Marketing
14 1 (0.23%) Arabic Language
14 1 (0.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 297 (69.23%) Architect
2 220 (51.28%) Security Architect
3 51 (11.89%) Technical Architect
4 49 (11.42%) Lead
5 40 (9.32%) Senior
6 39 (9.09%) Lead Architect
7 37 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 32 (7.46%) Technical Leader
9 31 (7.23%) Senior Architect
9 31 (7.23%) Senior Security Architect
10 28 (6.53%) Cloud Architect
11 26 (6.06%) Consultant
12 22 (5.13%) Security Engineer
13 20 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (4.43%) AWS Architect
14 19 (4.43%) Security Consultant
15 14 (3.26%) AWS Security Architect
16 13 (3.03%) Analyst
17 12 (2.80%) Cloud Security Architect
18 10 (2.33%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.02%) Node.js
2 18 (4.20%) Apache NiFi
3 15 (3.50%) SAML
4 14 (3.26%) OpenID
5 12 (2.80%) XACML
6 9 (2.10%) REST
7 7 (1.63%) Kafka
8 5 (1.17%) SOAP
9 4 (0.93%) OLE
10 3 (0.70%) .NET
10 3 (0.70%) OAuth
10 3 (0.70%) Web Services
11 2 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.47%) React Native
11 2 (0.47%) SPML
12 1 (0.23%) OAuth2
12 1 (0.23%) Pandas
12 1 (0.23%) pytest
12 1 (0.23%) scikit-learn
12 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.96%) Public Cloud
2 39 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 26 (6.06%) Cyber Defence
3 26 (6.06%) Security Posture
4 22 (5.13%) Mobile App
5 21 (4.90%) PKI
6 19 (4.43%) Security Operations Centre
7 18 (4.20%) Cyber Threat
7 18 (4.20%) Distributed Applications
8 17 (3.96%) IoT
9 14 (3.26%) Product Ownership
10 9 (2.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 9 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.10%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.63%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.40%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.40%) Mainframe
13 4 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.93%) YARA
14 3 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 91 (21.21%) Windows
2 63 (14.69%) Apple iOS
3 62 (14.45%) Android
4 53 (12.35%) Windows Server
5 40 (9.32%) Linux
6 20 (4.66%) Unix
7 8 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.93%) zOS
9 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (37.06%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (25.64%) Information Security
3 102 (23.78%) Risk Management
4 90 (20.98%) Agile
5 83 (19.35%) Cloud Security
6 82 (19.11%) DevOps
7 76 (17.72%) SIEM
8 60 (13.99%) Zero Trust
9 56 (13.05%) CI/CD
10 54 (12.59%) Design Patterns
11 48 (11.19%) Threat Intelligence
12 47 (10.96%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 46 (10.72%) Mobile Device Management
14 45 (10.49%) Roadmaps
15 41 (9.56%) Application Security
15 41 (9.56%) Security Operations
16 40 (9.32%) DevSecOps
17 37 (8.62%) Business Strategy
18 31 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
19 29 (6.76%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.13%) Python
2 17 (3.96%) Java
3 10 (2.33%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.63%) C++
5 6 (1.40%) C#
6 3 (0.70%) PHP
6 3 (0.70%) Ruby
7 2 (0.47%) C
7 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) R
8 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 194 (45.22%) Security Cleared
2 96 (22.38%) SC Cleared
3 82 (19.11%) DV Cleared
4 65 (15.15%) CISSP
5 54 (12.59%) CISM
6 24 (5.59%) CISA
7 22 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.73%) Degree
9 15 (3.50%) CRISC
10 13 (3.03%) SANS
11 12 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (2.10%) CEH
14 8 (1.86%) CREST Certified
15 7 (1.63%) Azure Certification
15 7 (1.63%) CCSP
15 7 (1.63%) CTC Cleared
15 7 (1.63%) GIAC
16 6 (1.40%) AWS Certification
16 6 (1.40%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (23.54%) NIST
2 69 (16.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (5.36%) PCI DSS
4 22 (5.13%) GDPR
5 21 (4.90%) NIST 800
6 20 (4.66%) NCSC
7 19 (4.43%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 11 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (1.63%) RMADS
11 5 (1.17%) HIPAA
11 5 (1.17%) ISO 31000
11 5 (1.17%) QA
12 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.70%) COBIT
13 3 (0.70%) GPG13
14 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.23%) GRC
15 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
System Software
1 15 (3.50%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.40%) RACF
3 6 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.17%) Docker
5 4 (0.93%) Snort
6 3 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (6.53%) Terraform
2 21 (4.90%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (3.73%) Ansible
4 9 (2.10%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.40%) zSecure
6 4 (0.93%) Kibana
6 4 (0.93%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.70%) SCCM
8 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.47%) WSUS
9 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.23%) QRadar
9 1 (0.23%) SCOM
9 1 (0.23%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 57 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.20%) Google
2 18 (4.20%) VMware
3 17 (3.96%) Cisco
3 17 (3.96%) Splunk
4 15 (3.50%) Okta
5 14 (3.26%) IBM
5 14 (3.26%) Red Hat
6 7 (1.63%) Oracle
7 6 (1.40%) Apple
7 6 (1.40%) F5
7 6 (1.40%) Qualys
8 4 (0.93%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.93%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.70%) Rapid7
9 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.47%) AlienVault
10 2 (0.47%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.47%) Databricks
10 2 (0.47%) Palo Alto