Security Architecture Contracts in London

Security Architecture
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 240 281
Rank change year-on-year +7 +41 +5
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 171 271 376
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.97% 1.08% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.19% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 194 237
10th Percentile £476 £525 £500
25th Percentile £629 £619 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £780 £800 £775
90th Percentile £829 £850 £865
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £92.50 -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £73.42 -
% change year-on-year +19.13% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +39 23 £750 +3.81% 1
West London -3 3 £686 -16.82%
East London -12 3 £770 +2.67% 1
North London - 1 £800 -
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.51%) Confluence
2 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.58%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (3.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.15%) AWS
2 37 (21.64%) SaaS
3 31 (18.13%) Azure
4 28 (16.37%) IaaS
5 16 (9.36%) PaaS
6 15 (8.77%) Serverless
7 13 (7.60%) GCP
8 11 (6.43%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.17%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.17%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.58%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.58%) Azure AI
11 1 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.58%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.58%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.28%) Firewall
2 20 (11.70%) Network Security
3 8 (4.68%) SSL
4 4 (2.34%) DNS
4 4 (2.34%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (2.34%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.75%) SAN
6 2 (1.17%) DHCP
6 2 (1.17%) Internet
6 2 (1.17%) WAN
7 1 (0.58%) 4G
7 1 (0.58%) LAN
7 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.58%) VPN
7 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.17%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.17%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.58%) Big Data
2 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.58%) Metadata
2 1 (0.58%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (32.16%) Finance
2 22 (12.87%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.43%) Banking
5 9 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.92%) Police
8 3 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.58%) French Language
10 1 (0.58%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.58%) Law
10 1 (0.58%) Legal
10 1 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 137 (80.12%) Architect
2 115 (67.25%) Security Architect
3 27 (15.79%) Senior
4 24 (14.04%) Senior Architect
5 19 (11.11%) Senior Security Architect
6 14 (8.19%) Cloud Architect
6 14 (8.19%) Consultant
6 14 (8.19%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 14 (8.19%) Security Consultant
7 13 (7.60%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (7.02%) Technical Architect
9 11 (6.43%) AWS Architect
10 10 (5.85%) AWS Security Architect
10 10 (5.85%) Cloud Security Architect
11 9 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
11 9 (5.26%) Lead
12 8 (4.68%) Enterprise Security Architect
13 7 (4.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 7 (4.09%) Senior Cloud Architect
14 6 (3.51%) Mainframe Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.60%) SAML
2 12 (7.02%) OpenID
3 10 (5.85%) XACML
4 3 (1.75%) OAuth
4 3 (1.75%) REST
5 2 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.17%) Kafka
5 2 (1.17%) SPML
6 1 (0.58%) JWT
6 1 (0.58%) Node.js
6 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 16 (9.36%) Security Posture
3 14 (8.19%) IoT
4 13 (7.60%) Mobile App
5 8 (4.68%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.68%) PKI
6 7 (4.09%) Public Cloud
7 6 (3.51%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.51%) Mainframe
8 4 (2.34%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.34%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.75%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.17%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.58%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.43%) Linux
2 7 (4.09%) Windows
3 3 (1.75%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.17%) Android
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (38.01%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (28.07%) Cloud Security
3 36 (21.05%) Information Security
4 28 (16.37%) DevSecOps
4 28 (16.37%) Risk Management
5 25 (14.62%) Application Security
6 23 (13.45%) Architectural Patterns
7 21 (12.28%) Agile
7 21 (12.28%) Design Patterns
8 20 (11.70%) SABSA
9 19 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 18 (10.53%) Business Strategy
11 17 (9.94%) Deployment Automation
11 17 (9.94%) Enterprise Architecture
11 17 (9.94%) TOGAF
12 16 (9.36%) Data Loss Prevention
12 16 (9.36%) SDLC
12 16 (9.36%) SIEM
13 15 (8.77%) Risk Assessment
14 14 (8.19%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.68%) Python
2 7 (4.09%) Java
3 6 (3.51%) C++
4 1 (0.58%) C
4 1 (0.58%) C#
4 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (27.49%) Security Cleared
2 40 (23.39%) CISSP
3 38 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 35 (20.47%) CISM
5 22 (12.87%) CISA
6 15 (8.77%) DV Cleared
7 14 (8.19%) CRISC
8 13 (7.60%) SANS
9 10 (5.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 10 (5.85%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (4.68%) CREST Certified
12 7 (4.09%) CTC Cleared
12 7 (4.09%) Degree
13 6 (3.51%) GIAC
14 5 (2.92%) CCSK
15 3 (1.75%) CCSP
15 3 (1.75%) CEH
15 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (1.17%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (29.82%) NIST
2 28 (16.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (8.77%) NCSC
4 12 (7.02%) GDPR
5 11 (6.43%) NIST 800
5 11 (6.43%) PCI DSS
6 8 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (2.92%) ISO 31000
9 4 (2.34%) QA
10 3 (1.75%) GPG13
11 2 (1.17%) Accessibility
11 2 (1.17%) COBIT
12 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (3.51%) RACF
2 3 (1.75%) Firmware
2 3 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.17%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (7.60%) Single Sign-On
1 13 (7.60%) Terraform
2 9 (5.26%) Ansible
3 6 (3.51%) zSecure
4 5 (2.92%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.17%) SCCM
6 2 (1.17%) WSUS
7 1 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.58%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 30 (17.54%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.19%) IBM
3 13 (7.60%) Okta
4 7 (4.09%) Google
5 6 (3.51%) Atlassian
6 5 (2.92%) VMware
7 3 (1.75%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.17%) CA
8 2 (1.17%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.17%) Oracle
8 2 (1.17%) Sophos
8 2 (1.17%) Splunk
9 1 (0.58%) Apple
9 1 (0.58%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.58%) Aruba
9 1 (0.58%) Cisco
9 1 (0.58%) Citrix
9 1 (0.58%) Informatica
9 1 (0.58%) Qualys
9 1 (0.58%) TOWER Software