Security Architecture Contracts in the Midlands

Security Architecture
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 114 143 196
Rank change year-on-year +29 +53 -67
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 27 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.92% 0.47% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.53% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 7
10th Percentile £550 £500 £564
25th Percentile £579 £531 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £675 £580
Median % change year-on-year - +16.38% -4.53%
75th Percentile £769 £750 £725
90th Percentile £850 £813 £751
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,373 2,816 4,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.50% 87.48% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 1,978 3,231
10th Percentile £234 £258 £250
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 101 130
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +31.51% +24.91%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £24.50
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £35.00
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the Midlands

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the Midlands

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the Midlands

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +30 25 £675 -5.26% 10
East Midlands +8 2 £625 +19.05%
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (7.41%) Apache
2 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Amazon S3
2 1 (3.70%) AWS
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (74.07%) Network Security
2 19 (70.37%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (7.41%) Firewall
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (3.70%) LAN
4 1 (3.70%) NAS
4 1 (3.70%) SAN
4 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.70%) tcpdump
4 1 (3.70%) WAN
4 1 (3.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (66.67%) Big Data
2 1 (3.70%) Apache Hive
2 1 (3.70%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 22 (81.48%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) Automotive
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
4 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Security Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Security Incident Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Incident Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Security Incident Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Network Security Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (66.67%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) Kafka
2 1 (3.70%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 18 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
1 18 (66.67%) Distributed Applications
2 12 (44.44%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.70%) PKI
5 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.70%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Linux
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 16 (59.26%) Android
2 16 (59.26%) Apple iOS
2 16 (59.26%) Unix
3 1 (3.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (81.48%) Information Security
2 21 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (74.07%) SIEM
4 18 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
4 18 (66.67%) Data Engineering
4 18 (66.67%) Data Management
4 18 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
5 17 (62.96%) Security Operations
6 16 (59.26%) Kalman Filter
7 14 (51.85%) Analytics
7 14 (51.85%) Data Analysis
8 5 (18.52%) Project Management
9 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (11.11%) Programme Management
10 2 (7.41%) Business Strategy
10 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (7.41%) Incident Response
10 2 (7.41%) Key Management
10 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) C
1 1 (3.70%) C++
1 1 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 17 (62.96%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) CCDP
3 1 (3.70%) CCIE
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.70%) CISSP
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (7.41%) NIST
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Firmware
1 1 (3.70%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kibana
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Red Hat
2 2 (7.41%) Splunk
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) F5
3 1 (3.70%) Google
3 1 (3.70%) Qualys
3 1 (3.70%) Thales