Security Architecture Contracts in the South East

Security Architecture
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 133 196
Rank change year-on-year +1 +63 -19
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 69 79 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.22% 1.39% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.56% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 66 52
10th Percentile £451 £538 £513
25th Percentile £479 £601 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £675 £613
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +10.20% +9.38%
75th Percentile £725 £719 £686
90th Percentile £793 £838 £773
England median daily rate £725 £700 £650
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.88 £71.20 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £72.62 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £74.06 -
90th Percentile - £74.18 -
England median hourly rate £87.46 £73.42 -
% change year-on-year +19.13% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,684 5,048 6,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.95% 89.05% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,709 3,470 4,714
10th Percentile £260 £250 £233
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 221 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.50 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the South East

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +38 50 £600 -4.00% 4
Berkshire +7 48 £500 -20.00% 4
Hampshire 0 14 £781 +17.48% 5
Kent - 5 £540 - 4
Buckinghamshire +32 2 £725 +45.00%
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (1.45%) Apache
1 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.39%) Azure
2 6 (8.70%) IaaS
2 6 (8.70%) PaaS
2 6 (8.70%) SaaS
3 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.80%) AWS
4 4 (5.80%) Azure API Management
4 4 (5.80%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.35%) Azure Event Grid
5 3 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 25 (36.23%) Firewall
2 19 (27.54%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (11.59%) Network Security
4 4 (5.80%) VPN
5 1 (1.45%) 4G
5 1 (1.45%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Big Data
1 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.45%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Robot Framework
1 7 (10.14%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (4.35%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.45%) Git
General
1 18 (26.09%) Public Sector
2 6 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.35%) Finance
4 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.45%) Electronics
5 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.45%) Marketing
5 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (82.61%) Architect
2 53 (76.81%) Security Architect
3 19 (27.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 12 (17.39%) Senior
5 10 (14.49%) Senior Architect
5 10 (14.49%) Senior Security Architect
6 4 (5.80%) Consultant
6 4 (5.80%) Lead
7 3 (4.35%) Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Architect
8 2 (2.90%) Information Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Security Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Security Consultant
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Information Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Information Security Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Security Analyst
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Consultant
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) .NET
1 3 (4.35%) Web Services
2 1 (1.45%) Google JAX
2 1 (1.45%) Kafka
2 1 (1.45%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.45%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) PKI
2 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.35%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.90%) CSOC
3 2 (2.90%) IoT
3 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.45%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.04%) Windows
2 8 (11.59%) Windows Server
2 8 (11.59%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (39.13%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (37.68%) DevOps
3 17 (24.64%) Presales
4 10 (14.49%) Cloud Security
4 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (13.04%) Agile
5 9 (13.04%) Information Security
6 8 (11.59%) Application Security
6 8 (11.59%) Scrum
6 8 (11.59%) Test Automation
7 7 (10.14%) Boundary Protection
7 7 (10.14%) Risk Assessment
7 7 (10.14%) Service Management
8 6 (8.70%) Security Monitoring
9 5 (7.25%) Change Management
9 5 (7.25%) Data Protection
9 5 (7.25%) Migration
10 4 (5.80%) Mentoring
10 4 (5.80%) Microservices
10 4 (5.80%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.39%) Python
2 8 (11.59%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.80%) Java
4 3 (4.35%) C#
4 3 (4.35%) PHP
4 3 (4.35%) Ruby
5 1 (1.45%) C
5 1 (1.45%) C++
5 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.45%) R
Qualifications
1 49 (71.01%) Security Cleared
2 26 (37.68%) DV Cleared
3 5 (7.25%) CISSP
4 4 (5.80%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.35%) CCSP
5 3 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.35%) CISM
6 2 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.45%) CCNA
7 1 (1.45%) CCSK
7 1 (1.45%) CEH
7 1 (1.45%) CISA
7 1 (1.45%) CRISC
7 1 (1.45%) ISSEP
7 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.14%) RMADS
2 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.90%) GDPR
3 2 (2.90%) NIST
4 1 (1.45%) COBIT
4 1 (1.45%) NCSC
4 1 (1.45%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (15.94%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.35%) Docker
3 3 (4.35%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) Ansible
1 7 (10.14%) Terraform
2 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.80%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) VMware
2 9 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.45%) Databricks
3 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.45%) SAP
3 1 (1.45%) Sparx
3 1 (1.45%) Splunk