Lead Security Architect Contracts in the City of London

Lead Security Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in the City of London is £925, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 149 -
Rank change year-on-year +24 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.094% 0.036% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.038% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £913 £711 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £925 £723 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.03% - -
75th Percentile £938 £734 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £925 £723 -
% change year-on-year +28.03% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,978 2,612 4,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 94.06% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,841 2,835
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 55
10th Percentile £15.95 £17.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £28.06 £17.97 £18.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £38.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.63% -9.52% +29.63%
75th Percentile £112.00 £50.63 £58.13
90th Percentile £137.50 £71.75 £78.75
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £38.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -7.89% -6.17% +20.90%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Lead Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Security Architect in the City of London

Lead Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Security Architect in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Lead Security Architect in the City of London

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, Lead 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 across the City of London region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Police
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Social Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (50.00%) Police
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) OWASP
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Social Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto