Network Security Architect Contracts

Network Security Architect
UK

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in the UK is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 667 801
Rank change year-on-year +100 +134 -93
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 17 30 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.054% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.057% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 29
10th Percentile £475 £510 £517
25th Percentile £644 £581 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +6.25% -9.43%
75th Percentile £775 £650 £725
90th Percentile - £671 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £569 £575
% change year-on-year +23.08% -1.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Network Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Architect in the UK

Network Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect.

Daily rate trend for Network Security Architect in the UK

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Architect over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Architect in the UK

Network Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Architect in the UK

Network Security Architect
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Architect within the UK 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
England +73 15 £700 +12.00% 1
UK excluding London +23 10 £700 +23.08% 1
North of England +17 7 £750 +44.79%
North West +16 7 £750 +54.32%
London +74 4 - -
South East - 3 £700 -
Work from Home +94 1 - -

Network Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Network 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 featuring Network Security Architect in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Network Security
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
3 6 (35.29%) CISSP
3 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (35.29%) Security Architecture
4 5 (29.41%) Cisco
4 5 (29.41%) Cloud Security
5 4 (23.53%) CCIE
5 4 (23.53%) CCNP
5 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) CCIE Security
5 4 (23.53%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (17.65%) AWS
6 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
6 3 (17.65%) SaaS
6 3 (17.65%) IaaS
6 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Information Security
6 3 (17.65%) LAN
6 3 (17.65%) WAN
6 3 (17.65%) Juniper
6 3 (17.65%) Business Strategy
7 2 (11.76%) Zscaler
7 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
7 2 (11.76%) VPN
7 2 (11.76%) CCSP
7 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
7 2 (11.76%) SABSA

Network Security Architect Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) AWS
1 3 (17.65%) IaaS
1 3 (17.65%) SaaS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (82.35%) Network Security
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
3 4 (23.53%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (17.65%) LAN
4 3 (17.65%) WAN
5 2 (11.76%) VPN
6 1 (5.88%) DNS
6 1 (5.88%) NGFW
6 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Security Architecture
2 5 (29.41%) Cloud Security
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
3 3 (17.65%) Business Strategy
3 3 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (17.65%) Information Security
4 2 (11.76%) SABSA
4 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 1 (5.88%) ITIL
5 1 (5.88%) Load Balancing
5 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
5 1 (5.88%) Statistics
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (35.29%) CISSP
2 4 (23.53%) CCIE
2 4 (23.53%) CCIE Security
2 4 (23.53%) CCNP
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (11.76%) CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) CCSK
5 1 (5.88%) CISA
5 1 (5.88%) CRISC
5 1 (5.88%) FFIEC
5 1 (5.88%) GIAC
5 1 (5.88%) SANS
5 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
1 1 (5.88%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) CASB
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) Juniper
3 2 (11.76%) Zscaler
4 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto