Security Architecture Contracts in Central London

Security Architecture
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 108 153
Rank change year-on-year -4 +45 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 17 25 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.85% 1.02% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.13% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 15
10th Percentile £578 £615 £586
25th Percentile £616 £641 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £725 £750
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £729 £856 £866
90th Percentile £782 £878 £975
London median daily rate £675 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Central London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Central London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Central London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in Central London

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London 0 16 £700 -3.45% 6
West End of London -2 1 £650 -
City of Westminster - 1 £650 -
Security Architecture
London

Security Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SAP GRC
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Azure
2 6 (35.29%) AWS
3 3 (17.65%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (17.65%) GCP
3 3 (17.65%) Serverless
4 2 (11.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (11.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (11.76%) Amazon Macie
4 2 (11.76%) AWS CloudTrail
4 2 (11.76%) AWS KMS
4 2 (11.76%) GitHub
5 1 (5.88%) Azure AKS
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Functions
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) VPN
3 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Architect
2 13 (76.47%) Security Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Architect
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Security Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Security Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Security Technical Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Security Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) GraphQL
1 1 (5.88%) Node.js
1 1 (5.88%) React
1 1 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
1 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.76%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) IVR
3 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Cloud Security
2 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (29.41%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
3 4 (23.53%) DevOps
3 4 (23.53%) Machine Learning
3 4 (23.53%) SABSA
3 4 (23.53%) SIEM
4 3 (17.65%) DevSecOps
4 3 (17.65%) Microservices
4 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) TOGAF
5 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (11.76%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) CISSP
1 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) CISM
3 3 (17.65%) AWS Certification
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) NIST
2 5 (29.41%) GDPR
2 5 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (17.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
4 1 (5.88%) GRC
4 1 (5.88%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) IAG
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Databricks
2 1 (5.88%) Genesys
2 1 (5.88%) Google
2 1 (5.88%) Rapid7
2 1 (5.88%) SAP