Senior Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Chelsea

Senior Security Architect
Kensington and Chelsea > Chelsea

The median Senior Security Architect daily rate in Chelsea is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chelsea 14.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 15.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £900 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Chelsea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chelsea. 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 Chelsea with a recognized job title 13 3 3
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £373 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +100.00%
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile £900 - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £513 £450 £290
% change year-on-year +13.89% +55.17% +45.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £23.40 £30.15 -
25th Percentile £24.00 £31.78 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £34.48 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -27.49% +29.82% -
75th Percentile £26.00 - -
90th Percentile £26.60 - -
Kensington and Chelsea median hourly rate £25.00 £31.78 £29.78
% change year-on-year -21.32% +6.70% -

Senior Security Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelsea

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, Senior Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Chelsea region featuring Senior Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security

Senior Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelsea by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust