Security Architect Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Security Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Security Architect daily rate in the City of London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
11 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 93 107
Rank change year-on-year -3 +14 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 39 24 23
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.70% 1.37% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 1.47% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 22 16
10th Percentile £425 £529 £563
25th Percentile £459 £613 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £673 £650
Median % change year-on-year -14.50% +3.46% -10.34%
75th Percentile £700 £720 £707
90th Percentile £726 £786 £839
Central London median daily rate £575 £655 £650
% change year-on-year -12.21% +0.77% -10.34%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,176 1,634 2,073
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 93.00% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,450 1,027 1,469
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 15
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £31.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +34.78% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.41 £48.75 £27.25
90th Percentile £62.36 £92.75 £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £25.78
% change year-on-year -10.18% +12.76% -26.34%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the City of London

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the City of London

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2026, 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 City of London region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 12 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 11 (28.21%) Network Security
3 10 (25.64%) Security Architecture
4 9 (23.08%) Application Security
4 9 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 8 (20.51%) AWS
5 8 (20.51%) Azure
5 8 (20.51%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (20.51%) Incident Response
5 8 (20.51%) Information Security
5 8 (20.51%) SC Cleared
6 7 (17.95%) CISSP
6 7 (17.95%) Threat Management
7 6 (15.38%) CISM
7 6 (15.38%) DevSecOps
7 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (12.82%) GCP
8 5 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (12.82%) NIST
8 5 (12.82%) Target Operating Model
9 4 (10.26%) CI/CD
9 4 (10.26%) GDPR
9 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
9 4 (10.26%) Migration
9 4 (10.26%) Zero Trust
10 3 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (7.69%) AI
10 3 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (7.69%) Identity Access Management

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) AWS
1 8 (20.51%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) GCP
3 2 (5.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 2 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (5.13%) AWS KMS
3 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (2.56%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.21%) Network Security
2 2 (5.13%) DMZ
3 1 (2.56%) 3G
3 1 (2.56%) 3GPP
3 1 (2.56%) 4G
3 1 (2.56%) 5G
3 1 (2.56%) Firewall
3 1 (2.56%) LTE
3 1 (2.56%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Snyk
General
1 9 (23.08%) Finance
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.13%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Genomics
4 1 (2.56%) NHS
4 1 (2.56%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) Security Architecture
2 9 (23.08%) Application Security
2 9 (23.08%) Cloud Security
3 8 (20.51%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (20.51%) Incident Response
3 8 (20.51%) Information Security
4 7 (17.95%) Threat Management
5 6 (15.38%) DevSecOps
5 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (12.82%) Target Operating Model
7 4 (10.26%) CI/CD
7 4 (10.26%) Migration
7 4 (10.26%) Zero Trust
8 3 (7.69%) AI
8 3 (7.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 3 (7.69%) Risk Management
8 3 (7.69%) Roadmaps
8 3 (7.69%) SIEM
8 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 8 (20.51%) SC Cleared
3 7 (17.95%) CISSP
4 6 (15.38%) CISM
5 3 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (5.13%) AWS Certification
6 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.13%) Degree
6 2 (5.13%) GIAC
7 1 (2.56%) CCSK
7 1 (2.56%) CCSP
7 1 (2.56%) CEH
7 1 (2.56%) CISA
7 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (12.82%) NIST
2 4 (10.26%) GDPR
3 3 (7.69%) PCI DSS
4 2 (5.13%) NCSC
5 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.56%) EU AI Act
5 1 (2.56%) GRC
5 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (2.56%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Splunk
3 2 (5.13%) Cribl.io
3 2 (5.13%) Google
3 2 (5.13%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.56%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.56%) McAfee
4 1 (2.56%) Okta
4 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.56%) Qualys
4 1 (2.56%) Tenable
4 1 (2.56%) Trend Micro
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