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 £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 105 127
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 21 18 22
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.23% 0.85% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 0.91% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 19
10th Percentile £525 £691 £521
25th Percentile £615 £730 £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £825 £650
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +26.92% -10.34%
75th Percentile £773 £844 £717
90th Percentile £838 £875 £778
Central London median daily rate £685 £800 £650
% change year-on-year -14.38% +23.08% -10.34%

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 1,604 1,981 2,723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 93.66% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,101 1,223 1,885
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £593
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.95% +3.04%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £782 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 14
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £18.06
Median hourly rate £26.57 £57.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.79% +55.41% -10.30%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £48.25
90th Percentile £64.48 £137.50 £63.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% -2.78% -12.20%

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 2025, 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 10 (47.62%) AWS
1 10 (47.62%) Cloud Security
2 9 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 7 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (28.57%) DevOps
4 6 (28.57%) Security Operations
5 5 (23.81%) GCP
5 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
5 5 (23.81%) NIST
5 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
5 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
6 4 (19.05%) Azure
6 4 (19.05%) Data Security
6 4 (19.05%) Incident Response
6 4 (19.05%) Migration
6 4 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (19.05%) SIEM
6 4 (19.05%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (14.29%) AI
7 3 (14.29%) Attestation
7 3 (14.29%) CISSP
7 3 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
7 3 (14.29%) Google
7 3 (14.29%) IT Strategy
7 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning
7 3 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
7 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
7 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps

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 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (47.62%) AWS
2 5 (23.81%) GCP
3 4 (19.05%) Azure
4 3 (14.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (9.52%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (9.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (9.52%) Amazon S3
5 2 (9.52%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (9.52%) AWS CloudTrail
5 2 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (9.52%) SaaS
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (4.76%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) DNS
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Banking
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Legal
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) SailPoint
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 2 (9.52%) CSOC
2 2 (9.52%) PKI
2 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
2 2 (9.52%) Taxonomies
3 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.76%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.76%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) VMS
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Cloud Security
2 9 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 7 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (28.57%) DevOps
4 6 (28.57%) Security Operations
5 4 (19.05%) Data Security
5 4 (19.05%) Incident Response
5 4 (19.05%) Migration
5 4 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (19.05%) SIEM
5 4 (19.05%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (14.29%) AI
6 3 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning
6 3 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 3 (14.29%) SABSA
6 3 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
6 3 (14.29%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
1 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) CISSP
3 2 (9.52%) CISM
4 1 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (23.81%) NIST
3 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 2 (9.52%) EU AI Act
4 2 (9.52%) GDPR
4 2 (9.52%) NCSC
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
1 1 (4.76%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Google
2 3 (14.29%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.76%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.76%) IBM
3 1 (4.76%) Okta
3 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.76%) Ping Identity
3 1 (4.76%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Trend Micro
3 1 (4.76%) Tufin
3 1 (4.76%) Zscaler