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 £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
10 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 101 109
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 35 26 19
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.43% 1.40% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.50% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 13
10th Percentile £425 £533 £570
25th Percentile £458 £619 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £719 £758 £788
90th Percentile £738 £810 £848
Central London median daily rate £575 £673 £700
% change year-on-year -14.50% -3.93% +3.70%

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 2,302 1,732 2,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.32% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,538 1,108 1,398
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £453 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £794
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 15
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £20.25 £32.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -37.69% +23.81% -25.00%
75th Percentile £39.81 £62.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £86.43 £67.35
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -22.86%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 11 (31.43%) Azure
2 9 (25.71%) Application Security
2 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
3 8 (22.86%) Security Architecture
4 7 (20.00%) CISSP
4 7 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (20.00%) Network Security
4 7 (20.00%) Threat Management
5 6 (17.14%) CISM
5 6 (17.14%) Cloud Security
5 6 (17.14%) DevSecOps
5 6 (17.14%) Firewall
5 6 (17.14%) GCP
5 6 (17.14%) Incident Response
5 6 (17.14%) Information Security
5 6 (17.14%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (17.14%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (14.29%) Cisco
6 5 (14.29%) Fortinet
6 5 (14.29%) NIST
6 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 5 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
7 4 (11.43%) AI
7 4 (11.43%) AWS
7 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
8 3 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (8.57%) Google
8 3 (8.57%) Machine Learning

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 (5.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (31.43%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) GCP
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.43%) AWS
4 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (2.86%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (2.86%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.86%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (2.86%) Google Gemini
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.86%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) Network Security
2 6 (17.14%) Firewall
3 1 (2.86%) 3G
3 1 (2.86%) 3GPP
3 1 (2.86%) 4G
3 1 (2.86%) 5G
3 1 (2.86%) LAN
3 1 (2.86%) LTE
3 1 (2.86%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.86%) VPN
3 1 (2.86%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Snyk
General
1 10 (28.57%) Finance
2 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Banking
4 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) OAuth
1 1 (2.86%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) Genomics
3 1 (2.86%) NHS
3 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Application Security
2 8 (22.86%) Security Architecture
3 7 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (20.00%) Threat Management
4 6 (17.14%) Cloud Security
4 6 (17.14%) DevSecOps
4 6 (17.14%) Incident Response
4 6 (17.14%) Information Security
4 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (17.14%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
6 4 (11.43%) AI
7 3 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (8.57%) Machine Learning
7 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.57%) Threat Intelligence
8 2 (5.71%) Analytics
8 2 (5.71%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (5.71%) SABSA
8 2 (5.71%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.00%) CISSP
3 6 (17.14%) CISM
4 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 3 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.71%) Degree
6 2 (5.71%) GIAC
7 1 (2.86%) CCSK
7 1 (2.86%) CCSP
7 1 (2.86%) CEH
7 1 (2.86%) CISA
7 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) NIST
2 2 (5.71%) EU AI Act
2 2 (5.71%) GDPR
2 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 2 (5.71%) NCSC
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.86%) GRC
3 1 (2.86%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Cisco
1 5 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Google
3 3 (8.57%) Splunk
4 2 (5.71%) Cribl.io
5 1 (2.86%) Okta
5 1 (2.86%) OpenAI
5 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.86%) Qualys
5 1 (2.86%) Tenable
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