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 £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 106 112
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 30 19 15
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.32% 1.07% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 1.15% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 7
10th Percentile £458 £525 £691
25th Percentile £501 £621 £730
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £825
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% +26.92%
75th Percentile £656 £765 £844
90th Percentile £738 £805 £875
Central London median daily rate £625 £670 £813
% change year-on-year -6.72% -17.54% +25.00%

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 2,143 1,659 1,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 93.62% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,448 1,103 1,261
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £783
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 14
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.87
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £20.88
Median hourly rate £20.25 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.51% +4.91% -25.00%
75th Percentile £31.52 £53.50 £89.06
90th Percentile £49.64 £65.39 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £28.33 £27.00
% change year-on-year -15.27% +4.91% -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 8 September 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 8 September 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 14 (46.67%) Security Architecture
2 11 (36.67%) Azure
3 9 (30.00%) Cloud Security
4 8 (26.67%) Information Security
5 7 (23.33%) CISSP
5 7 (23.33%) NIST
6 6 (20.00%) Firewall
6 6 (20.00%) GCP
6 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (16.67%) Cisco
7 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 5 (16.67%) Fortinet
7 5 (16.67%) Network Security
7 5 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
8 4 (13.33%) AI
8 4 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
8 4 (13.33%) AWS
8 4 (13.33%) CISM
8 4 (13.33%) DevSecOps
8 4 (13.33%) Google
8 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
8 4 (13.33%) Target Operating Model
9 3 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
9 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
9 3 (10.00%) DV Cleared
9 3 (10.00%) GDPR

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 (3.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (36.67%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) GCP
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (13.33%) AWS
4 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.33%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (3.33%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.33%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (3.33%) Google Gemini
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) Firewall
2 5 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (3.33%) LAN
3 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.33%) VPN
3 1 (3.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (23.33%) Banking
3 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Legal
5 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.67%) Law
6 2 (6.67%) Police
7 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) OAuth
2 1 (3.33%) REST
2 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Private Cloud
2 3 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.67%) Public Cloud
3 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.33%) Data Fabric
4 1 (3.33%) Genomics
4 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Security Architecture
2 9 (30.00%) Cloud Security
3 8 (26.67%) Information Security
4 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 5 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (13.33%) AI
6 4 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (13.33%) DevSecOps
6 4 (13.33%) Target Operating Model
7 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
7 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (10.00%) SABSA
8 2 (6.67%) Architecture Governance
8 2 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 2 (6.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 2 (6.67%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) Bicep
1 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) CISSP
2 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) CISM
4 3 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) NIST
2 3 (10.00%) GDPR
3 2 (6.67%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (6.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.33%) EU AI Act
4 1 (3.33%) GRC
4 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (3.33%) NCSC
4 1 (3.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Cisco
1 5 (16.67%) Fortinet
2 4 (13.33%) Google
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.67%) Dell
3 2 (6.67%) VMware
4 1 (3.33%) IFS
4 1 (3.33%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto