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 £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 106 108
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 33 23 20
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.37% 1.22% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 1.30% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 11
10th Percentile £425 £525 £650
25th Percentile £458 £613 £681
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £675 £775
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% -12.90% +19.23%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £838
90th Percentile £738 £800 £850
Central London median daily rate £600 £670 £775
% change year-on-year -10.45% -13.55% +19.23%

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 2,263 1,763 1,958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 93.73% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,518 1,161 1,311
10th Percentile £363 £333 £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 £680 £688
90th Percentile £770 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 22 14
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £15.87
25th Percentile £18.46 £24.66 £20.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -27.84%
75th Percentile £34.51 £62.00 £89.06
90th Percentile £61.31 £86.43 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £22.83 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -21.47% +7.67% -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 9 August 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 9 August 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 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 9 (27.27%) Security Architecture
2 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 8 (24.24%) Information Security
4 7 (21.21%) Application Security
4 7 (21.21%) CISSP
4 7 (21.21%) Network Security
4 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 6 (18.18%) DevSecOps
5 6 (18.18%) Firewall
5 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (18.18%) NIST
6 5 (15.15%) AI
6 5 (15.15%) Cisco
6 5 (15.15%) CISM
6 5 (15.15%) Fortinet
6 5 (15.15%) GCP
6 5 (15.15%) Target Operating Model
6 5 (15.15%) Threat Management
7 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (12.12%) Data Protection
7 4 (12.12%) Incident Response
7 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
7 4 (12.12%) Threat Modelling
8 3 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
8 3 (9.09%) AWS
8 3 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 3 (9.09%) DV Cleared

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 (3.03%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (15.15%) GCP
4 3 (9.09%) AWS
4 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.03%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (3.03%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (3.03%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (3.03%) Google Gemini
6 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (3.03%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Network Security
2 6 (18.18%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) 3G
3 1 (3.03%) 3GPP
3 1 (3.03%) 4G
3 1 (3.03%) 5G
3 1 (3.03%) LAN
3 1 (3.03%) LTE
3 1 (3.03%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.03%) VPN
3 1 (3.03%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Snyk
General
1 10 (30.30%) Finance
2 7 (21.21%) Banking
3 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.09%) Legal
6 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.06%) Law
6 2 (6.06%) Police
7 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 3 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (9.09%) Private Cloud
2 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Public Cloud
2 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Data Fabric
3 1 (3.03%) Genomics
3 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Security Architecture
2 8 (24.24%) Information Security
3 7 (21.21%) Application Security
3 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 6 (18.18%) DevSecOps
5 5 (15.15%) AI
5 5 (15.15%) Target Operating Model
5 5 (15.15%) Threat Management
6 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.12%) Data Protection
6 4 (12.12%) Incident Response
6 4 (12.12%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 2 (6.06%) Decision-Making
8 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure as Code
8 2 (6.06%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 2 (6.06%) Roadmaps
8 2 (6.06%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) CISSP
3 5 (15.15%) CISM
4 3 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (9.09%) DV Cleared
4 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.03%) CCSK
6 1 (3.03%) CCSP
6 1 (3.03%) CEH
6 1 (3.03%) CISA
6 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.03%) Degree
6 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) NIST
2 2 (6.06%) EU AI Act
2 2 (6.06%) GDPR
2 2 (6.06%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (6.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (3.03%) GRC
3 1 (3.03%) NCSC
3 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Cisco
1 5 (15.15%) Fortinet
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.09%) Google
4 1 (3.03%) Dell
4 1 (3.03%) Okta
4 1 (3.03%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.03%) Qualys
4 1 (3.03%) Splunk
4 1 (3.03%) Tenable
4 1 (3.03%) VMware