Security Architect Contracts 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 7 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 103 127
Rank change year-on-year +9 +24 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 27 20 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.48% 0.94% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 0.99% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 13 25
10th Percentile £536 £570 £557
25th Percentile £622 £650 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £754 £788 £750
90th Percentile £809 £848 £808
Central London median daily rate £675 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -1.82%

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 1,704 2,027 3,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.34% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,084 1,392 2,263
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £566 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% -5.63% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £554 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +0.64% -8.33% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 19
10th Percentile £17.57 £15.62 £15.24
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -25.00% -18.60%
75th Percentile £62.00 £40.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £86.43 £67.35 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -16.67%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the City of London

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect 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 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the City of London

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 7 July 2025, Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 13 (48.15%) Cloud Security
2 12 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
3 11 (40.74%) Security Architecture
3 11 (40.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (40.74%) NIST
4 10 (37.04%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (33.33%) AWS
5 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (29.63%) Azure
7 7 (25.93%) DevOps
7 7 (25.93%) CISSP
8 6 (22.22%) Finance
8 6 (22.22%) SIEM
8 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
9 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
9 5 (18.52%) GDPR
9 5 (18.52%) DevSecOps
9 5 (18.52%) Threat Modelling
9 5 (18.52%) CISM
10 4 (14.81%) Firewall
10 4 (14.81%) Oracle
10 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
10 4 (14.81%) Python
10 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
10 4 (14.81%) Migration
10 4 (14.81%) Risk Analysis
10 4 (14.81%) Degree
10 4 (14.81%) GCP
10 4 (14.81%) Machine Learning

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) AWS
2 8 (29.63%) Azure
3 4 (14.81%) GCP
4 3 (11.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (11.11%) AWS CloudTrail
4 3 (11.11%) OCI
5 2 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (7.41%) Amazon S3
5 2 (7.41%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (7.41%) SaaS
5 2 (7.41%) Serverless
5 2 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon Macie
6 1 (3.70%) AWS KMS
6 1 (3.70%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Firewall
2 2 (7.41%) Network Security
2 2 (7.41%) VPN
3 1 (3.70%) DNS
3 1 (3.70%) IPsec
3 1 (3.70%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
1 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Banking
3 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) OAuth
1 3 (11.11%) OpenID
1 3 (11.11%) SAML
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.70%) SailPoint
3 1 (3.70%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Cloud Native
2 3 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) CSOC
3 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.70%) PKI
4 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.70%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) VMS
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Cloud Security
2 11 (40.74%) Security Architecture
3 10 (37.04%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (25.93%) DevOps
6 6 (22.22%) SIEM
7 5 (18.52%) DevSecOps
7 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
7 5 (18.52%) Threat Modelling
8 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
8 4 (14.81%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (14.81%) Machine Learning
8 4 (14.81%) Migration
8 4 (14.81%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (14.81%) SOAR
8 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
9 3 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
9 3 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (11.11%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) CISSP
4 5 (18.52%) CISM
5 4 (14.81%) Degree
6 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (11.11%) OCP
6 3 (11.11%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.70%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (40.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (40.74%) NIST
2 5 (18.52%) GDPR
3 4 (14.81%) PCI DSS
4 3 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (7.41%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.70%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Terraform
2 1 (3.70%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle
2 3 (11.11%) Splunk
3 2 (7.41%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Ariba
4 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.70%) Databricks
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) IBM
4 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.70%) Ping Identity
4 1 (3.70%) Qualys
4 1 (3.70%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) Trend Micro
4 1 (3.70%) Tufin
4 1 (3.70%) VMware