Security Architecture Contracts in the City of London

Security Architecture
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 102 153
Rank change year-on-year -1 +51 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 16 24 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.91% 1.09% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.21% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 15
10th Percentile £573 £615 £586
25th Percentile £613 £641 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £725 £750
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +12.78%
75th Percentile £730 £856 £866
90th Percentile £785 £878 £975
Central London median daily rate £700 £725 £750
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the City of London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the City of London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the City of London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the City of London

Security Architecture
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 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP GRC
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (37.50%) AWS
3 3 (18.75%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (18.75%) GCP
3 3 (18.75%) Serverless
4 2 (12.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (12.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (12.50%) Amazon Macie
4 2 (12.50%) AWS CloudTrail
4 2 (12.50%) AWS KMS
4 2 (12.50%) GitHub
5 1 (6.25%) Azure AKS
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Functions
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Architect
2 12 (75.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (12.50%) AWS Architect
4 2 (12.50%) AWS Security Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Azure Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Lead Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Lead Security Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Security Technical Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Security Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Integration Architect
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) GraphQL
1 1 (6.25%) Node.js
1 1 (6.25%) React
1 1 (6.25%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Algorithms
1 3 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 2 (12.50%) Public Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) IVR
3 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Cloud Security
2 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (31.25%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 4 (25.00%) SIEM
4 3 (18.75%) DevSecOps
4 3 (18.75%) Microservices
4 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) SABSA
4 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
5 2 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (12.50%) Data Privacy
5 2 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) CISM
1 4 (25.00%) CISSP
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) AWS Certification
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) GDPR
1 5 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (31.25%) NIST
2 3 (18.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (6.25%) GRC
3 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
3 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) IAG
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Databricks
2 1 (6.25%) Genesys
2 1 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Rapid7
2 1 (6.25%) SAP