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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 100 151
Rank change year-on-year -6 +51 -5
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 11 22 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.65% 1.02% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.12% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 16
10th Percentile £555 £640 £531
25th Percentile £613 £675 £624
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £750 £728
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.02% +10.72%
75th Percentile £720 £875 £803
90th Percentile £742 £881 £866
Central London median daily rate £688 £750 £724
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.63% +16.27%

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 1,584 1,957 3,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.62% 90.77% 91.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 1,368 2,127
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £454 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +4.80%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 23
10th Percentile £18.15 £19.92 £14.45
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.06
Median hourly rate £28.33 £26.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -25.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £41.48 £40.00 £53.25
90th Percentile £59.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +1.85% -20.54% -13.58%

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 30 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) AWS
3 3 (27.27%) GCP
3 3 (27.27%) Serverless
4 2 (18.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (18.18%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (18.18%) Amazon Macie
4 2 (18.18%) AWS CloudTrail
4 2 (18.18%) AWS KMS
5 1 (9.09%) Azure AKS
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Architect
2 10 (90.91%) Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Architect
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Security Technical Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Integration Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) GraphQL
1 1 (9.09%) Node.js
1 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Cloud Security
2 5 (45.45%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Machine Learning
3 4 (36.36%) SIEM
4 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (27.27%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (27.27%) DevSecOps
4 3 (27.27%) Microservices
4 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) SABSA
4 3 (27.27%) TOGAF
5 2 (18.18%) Data Privacy
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Threat Detection
5 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CISM
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) GDPR
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (45.45%) NIST
2 3 (27.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (18.18%) HIPAA
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Databricks
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Rapid7