Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Security Architect
South London > Croydon

The median Security Architect daily rate in Croydon is £810, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.42% - 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% - 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £805 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £810 - -
75th Percentile £815 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £810 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 137 109 175
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.16% 100.00% 98.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 83 117
10th Percentile £350 £380 £231
25th Percentile £492 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £625
90th Percentile £625 £650 £673
South London median daily rate £503 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -1.95% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - - £17.25
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £67.70 £34.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year +99.12% +44.68% -46.11%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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 Croydon.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Croydon

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Croydon

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in Croydon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Croydon region over the 6 months to 14 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Croydon - 1 £810 -
Security Architect
South London

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 14 February 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 Croydon region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes