Principal Security Architect Contract Job Trends in East London

Principal Security Architect
London > East London

The median Principal Security Architect daily rate in East London is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Security Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East London 1.04% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £750 £725 £750
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -6.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East 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 East London with a recognized job title 87 104 223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 91.23% 91.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 82 191
10th Percentile £188 £250 £225
25th Percentile £381 £400 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £495 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +8.00%
75th Percentile £600 £587 £650
90th Percentile £699 £638 £770
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 18
10th Percentile £21.31 £14.66 £11.95
25th Percentile £23.38 £24.66 £13.39
Median hourly rate £24.03 £28.60 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.98% +30.00% -60.88%
75th Percentile £26.62 £37.00 £25.66
90th Percentile £31.59 £38.80 £38.28
London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year - +23.89% -19.29%

Principal Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Principal Security Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

Principal Security Architect job vacancy trend in East London

Principal Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Security Architect job vacancies in East London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Security Architect job vacancies in East London

Principal Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Security Architect within the East London region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
Tower Hamlets - 1 £775 -
Principal Security Architect
London

Principal Security Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Principal 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 East London region featuring Principal Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC