Security Architect Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Security Architect
England > East Midlands

The median Security Architect daily rate in the East Midlands is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £490 - -
England median daily rate £650 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -3.70% - -3.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 815 550 687
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 92.13% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 332 485
10th Percentile £177 £232 £200
25th Percentile £352 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -5.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £525 £526 £569
90th Percentile £625 £624 £687
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 24 49
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £12.93
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.05 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% +10.23% +16.79%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £25.18
90th Percentile £25.34 £33.15 £57.80
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the East Midlands

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Leicestershire - 2 £450 - 1
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect