Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Security Architecture
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 49 61
Rank change year-on-year -26 +12 +22
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% 0.88% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 1.02% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £435 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £436 £700
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% -37.79% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £436 £750
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £663 £675
% change year-on-year -5.70% -1.81% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 772 492 592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.30% 87.08% 82.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 298 416
10th Percentile £189 £244 £209
25th Percentile £350 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £543 £567
90th Percentile £625 £629 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.43% -2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 23 43
10th Percentile £15.55 £15.48 £12.40
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.95 £22.50 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year -20.24% +9.70% +21.87%
75th Percentile £24.49 £27.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £38.49 £54.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -23.60% +27.14%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Security Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
Leicestershire -7 1 £400 -8.15% 2
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
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 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Architect
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Solution Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect