Security Architect Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Security Architect
England > East of England

The median Security Architect daily rate in the East of England is £298, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 94 104
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 4 4 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.29% 0.28% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.31% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile £136 - £639
25th Percentile £196 - £690
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 £450 £825
Median % change year-on-year -33.89% -45.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £399 - £838
90th Percentile £460 - £850
England median daily rate £675 £700 £680
% change year-on-year -3.57% +2.94% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £100.05 - -
25th Percentile £100.13 - -
Median hourly rate £101.50 - £70.00
75th Percentile £104.13 - -
90th Percentile £104.95 - -
England median hourly rate £90.00 - £73.92
% change year-on-year - - +5.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 1,181 1,283 1,651
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.15% 88.91% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 550 969
10th Percentile £190 £213 £194
25th Percentile £361 £311 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -2.01%
75th Percentile £589 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £626 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.48% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 249 277
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.08 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.02 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.21 £43.90 £33.44
Median % change year-on-year -31.18% +31.28% +68.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.15 £81.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 of England.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in the East of England

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the East of England

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the East of England

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Bedfordshire - 3 £95 -
Norfolk - 1 £500 - 1
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 of England region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) GCP
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
2 3 (75.00%) Zscaler
3 2 (50.00%) CCIE
3 2 (50.00%) CCIE Security
3 2 (50.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (50.00%) GIAC
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) Network Segmentation

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Secrets Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) CCIE
3 2 (50.00%) CCIE Security
3 2 (50.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) GIAC
4 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (25.00%) CCSP
4 1 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Zscaler
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Thycotic