Security Architect Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 68 104
Rank change year-on-year +8 +36 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 7 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% 0.49% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 0.51% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £581 £636 £605
25th Percentile - £653 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £688 £700
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% -1.79% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £700 £738
90th Percentile £675 - £820
Scotland median daily rate £600 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +8.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Edinburgh

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Games
2 4 (57.14%) SaaS
2 4 (57.14%) Threat Detection
2 4 (57.14%) Cloud Native
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 3 (42.86%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
4 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 2 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 2 (28.57%) CISSP
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) CCSP
5 1 (14.29%) Citrix
5 1 (14.29%) CISM
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (14.29%) Security Management
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) CEH
5 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Degree

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) SaaS
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 1 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Games
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cloud Native
2 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
1 4 (57.14%) Threat Detection
2 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) OWASP
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCSP
2 1 (14.29%) CEH
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) COBIT
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft