Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 55 69
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 2 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.31% 1.16% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 1.23% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £581 £644
25th Percentile - - £664
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £600 £693
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -13.36% -1.07%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £650 £600 £700
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 599 569 791
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 93.89% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 329 456
10th Percentile £250 £205 £185
25th Percentile £406 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £659 £638 £661
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 55
10th Percentile £19.70 £20.86 £16.10
25th Percentile - £21.61 £17.86
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -51.64% +135.18%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.42 £61.13
90th Percentile £81.24 £29.56 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £21.20 £23.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.83% -34.29% +64.63%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Edinburgh

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, 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 Edinburgh region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Flask
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) IPsec
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) nginx
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) IPsec
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SSH
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (50.00%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (50.00%) SABSA
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat