Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 66 68
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +38
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 4 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.64% 0.31% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.33% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £481 £537 £624
25th Percentile £517 £541 £653
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £555 £675
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% -17.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £642 £574 £700
90th Percentile £677 £582 -
Scotland median daily rate £626 £526 £663
% change year-on-year +19.12% -20.68% +1.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 556 601 793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.39% 94.20% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 343 472
10th Percentile £189 £198 £219
25th Percentile £406 £389 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £460 £477
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -3.56% +0.42%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 26 27
10th Percentile £17.29 £20.65 £14.37
25th Percentile £18.91 £21.34 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.95% -32.60% +63.06%
75th Percentile £70.50 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.38 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £23.58
% change year-on-year -13.04% -2.46% +33.07%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Security Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
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 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Catchpoint
1 1 (25.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (25.00%) IPsec
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) SSH
3 1 (25.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (50.00%) Observability
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) High Availability
4 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) Grafana
2 1 (25.00%) PowerCLI
2 1 (25.00%) vMotion
2 1 (25.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Arista
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) AppNeta
3 1 (25.00%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (25.00%) Brocade
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Commvault
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) NetApp