IT Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

IT Security Architect
UK > England

The median IT Security Architect daily rate in England is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 510 570
Rank change year-on-year -13 +60 +183
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Architect 13 5 19
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.045% 0.016% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.017% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 17
10th Percentile £663 - -
25th Percentile £725 £625 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £690 £630
Median % change year-on-year +12.32% +9.52% -11.58%
75th Percentile £800 £900 £650
90th Percentile - £915 £725
UK median daily rate £750 £690 £630
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% -11.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 26,590 28,965 37,642
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.99% 93.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,085 17,697 26,174
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,551 1,111 1,422
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.15 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.94
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -9.66% +53.13%
75th Percentile £51.02 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.82% -15.56% +62.28%

IT Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Security Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

IT Security Architect job vacancy trend in England

IT Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Security Architect job vacancies in England

IT Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Security Architect in England

IT Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
London +14 8 £775 +3.33%
Midlands - 3 £800 -
West Midlands - 3 £800 -
South East - 1 £750 -
South West - 1 £600 - 1
IT Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, IT 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 England region featuring IT Security Architect in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Security Architecture
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) NIST
3 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (23.08%) Azure
4 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (23.08%) Network Security
4 3 (23.08%) OSINT
4 3 (23.08%) SIEM
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Application Security
5 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
5 2 (15.38%) AWS
5 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Firewall
5 2 (15.38%) GCP
5 2 (15.38%) GDPR
5 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
5 2 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (15.38%) Network Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (15.38%) OWASP

IT Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Network Security
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Operational Technology
2 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) SCADA
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Security Architecture
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (23.08%) OSINT
4 3 (23.08%) SIEM
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Application Security
5 2 (15.38%) Architectural Design
5 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
5 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) NIST
2 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (15.38%) GDPR
3 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
3 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (7.69%) GAMP
4 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (7.69%) NCSC
4 1 (7.69%) QA
4 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft