Network Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Network Security Architect
UK > England

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 493 545
Rank change year-on-year -28 +52 +169
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 21 11 18
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.067% 0.038% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.041% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 13
10th Percentile £310 £448 £466
25th Percentile £508 £495 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £784 £600 £650
90th Percentile £804 £726 £742
UK median daily rate £625 £725 £600
% change year-on-year -13.79% +20.83% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - -
75th Percentile £105.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £103.00 - -

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 28,510 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,200 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
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 1,749 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.10 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.09% -23.60% +48.33%

Network Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Network Security Architect job vacancy trend in England

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Architect in England

Network Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Security Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Security Architect job vacancies in England

Network 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 Network Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 +1 7 £515 +3.00% 6
North of England -47 4 £726 +3.75%
North West - 3 £803 -
South East -20 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
East of England - 2 £95 -
South West -3 1 £550 +41.03%
Yorkshire -40 1 £650 -7.14%
Network Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Network 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 Network Security Architect in the job title.

1 19 (90.48%) Network Security
2 13 (61.90%) Firewall
3 12 (57.14%) Palo Alto
4 11 (52.38%) CCNP
4 11 (52.38%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (47.62%) Zero Trust
6 9 (42.86%) VPN
6 9 (42.86%) WAN
7 8 (38.10%) Cisco
7 8 (38.10%) LAN
7 8 (38.10%) Network Segmentation
8 7 (33.33%) CCIE
8 7 (33.33%) CISSP
8 7 (33.33%) Fortinet
8 7 (33.33%) SD-WAN
8 7 (33.33%) Security Architecture
8 7 (33.33%) Zscaler
9 6 (28.57%) Azure
9 6 (28.57%) DNS
9 6 (28.57%) Network Design
10 4 (19.05%) AWS
10 4 (19.05%) CheckPoint
10 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (19.05%) DHCP
10 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Automation
10 4 (19.05%) Network Architecture
10 4 (19.05%) Threat Modelling
10 4 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (14.29%) BGP
11 3 (14.29%) CCSA

Network 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 19 (90.48%) Network Security
2 13 (61.90%) Firewall
3 9 (42.86%) VPN
3 9 (42.86%) WAN
4 8 (38.10%) LAN
5 7 (33.33%) SD-WAN
6 6 (28.57%) DNS
7 4 (19.05%) DHCP
7 4 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (14.29%) BGP
8 3 (14.29%) NGFW
8 3 (14.29%) OSPF
9 2 (9.52%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (9.52%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (9.52%) Internet
9 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
10 1 (4.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (4.76%) HSRP
10 1 (4.76%) InfiniBand
10 1 (4.76%) Radio Access Network
General
1 4 (19.05%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 3 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 3 (14.29%) SCADA
3 2 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) CMDB
4 1 (4.76%) Private Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Zero Trust
2 8 (38.10%) Network Segmentation
3 7 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 6 (28.57%) Network Design
5 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Automation
5 4 (19.05%) Network Architecture
5 4 (19.05%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
6 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (14.29%) SIEM
6 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (9.52%) Agile
7 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
7 2 (9.52%) Migration
7 2 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (9.52%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (9.52%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (9.52%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) Bicep
2 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) CCNP
1 11 (52.38%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (33.33%) CCIE
2 7 (33.33%) CISSP
3 3 (14.29%) CCSA
4 2 (9.52%) CCIE Security
4 2 (9.52%) GIAC
4 2 (9.52%) JNCIE
4 2 (9.52%) JNCIP
4 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.76%) CCSE
5 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) NIST
2 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.76%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (4.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Ansible
1 2 (9.52%) FortiGate
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Palo Alto
2 8 (38.10%) Cisco
3 7 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 7 (33.33%) Zscaler
4 4 (19.05%) CheckPoint
5 3 (14.29%) Juniper
6 2 (9.52%) Aruba
6 2 (9.52%) F5
6 2 (9.52%) VMware
7 1 (4.76%) Arista
7 1 (4.76%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (4.76%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (4.76%) ForeScout
7 1 (4.76%) Mellanox
7 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.76%) NVIDIA
7 1 (4.76%) Remedy
7 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow