Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect daily rate in England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 228 230
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 516 324 334
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.12% 1.18% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 1.29% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 206 205
10th Percentile £500 £510 £500
25th Percentile £545 £600 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +2.34%
75th Percentile £750 £771 £780
90th Percentile £850 £800 £833
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 7
10th Percentile - £86.00 £81.83
25th Percentile £60.00 £91.25 £84.67
Median hourly rate £70.00 £100.00 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +14.34% +24.94%
75th Percentile £83.00 £102.75 -
90th Percentile - £104.40 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £100.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year -30.00% +14.34% +24.94%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,401 25,041 30,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 91.40% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,455 16,149 19,296
10th Percentile £326 £281 £304
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,293 1,339 1,564
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.54 £14.41
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £46.87
Median % change year-on-year +73.20% -46.34% +6.85%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in England

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 5 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

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 Security Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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 -4 261 £650 -3.70% 193
South East -7 115 £629 +4.79% 47
North of England -51 62 £600 -16.35% 39
North West -38 48 £600 -16.20% 35
Midlands -40 31 £638 +0.99% 17
West Midlands -33 30 £638 -1.92% 10
South West -48 25 £604 -7.08% 27
Yorkshire -41 11 £350 -45.10% 3
East of England -18 7 £625 +25.00% 6
East Midlands -18 1 - - 7
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 September 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 England region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 270 (52.33%) Security Architecture
2 230 (44.57%) Security Cleared
3 191 (37.02%) Cybersecurity
4 149 (28.88%) SC Cleared
5 148 (28.68%) Azure
6 141 (27.33%) Cloud Security
7 134 (25.97%) Threat Modelling
8 119 (23.06%) AWS
9 110 (21.32%) NIST
10 105 (20.35%) CISSP
11 83 (16.09%) Risk Management
12 82 (15.89%) DV Cleared
13 77 (14.92%) Architectural Patterns
14 75 (14.53%) AI
15 73 (14.15%) Network Security
15 73 (14.15%) Zero Trust
16 70 (13.57%) TOGAF
17 68 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
18 67 (12.98%) Identity Access Management
19 65 (12.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 64 (12.40%) GCP
21 60 (11.63%) Roadmaps
22 58 (11.24%) Microsoft
23 57 (11.05%) DevSecOps
24 56 (10.85%) SABSA
24 56 (10.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 55 (10.66%) Information Security
26 50 (9.69%) Data Protection
27 49 (9.50%) CI/CD
28 48 (9.30%) CISM

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 2 (0.39%) IIS
1 2 (0.39%) SAS
1 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 148 (28.68%) Azure
2 119 (23.06%) AWS
3 64 (12.40%) GCP
4 24 (4.65%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.29%) SaaS
6 13 (2.52%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (0.97%) Anthropic Claude
8 5 (0.97%) Azure AI
8 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.78%) AWS Control Tower
9 4 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.78%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (0.78%) GitHub
9 4 (0.78%) OCI
9 4 (0.78%) Vertex AI
10 3 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.58%) AWS KMS
10 3 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 73 (14.15%) Network Security
2 34 (6.59%) Firewall
3 11 (2.13%) VPN
4 10 (1.94%) WAN
5 8 (1.55%) VLAN
6 6 (1.16%) 4G
6 6 (1.16%) IPsec
6 6 (1.16%) NGFW
6 6 (1.16%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.78%) 5G
7 4 (0.78%) BGP
7 4 (0.78%) Intranet
7 4 (0.78%) LAN
7 4 (0.78%) OSPF
7 4 (0.78%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.58%) EIGRP
8 3 (0.58%) SSL
9 2 (0.39%) DNS
9 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.39%) Big Data
1 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
1 2 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.19%) Metadata
2 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (1.74%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.97%) JIRA
3 3 (0.58%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.39%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Snyk
General
1 93 (18.02%) Social Skills
2 57 (11.05%) Public Sector
3 53 (10.27%) Finance
4 28 (5.43%) Banking
5 27 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (2.71%) Legal
9 11 (2.13%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.94%) Military
11 9 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.55%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.36%) Police
14 6 (1.16%) Law
15 4 (0.78%) Local Government
15 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.78%) Retail
16 3 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
17 2 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.88%) Terraform
2 13 (2.52%) OAuth
3 8 (1.55%) OpenID
4 7 (1.36%) OAuth2
4 7 (1.36%) SAML
5 6 (1.16%) REST
5 6 (1.16%) SLSA
6 5 (0.97%) ModSecurity
7 4 (0.78%) Azure Blueprints
7 4 (0.78%) Jakarta EE
7 4 (0.78%) JSP
7 4 (0.78%) LDAP
8 3 (0.58%) HTML
8 3 (0.58%) LangChain
8 3 (0.58%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.58%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.39%) .NET
9 2 (0.39%) EDI
9 2 (0.39%) JWT
9 2 (0.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.47%) Security Posture
2 49 (9.50%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.84%) Operational Technology
4 24 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.29%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.13%) AI Agents
7 11 (2.13%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (1.74%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.74%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.36%) Cloud Security Posture
9 7 (1.36%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.78%) CMDB
12 4 (0.78%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.78%) Genomics
12 4 (0.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.74%) Linux
2 7 (1.36%) Windows
2 7 (1.36%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.78%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.78%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (52.33%) Security Architecture
2 191 (37.02%) Cybersecurity
3 141 (27.33%) Cloud Security
4 134 (25.97%) Threat Modelling
5 83 (16.09%) Risk Management
6 77 (14.92%) Architectural Patterns
7 75 (14.53%) AI
8 73 (14.15%) Zero Trust
9 70 (13.57%) TOGAF
10 68 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 67 (12.98%) Identity Access Management
12 60 (11.63%) Roadmaps
13 57 (11.05%) DevSecOps
14 56 (10.85%) SABSA
14 56 (10.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 55 (10.66%) Information Security
16 50 (9.69%) Data Protection
17 49 (9.50%) CI/CD
18 46 (8.91%) Enterprise Architecture
19 45 (8.72%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.91%) Python
2 9 (1.74%) Java
3 8 (1.55%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.36%) Bicep
5 5 (0.97%) Groovy
5 5 (0.97%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.58%) Bash
6 3 (0.58%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.39%) SQL
8 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 230 (44.57%) Security Cleared
2 149 (28.88%) SC Cleared
3 105 (20.35%) CISSP
4 82 (15.89%) DV Cleared
5 48 (9.30%) CISM
6 33 (6.40%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (5.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 20 (3.88%) AWS Certification
9 19 (3.68%) Degree
10 18 (3.49%) CCSP
11 15 (2.91%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (2.33%) CISA
13 10 (1.94%) Azure Certification
13 10 (1.94%) SANS
14 9 (1.74%) CEH
15 8 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (1.55%) GIAC
15 8 (1.55%) ISSAP
16 7 (1.36%) OSCP
17 6 (1.16%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (21.32%) NIST
2 65 (12.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (8.53%) NCSC
4 28 (5.43%) GDPR
5 22 (4.26%) GRC
6 20 (3.88%) NIST 800
7 18 (3.49%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (1.94%) JSP 440
9 9 (1.74%) Government Security Classifications
10 7 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.16%) COBIT
11 6 (1.16%) ISO 19650
11 6 (1.16%) QA
12 5 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 4 (0.78%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (2.52%) Docker
2 9 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.39%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.39%) vSphere
5 1 (0.19%) KVM
Systems Management
1 22 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.13%) Ansible
3 6 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.97%) CASB
5 4 (0.78%) QRadar
6 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.39%) Istio
8 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.19%) Suricata
Vendors
1 58 (11.24%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.46%) Google
3 18 (3.49%) Cisco
4 15 (2.91%) Palo Alto
5 14 (2.71%) Splunk
6 11 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (2.13%) Fortinet
7 9 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.74%) Tenable
8 8 (1.55%) Okta
8 8 (1.55%) Qualys
9 6 (1.16%) IFS
9 6 (1.16%) VMware
9 6 (1.16%) Zscaler
10 5 (0.97%) F5
10 5 (0.97%) Juniper
11 4 (0.78%) Rapid7
11 4 (0.78%) SAP
12 3 (0.58%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.58%) OpenAI