Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect daily rate in England is £675, 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 248 236 235
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 +143
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 317 314 423
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.01% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.08% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 187 294
10th Percentile £504 £500 £525
25th Percentile £577 £600 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £688 £675
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +1.85% -3.57%
75th Percentile £762 £788 £750
90th Percentile £800 £850 £825
UK median daily rate £675 £675 £675
% change year-on-year - - -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile £82.38 - £57.50
25th Percentile £84.06 - £71.42
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £75.67
75th Percentile £101.38 - -
90th Percentile £103.85 - £83.61
UK median hourly rate £88.75 - £75.67
% change year-on-year - - +8.10%

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%

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 1 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Architect 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 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 +5 149 £675 -3.57% 32
North of England -12 63 £675 -6.90% 6
South East +1 49 £663 +1.92% 22
Yorkshire -8 29 £537 -19.81% 3
South West 0 28 £650 +6.12% 12
North West -22 24 £734 -2.10% 2
Midlands -12 17 £675 -3.57% 3
West Midlands -18 15 £675 -3.57% 3
North East - 11 £750 - 1
East of England -11 4 £298 -33.89% 2
East Midlands -14 2 £450 -45.29%
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, 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.

1 141 (44.48%) Security Architecture
2 120 (37.85%) Cybersecurity
3 112 (35.33%) AWS
4 97 (30.60%) Security Cleared
5 93 (29.34%) Azure
6 82 (25.87%) Cloud Security
7 74 (23.34%) NIST
8 73 (23.03%) SIEM
9 68 (21.45%) CISSP
9 68 (21.45%) SC Cleared
10 61 (19.24%) Threat Modelling
11 60 (18.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 55 (17.35%) Microsoft
13 52 (16.40%) Identity Access Management
14 51 (16.09%) Network Security
15 48 (15.14%) Incident Response
15 48 (15.14%) Vulnerability Management
16 47 (14.83%) GCP
16 47 (14.83%) Security Operations
17 46 (14.51%) Firewall
18 39 (12.30%) GDPR
19 37 (11.67%) Risk Management
19 37 (11.67%) Splunk
19 37 (11.67%) TOGAF
20 36 (11.36%) CI/CD
20 36 (11.36%) DevSecOps
21 35 (11.04%) Roadmaps
22 33 (10.41%) Zero Trust
23 31 (9.78%) Problem-Solving
24 30 (9.46%) Application Security

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 15 (4.73%) Confluence
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) IBM Transformation Extender
3 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.32%) SAS
3 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 112 (35.33%) AWS
2 93 (29.34%) Azure
3 47 (14.83%) GCP
4 30 (9.46%) SaaS
5 20 (6.31%) Amazon EC2
5 20 (6.31%) Amazon S3
6 19 (5.99%) Amazon SQS
7 18 (5.68%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (2.21%) GitHub
11 5 (1.58%) IaaS
12 4 (1.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 4 (1.26%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.95%) AWS CloudTrail
13 3 (0.95%) AWS KMS
13 3 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (16.09%) Network Security
2 46 (14.51%) Firewall
3 9 (2.84%) VPN
4 8 (2.52%) NGFW
4 8 (2.52%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.89%) DNS
5 6 (1.89%) WAN
6 5 (1.58%) LAN
7 4 (1.26%) DHCP
7 4 (1.26%) IPsec
7 4 (1.26%) SSL
7 4 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.95%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.95%) Skype
8 3 (0.95%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.95%) VSAN
9 2 (0.63%) BGP
9 2 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.63%) HTTP
9 2 (0.63%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.79%) MongoDB
2 11 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.63%) BigQuery
3 2 (0.63%) GIS
4 1 (0.32%) Metadata
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (4.73%) JIRA
2 6 (1.89%) Git
3 4 (1.26%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.95%) GitLab
5 1 (0.32%) MLflow
General
1 71 (22.40%) Finance
2 67 (21.14%) Social Skills
3 46 (14.51%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.26%) Banking
5 22 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.15%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.15%) Military
8 9 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.84%) Legal
9 6 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.58%) Marketing
11 4 (1.26%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.95%) Electronics
13 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.32%) Police
14 1 (0.32%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.89%) SAML
2 5 (1.58%) OAuth
2 5 (1.58%) PyTorch
2 5 (1.58%) TensorFlow
3 4 (1.26%) .NET
3 4 (1.26%) Google JAX
3 4 (1.26%) JAX
3 4 (1.26%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.95%) Kafka
4 3 (0.95%) OpenID
4 3 (0.95%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.63%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.63%) React
5 2 (0.63%) Web Services
6 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.32%) LDAP
6 1 (0.32%) Node.js
6 1 (0.32%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.78%) Security Posture
2 28 (8.83%) Onboarding
2 28 (8.83%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (6.94%) Cloud Native
3 22 (6.94%) CSOC
4 17 (5.36%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.73%) PKI
6 11 (3.47%) Operational Technology
7 10 (3.15%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (2.84%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.52%) Cloud Security Posture
9 8 (2.52%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.52%) SCADA
10 7 (2.21%) Cyberattack
10 7 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (1.89%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.05%) Windows
2 9 (2.84%) Linux
3 7 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.95%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.63%) Unix
5 2 (0.63%) VMS
5 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.32%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (44.48%) Security Architecture
2 120 (37.85%) Cybersecurity
3 82 (25.87%) Cloud Security
4 73 (23.03%) SIEM
5 61 (19.24%) Threat Modelling
6 52 (16.40%) Identity Access Management
7 48 (15.14%) Incident Response
7 48 (15.14%) Vulnerability Management
8 47 (14.83%) Security Operations
9 37 (11.67%) Risk Management
9 37 (11.67%) TOGAF
10 36 (11.36%) CI/CD
10 36 (11.36%) DevSecOps
11 35 (11.04%) Roadmaps
12 33 (10.41%) Zero Trust
13 31 (9.78%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (9.46%) Application Security
14 30 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 29 (9.15%) SABSA
15 29 (9.15%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.42%) Python
2 9 (2.84%) Java
3 6 (1.89%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.58%) R
5 4 (1.26%) C++
5 4 (1.26%) SQL
6 3 (0.95%) Bash
6 3 (0.95%) Bicep
6 3 (0.95%) C
7 2 (0.63%) PHP
7 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 97 (30.60%) Security Cleared
2 68 (21.45%) CISSP
2 68 (21.45%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.46%) CISM
4 25 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (6.31%) Degree
5 20 (6.31%) DV Cleared
6 17 (5.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 15 (4.73%) AWS Certification
8 13 (4.10%) CCSP
9 9 (2.84%) GIAC
9 9 (2.84%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (2.52%) CCNP
11 7 (2.21%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.89%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.58%) CCIE
13 5 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.26%) PhD
15 3 (0.95%) CCSA
15 3 (0.95%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (23.34%) NIST
2 60 (18.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (12.30%) GDPR
4 26 (8.20%) PCI DSS
5 22 (6.94%) NCSC
6 10 (3.15%) EU AI Act
7 8 (2.52%) GRC
7 8 (2.52%) HIPAA
7 8 (2.52%) PSD2
7 8 (2.52%) QA
8 5 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.58%) NIST 800
9 4 (1.26%) JSP 440
9 4 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.95%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.63%) SOC 1
System Software
1 11 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.52%) Docker
3 3 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.10%) Terraform
3 6 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.95%) Ansible
4 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.95%) OPNET
4 3 (0.95%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.63%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.63%) SELinux
6 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.32%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 55 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.67%) Splunk
3 25 (7.89%) CyberArk
4 14 (4.42%) Palo Alto
5 11 (3.47%) BiZZdesign
6 10 (3.15%) Google
7 9 (2.84%) Centrify
7 9 (2.84%) Cisco
8 8 (2.52%) Darktrace
8 8 (2.52%) Zscaler
9 6 (1.89%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.89%) Oracle
9 6 (1.89%) Thycotic
9 6 (1.89%) Virgin Media
10 5 (1.58%) F5
11 4 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.26%) SAP
11 4 (1.26%) VMware
12 3 (0.95%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.95%) Sparx