Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect daily rate in England is £645, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 211 229
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 524 341 349
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 1.23% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.34% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 220 213
10th Percentile £498 £512 £500
25th Percentile £546 £581 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -3.57% +1.82%
75th Percentile £775 £755 £780
90th Percentile £850 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 9
10th Percentile - £86.00 £81.86
25th Percentile £60.00 £91.25 £81.88
Median hourly rate £83.00 £100.00 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +14.34% +24.94%
75th Percentile - £102.75 -
90th Percentile £83.40 £104.40 £87.47
UK median hourly rate £83.00 £100.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year -17.00% +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 42,382 25,355 30,894
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 91.59% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,645 16,377 20,264
10th Percentile £325 £285 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,188 1,341 1,792
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.30 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.98% -43.78% +7.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.01
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +2.00%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -2 257 £650 -3.70% 157
South East -2 118 £645 +7.50% 58
North of England -47 65 £638 -8.93% 44
North West -27 51 £653 -6.71% 31
Midlands -28 37 £625 -21.88% 15
West Midlands -28 36 £625 -21.88% 14
South West -65 25 £608 -6.54% 30
Yorkshire -39 11 £350 -41.67% 13
East of England -14 8 £625 +25.00% 12
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 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.

1 264 (50.38%) Security Architecture
2 230 (43.89%) Security Cleared
3 185 (35.31%) Cybersecurity
4 145 (27.67%) Azure
5 139 (26.53%) SC Cleared
6 134 (25.57%) Cloud Security
7 128 (24.43%) Threat Modelling
8 123 (23.47%) AWS
9 106 (20.23%) NIST
10 105 (20.04%) CISSP
11 85 (16.22%) DV Cleared
12 84 (16.03%) Risk Management
13 74 (14.12%) AI
13 74 (14.12%) Network Security
13 74 (14.12%) Zero Trust
14 72 (13.74%) Architectural Patterns
14 72 (13.74%) TOGAF
15 68 (12.98%) Identity Access Management
16 67 (12.79%) GCP
17 64 (12.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 63 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
19 62 (11.83%) DevSecOps
20 61 (11.64%) Roadmaps
21 60 (11.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 54 (10.31%) SABSA
23 53 (10.11%) CI/CD
24 51 (9.73%) Enterprise Architecture
25 50 (9.54%) Microsoft
26 49 (9.35%) CISM
26 49 (9.35%) Information 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 2 (0.38%) SAS
1 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 145 (27.67%) Azure
2 123 (23.47%) AWS
3 67 (12.79%) GCP
4 27 (5.15%) Entra ID
5 18 (3.44%) SaaS
6 15 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.95%) Anthropic Claude
9 5 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (0.76%) Vertex AI
11 3 (0.57%) Apigee
11 3 (0.57%) AWS Control Tower
11 3 (0.57%) AWS KMS
11 3 (0.57%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (0.57%) GitHub
11 3 (0.57%) IaaS
11 3 (0.57%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 74 (14.12%) Network Security
2 37 (7.06%) Firewall
3 10 (1.91%) VPN
3 10 (1.91%) WAN
4 7 (1.34%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.34%) VLAN
5 6 (1.15%) 4G
5 6 (1.15%) IPsec
5 6 (1.15%) NGFW
6 5 (0.95%) LAN
7 4 (0.76%) 5G
7 4 (0.76%) Intranet
7 4 (0.76%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.57%) BGP
8 3 (0.57%) OSPF
9 2 (0.38%) DHCP
9 2 (0.38%) DNS
9 2 (0.38%) Internet
9 2 (0.38%) MPLS
9 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.57%) Data Lake
1 3 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.38%) Big Data
2 2 (0.38%) Metadata
3 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.95%) JIRA
3 4 (0.76%) Snyk
4 3 (0.57%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
General
1 94 (17.94%) Social Skills
2 62 (11.83%) Public Sector
3 59 (11.26%) Finance
4 31 (5.92%) Banking
5 23 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.67%) Legal
9 10 (1.91%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.72%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.53%) Military
12 7 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.34%) Police
13 6 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.95%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.76%) Law
15 4 (0.76%) Local Government
15 4 (0.76%) Retail
16 2 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.48%) OAuth
2 8 (1.53%) OAuth2
2 8 (1.53%) OpenID
3 7 (1.34%) REST
4 6 (1.15%) SAML
4 6 (1.15%) SLSA
5 5 (0.95%) ModSecurity
6 4 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
6 4 (0.76%) Jakarta EE
6 4 (0.76%) JSP
7 3 (0.57%) HTML
7 3 (0.57%) JWT
7 3 (0.57%) LangChain
7 3 (0.57%) LDAP
7 3 (0.57%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.57%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.38%) .NET
8 2 (0.38%) EDI
8 2 (0.38%) Middleware
8 2 (0.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.50%) Security Posture
2 46 (8.78%) Cloud Native
3 30 (5.73%) Operational Technology
4 25 (4.77%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.48%) AI Agents
6 13 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.10%) Enterprise Cloud
8 10 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (1.72%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.34%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.95%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.95%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) CMDB
13 4 (0.76%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.76%) PKI
13 4 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.15%) Linux
2 5 (0.95%) Windows
3 4 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (0.76%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (50.38%) Security Architecture
2 185 (35.31%) Cybersecurity
3 134 (25.57%) Cloud Security
4 128 (24.43%) Threat Modelling
5 84 (16.03%) Risk Management
6 74 (14.12%) AI
6 74 (14.12%) Zero Trust
7 72 (13.74%) Architectural Patterns
7 72 (13.74%) TOGAF
8 68 (12.98%) Identity Access Management
9 63 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
10 62 (11.83%) DevSecOps
11 61 (11.64%) Roadmaps
12 60 (11.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (10.31%) SABSA
14 53 (10.11%) CI/CD
15 51 (9.73%) Enterprise Architecture
16 49 (9.35%) Information Security
17 46 (8.78%) DevOps
18 44 (8.40%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.29%) Python
2 9 (1.72%) Java
3 7 (1.34%) Bicep
3 7 (1.34%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.95%) Groovy
4 5 (0.95%) Shell Script
5 3 (0.57%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.38%) Bash
6 2 (0.38%) SQL
7 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 230 (43.89%) Security Cleared
2 139 (26.53%) SC Cleared
3 105 (20.04%) CISSP
4 85 (16.22%) DV Cleared
5 49 (9.35%) CISM
6 33 (6.30%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (5.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 19 (3.63%) AWS Certification
9 18 (3.44%) Degree
10 16 (3.05%) CCSP
11 15 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (1.91%) CEH
12 10 (1.91%) CISA
12 10 (1.91%) GIAC
13 8 (1.53%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.53%) SANS
14 7 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.34%) OSCP
15 6 (1.15%) ISSAP
16 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (20.23%) NIST
2 64 (12.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (8.59%) NCSC
4 26 (4.96%) GDPR
5 21 (4.01%) NIST 800
6 18 (3.44%) PCI DSS
7 16 (3.05%) GRC
8 11 (2.10%) JSP 440
9 10 (1.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (1.72%) Government Security Classifications
11 7 (1.34%) COBIT
11 7 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (1.15%) ISO 19650
12 6 (1.15%) QA
13 5 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.76%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.76%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 4 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.57%) RMADS
System Software
1 12 (2.29%) Active Directory
1 12 (2.29%) Docker
2 5 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.38%) vSphere
4 1 (0.19%) KVM
4 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 25 (4.77%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.63%) Terraform
3 9 (1.72%) Ansible
4 4 (0.76%) QRadar
5 3 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.38%) CASB
6 2 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.38%) Istio
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.19%) Suricata
Vendors
1 50 (9.54%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.82%) Google
3 15 (2.86%) Okta
3 15 (2.86%) Splunk
4 14 (2.67%) Palo Alto
5 13 (2.48%) Cisco
6 11 (2.10%) Tenable
7 9 (1.72%) Fortinet
8 8 (1.53%) Qualys
8 8 (1.53%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (1.15%) SAP
10 6 (1.15%) VMware
10 6 (1.15%) Zscaler
11 4 (0.76%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.76%) IFS
11 4 (0.76%) Rapid7
12 3 (0.57%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.57%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.57%) ServiceNow