Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect daily rate in England is £644, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
26 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 246 241
Rank change year-on-year -40 -5 +80
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 284 256 359
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 0.97% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.04% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 173 231
10th Percentile £463 £552 £520
25th Percentile £537 £609 £629
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £721 £750 £775
90th Percentile £786 £810 £863
UK median daily rate £630 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile £82.38 - £75.28
25th Percentile £84.06 £68.26 £80.32
Median hourly rate £86.25 £73.31 £83.77
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -12.48% +19.66%
75th Percentile £94.06 £78.36 £87.13
90th Percentile £94.63 - £87.53
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £73.31 £83.77
% change year-on-year +15.95% -12.48% +19.66%

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 29,574 24,600 35,001
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 93.00% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,859 15,166 23,647
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,840 745 1,921
10th Percentile £14.82 £16.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.64
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63.56 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -11.14% -13.33% +8.49%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -2 134 £645 -6.18% 26
North of England -25 53 £600 -14.29% 8
South East -19 51 £650 +4.00% 17
Yorkshire -20 33 £537 -22.17% 2
South West -21 19 £650 +5.05% 12
North West -23 18 £701 -6.60% 4
Midlands -43 16 £675 -3.57% 2
West Midlands -39 13 £675 -3.57% 1
East of England -11 5 £520 +15.56% 3
East Midlands - 3 £438 - 1
North East - 2 £545 - 2
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 January 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.

1 135 (47.54%) Security Architecture
2 106 (37.32%) Security Cleared
3 99 (34.86%) Cybersecurity
4 79 (27.82%) Azure
5 70 (24.65%) AWS
6 69 (24.30%) NIST
6 69 (24.30%) SC Cleared
7 61 (21.48%) Cloud Security
8 60 (21.13%) Threat Modelling
9 53 (18.66%) Zero Trust
10 52 (18.31%) CISSP
11 51 (17.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 51 (17.96%) Network Security
12 46 (16.20%) Firewall
13 44 (15.49%) Incident Response
13 44 (15.49%) Microsoft
14 43 (15.14%) Identity Access Management
15 42 (14.79%) TOGAF
16 41 (14.44%) Vulnerability Management
17 36 (12.68%) Risk Management
18 34 (11.97%) SIEM
19 33 (11.62%) GCP
20 32 (11.27%) SABSA
21 30 (10.56%) DevSecOps
21 30 (10.56%) DV Cleared
21 30 (10.56%) NCSC
22 29 (10.21%) Roadmaps
23 28 (9.86%) GDPR
23 28 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 27 (9.51%) 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 14 (4.93%) Confluence
2 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.35%) nginx
4 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 79 (27.82%) Azure
2 70 (24.65%) AWS
3 33 (11.62%) GCP
4 19 (6.69%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.52%) SaaS
6 8 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (2.46%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 7 (2.46%) AWS KMS
8 6 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.11%) GitHub
8 6 (2.11%) PaaS
9 5 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.41%) Akamai
10 4 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.41%) IaaS
11 3 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.70%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (17.96%) Network Security
2 46 (16.20%) Firewall
3 15 (5.28%) VPN
4 14 (4.93%) WAN
5 11 (3.87%) LAN
5 11 (3.87%) SD-WAN
6 8 (2.82%) NGFW
7 7 (2.46%) DNS
7 7 (2.46%) IPsec
8 5 (1.76%) BGP
9 4 (1.41%) DHCP
9 4 (1.41%) OSPF
9 4 (1.41%) Skype
9 4 (1.41%) SSL
10 3 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.06%) Kerberos
10 3 (1.06%) MQTT
10 3 (1.06%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.06%) VSAN
10 3 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.70%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) GitLab
General
1 54 (19.01%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.55%) Finance
3 37 (13.03%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.99%) Banking
5 11 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.82%) Financial Institution
6 8 (2.82%) Legal
6 8 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.06%) Law
10 2 (0.70%) Military
10 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.35%) Electronics
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.35%) Marketing
11 1 (0.35%) Retail
11 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.52%) SAML
2 7 (2.46%) OAuth
2 7 (2.46%) OpenID
3 4 (1.41%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.06%) ADO
5 2 (0.70%) .NET
5 2 (0.70%) Kafka
5 2 (0.70%) LDAP
5 2 (0.70%) Middleware
5 2 (0.70%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.35%) J2EE
6 1 (0.35%) JAAS
6 1 (0.35%) JSP
6 1 (0.35%) JSSE
6 1 (0.35%) JWT
6 1 (0.35%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.35%) REST
6 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.39%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.34%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.63%) Operational Technology
3 16 (5.63%) PKI
4 14 (4.93%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.58%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.87%) Private Cloud
6 11 (3.87%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.52%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.76%) NHS
11 5 (1.76%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.76%) SCADA
11 5 (1.76%) Taxonomies
12 4 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
13 3 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.63%) Windows
2 10 (3.52%) Linux
3 4 (1.41%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.06%) Unix
4 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.70%) Android
5 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (47.54%) Security Architecture
2 99 (34.86%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (21.48%) Cloud Security
4 60 (21.13%) Threat Modelling
5 53 (18.66%) Zero Trust
6 44 (15.49%) Incident Response
7 43 (15.14%) Identity Access Management
8 42 (14.79%) TOGAF
9 41 (14.44%) Vulnerability Management
10 36 (12.68%) Risk Management
11 34 (11.97%) SIEM
12 32 (11.27%) SABSA
13 30 (10.56%) DevSecOps
14 29 (10.21%) Roadmaps
15 28 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 26 (9.15%) Network Segmentation
17 25 (8.80%) CI/CD
18 23 (8.10%) Architectural Patterns
18 23 (8.10%) Information Security
18 23 (8.10%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.46%) Java
1 7 (2.46%) Python
2 4 (1.41%) SQL
3 3 (1.06%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.70%) Bicep
4 2 (0.70%) C
4 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
4 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.70%) Swift
5 1 (0.35%) Bash
5 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.35%) ProC
5 1 (0.35%) R
5 1 (0.35%) RPG
5 1 (0.35%) VB
5 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 106 (37.32%) Security Cleared
2 69 (24.30%) SC Cleared
3 52 (18.31%) CISSP
4 30 (10.56%) DV Cleared
5 27 (9.51%) CISM
6 21 (7.39%) Degree
7 19 (6.69%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (5.28%) AWS Certification
9 14 (4.93%) TOGAF Certification
10 10 (3.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (3.17%) CCNP
12 8 (2.82%) Azure Certification
13 7 (2.46%) CCIE
13 7 (2.46%) CCSP
13 7 (2.46%) Master's Degree
14 6 (2.11%) GIAC
15 5 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (1.76%) PhD
16 4 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (24.30%) NIST
2 51 (17.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (10.56%) NCSC
4 28 (9.86%) GDPR
5 18 (6.34%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.46%) EU AI Act
7 6 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.76%) GRC
9 4 (1.41%) JSP 440
9 4 (1.41%) PSD2
10 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.06%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.06%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.70%) QA
11 2 (0.70%) RMADS
11 2 (0.70%) SOC 1
11 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.35%) COBIT
12 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.41%) Docker
3 3 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (7.39%) Terraform
2 8 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.46%) Ansible
3 7 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.06%) OPNET
4 3 (1.06%) SCCM
4 3 (1.06%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.35%) Kibana
6 1 (0.35%) logstash
6 1 (0.35%) SELinux
Vendors
1 44 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.45%) CyberArk
3 16 (5.63%) Splunk
4 13 (4.58%) BiZZdesign
5 12 (4.23%) Cisco
5 12 (4.23%) Palo Alto
6 11 (3.87%) Centrify
7 8 (2.82%) CheckPoint
7 8 (2.82%) Darktrace
7 8 (2.82%) Zscaler
8 7 (2.46%) F5
8 7 (2.46%) Fortinet
8 7 (2.46%) Virgin Media
9 6 (2.11%) Google
9 6 (2.11%) Sparx
9 6 (2.11%) VMware
10 4 (1.41%) Juniper
10 4 (1.41%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.41%) Thycotic
11 3 (1.06%) LogRhythm
59 Security Architect jobs in England