Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect daily rate in England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 233 223
Rank change year-on-year -10 -10 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 413 273 396
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.12% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.21% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 192 240
10th Percentile £463 £550 £519
25th Percentile £522 £600 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £668 £700
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -4.64% -
75th Percentile £763 £738 £780
90th Percentile £825 £800 £827
UK median daily rate £634 £668 £700
% change year-on-year -5.02% -4.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 19
10th Percentile - £69.68 £81.86
25th Percentile - £71.82 £81.88
Median hourly rate £83.00 £79.16 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -9.50% +24.94%
75th Percentile £84.00 £85.22 £87.50
90th Percentile £84.60 £86.59 £87.53
UK median hourly rate £83.00 £79.16 £87.46
% change year-on-year +4.86% -9.50% +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 37,604 22,499 34,153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 92.58% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,450 14,977 22,653
10th Percentile £313 £300 £281
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 914 2,443
10th Percentile £15.72 £14.06 £12.87
25th Percentile £20.98 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.36 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +54.81% -18.34% -17.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £28.68 £36.65
% change year-on-year +53.44% -21.76% -18.56%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -29 199 £634 -6.07% 33
South East -19 80 £640 +2.40% 17
North of England -25 59 £700 +4.32% 29
North West -7 44 £707 +5.39% 26
Midlands -40 39 £663 -7.02% 12
West Midlands -39 37 £713 - 12
South West -50 14 £591 -11.75% 7
Yorkshire -45 12 £650 -4.41%
East of England - 4 £675 - 6
North East -17 2 £545 -12.80% 3
East Midlands - 2 £438 -
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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.

1 191 (46.25%) Security Architecture
2 179 (43.34%) Security Cleared
3 128 (30.99%) Cybersecurity
4 109 (26.39%) SC Cleared
5 103 (24.94%) Threat Modelling
6 97 (23.49%) Azure
7 88 (21.31%) Cloud Security
8 86 (20.82%) AWS
9 81 (19.61%) NIST
10 73 (17.68%) Network Security
10 73 (17.68%) Zero Trust
11 69 (16.71%) CISSP
12 55 (13.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 54 (13.08%) DV Cleared
14 50 (12.11%) Architectural Patterns
15 49 (11.86%) GCP
16 45 (10.90%) Risk Management
16 45 (10.90%) TOGAF
17 44 (10.65%) Application Security
18 40 (9.69%) SABSA
19 39 (9.44%) DevSecOps
20 37 (8.96%) Data Protection
20 37 (8.96%) Microsoft
20 37 (8.96%) SIEM
21 36 (8.72%) Identity Access Management
21 36 (8.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 35 (8.47%) CI/CD
22 35 (8.47%) Information Security
22 35 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
22 35 (8.47%) Vulnerability Management

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 6 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.21%) Confluence
3 2 (0.48%) nginx
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.24%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (23.49%) Azure
2 86 (20.82%) AWS
3 49 (11.86%) GCP
4 24 (5.81%) Entra ID
5 12 (2.91%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 12 (2.91%) SaaS
6 11 (2.66%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.18%) AWS KMS
8 7 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.97%) GitHub
10 4 (0.97%) IaaS
11 3 (0.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.73%) Apigee
11 3 (0.73%) AWS CloudTrail
11 3 (0.73%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 73 (17.68%) Network Security
2 28 (6.78%) Firewall
3 12 (2.91%) VPN
4 10 (2.42%) LAN
4 10 (2.42%) WAN
5 8 (1.94%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.21%) BGP
6 5 (1.21%) IPsec
6 5 (1.21%) OSPF
7 4 (0.97%) MQTT
8 3 (0.73%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.73%) MPLS
8 3 (0.73%) NGFW
8 3 (0.73%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.48%) DMZ
9 2 (0.48%) DNS
9 2 (0.48%) Intranet
9 2 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.48%) VLAN
9 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.48%) Big Data
1 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
1 2 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.24%) Metadata
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.97%) JIRA
1 4 (0.97%) Snyk
2 3 (0.73%) GitLab
2 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.24%) AppScan
3 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.24%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
General
1 69 (16.71%) Social Skills
2 55 (13.32%) Public Sector
3 48 (11.62%) Finance
4 23 (5.57%) Banking
5 16 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.42%) Legal
9 7 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.21%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.73%) Law
12 3 (0.73%) Military
13 2 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.48%) Retail
14 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.24%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.18%) OAuth
2 7 (1.69%) OAuth2
2 7 (1.69%) OpenID
3 5 (1.21%) J2EE
3 5 (1.21%) JSP
3 5 (1.21%) JWT
3 5 (1.21%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.21%) SAML
4 4 (0.97%) ADO
4 4 (0.97%) Middleware
5 3 (0.73%) REST
6 2 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.24%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.24%) Flask
7 1 (0.24%) HTML
7 1 (0.24%) JSSE
7 1 (0.24%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.24%) React
7 1 (0.24%) RESTful
7 1 (0.24%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.26%) Cloud Native
2 29 (7.02%) Security Posture
3 27 (6.54%) Operational Technology
4 19 (4.60%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.91%) AI Agents
5 12 (2.91%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.42%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.45%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.97%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.97%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.73%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.73%) SCADA
12 2 (0.48%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.42%) Windows
2 5 (1.21%) Linux
3 2 (0.48%) Android
3 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Unix
4 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (46.25%) Security Architecture
2 128 (30.99%) Cybersecurity
3 103 (24.94%) Threat Modelling
4 88 (21.31%) Cloud Security
5 73 (17.68%) Zero Trust
6 50 (12.11%) Architectural Patterns
7 45 (10.90%) Risk Management
7 45 (10.90%) TOGAF
8 44 (10.65%) Application Security
9 40 (9.69%) SABSA
10 39 (9.44%) DevSecOps
11 37 (8.96%) Data Protection
11 37 (8.96%) SIEM
12 36 (8.72%) Identity Access Management
12 36 (8.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 35 (8.47%) CI/CD
13 35 (8.47%) Information Security
13 35 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 35 (8.47%) Vulnerability Management
14 33 (7.99%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.42%) Java
2 3 (0.73%) Bicep
2 3 (0.73%) Python
2 3 (0.73%) SQL
3 2 (0.48%) C
3 2 (0.48%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
3 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
3 2 (0.48%) Swift
4 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.24%) Lisp
4 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.24%) ProC
4 1 (0.24%) RPG
4 1 (0.24%) VB
4 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 179 (43.34%) Security Cleared
2 109 (26.39%) SC Cleared
3 69 (16.71%) CISSP
4 54 (13.08%) DV Cleared
5 34 (8.23%) CISM
6 31 (7.51%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (5.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 19 (4.60%) Degree
9 14 (3.39%) AWS Certification
9 14 (3.39%) CCSP
10 10 (2.42%) GIAC
11 9 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.94%) SANS
13 7 (1.69%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.69%) CCNP
14 6 (1.45%) CEH
14 6 (1.45%) CISA
14 6 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (1.21%) OSCP
16 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (19.61%) NIST
2 55 (13.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (6.78%) NCSC
4 23 (5.57%) GDPR
5 17 (4.12%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.91%) NIST 800
7 10 (2.42%) GRC
8 6 (1.45%) COBIT
9 5 (1.21%) JSP 440
9 5 (1.21%) QA
10 4 (0.97%) EU AI Act
11 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.73%) IFRS
11 3 (0.73%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.73%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.73%) RMADS
11 3 (0.73%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 13 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.24%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.24%) Varnish
2 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (5.08%) Terraform
2 16 (3.87%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.45%) Ansible
4 4 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.48%) QRadar
6 1 (0.24%) Istio
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.24%) Nessus
6 1 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.24%) SCCM
6 1 (0.24%) SELinux
Vendors
1 37 (8.96%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.39%) Splunk
3 10 (2.42%) Cisco
3 10 (2.42%) Okta
3 10 (2.42%) Zscaler
4 8 (1.94%) Palo Alto
5 7 (1.69%) BiZZdesign
5 7 (1.69%) CyberArk
6 6 (1.45%) Google
6 6 (1.45%) SAP
6 6 (1.45%) Sparx
6 6 (1.45%) Tenable
7 5 (1.21%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.21%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.97%) F5
8 4 (0.97%) Qualys
9 3 (0.73%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.73%) Juniper
9 3 (0.73%) LogRhythm
9 3 (0.73%) VMware