Security Architect Contracts 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 3 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 207 249
Rank change year-on-year -11 +42 +70
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 331 432 489
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.27% 1.16% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 1.24% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 256 352
10th Percentile £521 £500 £520
25th Percentile £600 £622 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +1.82%
75th Percentile £752 £775 £775
90th Percentile £800 £825 £838
UK median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 14
10th Percentile £86.00 £81.86 £61.25
25th Percentile £91.25 £81.88 -
Median hourly rate £100.00 £87.46 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.34% +24.94% -
75th Percentile £102.75 £87.50 £74.81
90th Percentile £104.40 £87.53 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £100.00 £87.46 £70.00
% change year-on-year +14.34% +24.94% -

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 24,051 34,738 44,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 92.94% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,688 22,731 31,726
10th Percentile £292 £300 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,129 2,569 1,360
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.88 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.98 £16.86 £19.50
Median hourly rate £28.18 £40.00 £43.93
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% -8.95% +75.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +68.63%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect in England

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architect in England over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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 +30 189 £675 -6.90% 54
South East -34 37 £600 -7.69% 27
South West +39 35 £650 +4.00% 21
North of England -16 34 £700 +4.63% 45
North West -10 24 £688 +2.61% 27
Midlands +29 21 £763 +1.67% 5
West Midlands +26 21 £763 +1.67% 5
North East +8 8 £750 - 10
East of England +25 3 £500 -25.93% 5
Yorkshire -9 2 £550 -12.87% 8
Security Architect
UK

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 157 (47.43%) Security Architecture
2 124 (37.46%) Security Cleared
3 112 (33.84%) Cybersecurity
4 110 (33.23%) Azure
4 110 (33.23%) AWS
5 103 (31.12%) NIST
6 100 (30.21%) Cloud Security
7 95 (28.70%) SC Cleared
8 75 (22.66%) Social Skills
9 73 (22.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 73 (22.05%) CISSP
10 72 (21.75%) Threat Modelling
11 65 (19.64%) SIEM
12 61 (18.43%) Finance
13 59 (17.82%) Identity Access Management
14 57 (17.22%) Public Sector
15 54 (16.31%) Risk Management
16 53 (16.01%) Microsoft
17 50 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
18 49 (14.80%) Network Security
19 48 (14.50%) Firewall
19 48 (14.50%) GCP
20 46 (13.90%) Security Operations
21 40 (12.08%) GDPR
21 40 (12.08%) Vulnerability Management
22 39 (11.78%) Security Posture
23 38 (11.48%) SABSA
24 36 (10.88%) Application Security
24 36 (10.88%) CISM
25 35 (10.57%) Information Security

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.42%) Confluence
2 1 (0.30%) IBM Transformation Extender
2 1 (0.30%) SAS
2 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 110 (33.23%) AWS
1 110 (33.23%) Azure
2 48 (14.50%) GCP
3 34 (10.27%) SaaS
4 20 (6.04%) Amazon EC2
4 20 (6.04%) Amazon S3
5 19 (5.74%) Amazon SQS
6 14 (4.23%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (3.32%) OCI
9 10 (3.02%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.81%) IaaS
11 4 (1.21%) Akamai
11 4 (1.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 4 (1.21%) AWS CloudTrail
11 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.91%) GitHub
12 3 (0.91%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (14.80%) Network Security
2 48 (14.50%) Firewall
3 14 (4.23%) VPN
4 13 (3.93%) DNS
5 11 (3.32%) WAN
6 10 (3.02%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.21%) HTTP
8 3 (0.91%) BGP
8 3 (0.91%) IPsec
8 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.60%) DHCP
9 2 (0.60%) DMZ
9 2 (0.60%) LAN
9 2 (0.60%) NGFW
9 2 (0.60%) OSPF
9 2 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.60%) SAN
9 2 (0.60%) VSAN
9 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.02%) MongoDB
2 9 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.81%) GIS
4 1 (0.30%) Big Data
4 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.30%) Metadata
4 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (3.02%) JIRA
2 6 (1.81%) Git
3 3 (0.91%) GitLab
4 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
General
1 75 (22.66%) Social Skills
2 61 (18.43%) Finance
3 57 (17.22%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.25%) Banking
5 23 (6.95%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.93%) Legal
8 12 (3.63%) Military
9 8 (2.42%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.81%) Marketing
11 5 (1.51%) Law
11 5 (1.51%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.60%) Electronics
14 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.60%) Public Speaking
15 1 (0.30%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.30%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.63%) OAuth
1 12 (3.63%) SAML
2 11 (3.32%) OpenID
3 9 (2.72%) SailPoint
4 8 (2.42%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.51%) .NET
6 4 (1.21%) Google JAX
6 4 (1.21%) JAX
6 4 (1.21%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.21%) React
6 4 (1.21%) scikit-learn
6 4 (1.21%) TensorFlow
7 3 (0.91%) Apache Axis
8 2 (0.60%) Kafka
8 2 (0.60%) LDAP
8 2 (0.60%) Web Services
9 1 (0.30%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.30%) Node.js
9 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.30%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.78%) Security Posture
2 27 (8.16%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (6.65%) CSOC
3 22 (6.65%) Management Information System
3 22 (6.65%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.23%) Operational Technology
5 13 (3.93%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.32%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.32%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.02%) PKI
7 10 (3.02%) SCADA
8 8 (2.42%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.42%) Cyberattack
9 7 (2.11%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.21%) IoT
11 4 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.34%) Windows
2 12 (3.63%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.11%) Linux
4 2 (0.60%) VMS
4 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (47.43%) Security Architecture
2 112 (33.84%) Cybersecurity
3 100 (30.21%) Cloud Security
4 72 (21.75%) Threat Modelling
5 65 (19.64%) SIEM
6 59 (17.82%) Identity Access Management
7 54 (16.31%) Risk Management
8 50 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
9 46 (13.90%) Security Operations
10 40 (12.08%) Vulnerability Management
11 38 (11.48%) SABSA
12 36 (10.88%) Application Security
13 35 (10.57%) Information Security
13 35 (10.57%) Roadmaps
14 33 (9.97%) Incident Response
15 32 (9.67%) DevSecOps
16 30 (9.06%) DevOps
17 27 (8.16%) CI/CD
17 27 (8.16%) SOAR
18 26 (7.85%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.25%) Python
2 19 (5.74%) Java
3 11 (3.32%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.11%) Bash
5 4 (1.21%) C
5 4 (1.21%) C++
5 4 (1.21%) PHP
5 4 (1.21%) R
5 4 (1.21%) SQL
5 4 (1.21%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.91%) C#
7 2 (0.60%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 124 (37.46%) Security Cleared
2 95 (28.70%) SC Cleared
3 73 (22.05%) CISSP
4 36 (10.88%) CISM
5 29 (8.76%) DV Cleared
6 19 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (5.74%) Degree
7 15 (4.53%) AWS Certification
7 15 (4.53%) Azure Certification
8 14 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 10 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.02%) GIAC
10 9 (2.72%) CISA
11 7 (2.11%) CEH
11 7 (2.11%) OCP
11 7 (2.11%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.81%) SANS
13 5 (1.51%) CCSK
13 5 (1.51%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (31.12%) NIST
2 73 (22.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (12.08%) GDPR
4 26 (7.85%) PCI DSS
5 20 (6.04%) GRC
6 14 (4.23%) NCSC
7 12 (3.63%) NIST 800
7 12 (3.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (3.32%) HIPAA
8 11 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (2.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (1.81%) QA
11 5 (1.51%) EU AI Act
12 3 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.91%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.91%) PMO
13 2 (0.60%) COBIT
13 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.30%) GxP
System Software
1 22 (6.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.60%) Docker
3 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.53%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.81%) Terraform
4 3 (0.91%) CASB
5 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.60%) Ansible
5 2 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.60%) SCCM
5 2 (0.60%) SELinux
6 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.30%) Grafana
6 1 (0.30%) OPNET
6 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.30%) Puppet
6 1 (0.30%) Trend Micro Deep Security
6 1 (0.30%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 53 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.16%) Splunk
3 18 (5.44%) Google
4 15 (4.53%) Oracle
5 11 (3.32%) CyberArk
5 11 (3.32%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.02%) Fortinet
7 9 (2.72%) Cisco
8 7 (2.11%) Qualys
8 7 (2.11%) Zscaler
9 6 (1.81%) ESRI
9 6 (1.81%) F5
9 6 (1.81%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.81%) SAP
10 5 (1.51%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (1.51%) Tufin
11 4 (1.21%) AlgoSec
11 4 (1.21%) Okta
11 4 (1.21%) Ping Identity
12 3 (0.91%) Sparx