Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect daily rate in England is £671, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 252 246
Rank change year-on-year -6 -6 +137
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 316 285 372
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.03% 0.94% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 1.01% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 178 256
10th Percentile £500 £500 £523
25th Percentile £556 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £671 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £750
90th Percentile £798 £816 £800
UK median daily rate £650 £651 £675
% change year-on-year -0.08% -3.63% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile £82.75 - £57.50
25th Percentile £85.00 - £61.72
Median hourly rate £87.50 - £75.67
75th Percentile £95.00 - £81.25
90th Percentile £101.30 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £85.00 - £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 27,984 28,207 36,022
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.96% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,940 17,360 24,787
10th Percentile £285 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.69% -2.91%
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 1,688 1,011 1,400
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.25 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +44.26%

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 2 December 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 +4 130 £667 +0.60% 29
North of England -16 69 £675 -6.90% 47
South East +12 64 £675 +5.88% 37
Yorkshire -13 32 £538 -23.21% 14
South West 0 25 £650 - 21
North West -23 25 £717 -4.37% 26
Midlands -23 19 £675 -3.57% 19
West Midlands -25 17 £675 -3.57% 11
North East - 13 £738 - 7
East of England -10 7 £510 +13.33% 14
East Midlands - 2 £450 - 7
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 December 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.

1 144 (45.57%) Security Architecture
2 104 (32.91%) Cybersecurity
3 101 (31.96%) Security Cleared
4 99 (31.33%) AWS
5 89 (28.16%) Azure
6 80 (25.32%) Cloud Security
7 76 (24.05%) NIST
8 71 (22.47%) CISSP
9 65 (20.57%) SC Cleared
10 59 (18.67%) Threat Modelling
11 57 (18.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 57 (18.04%) Microsoft
12 52 (16.46%) SIEM
13 51 (16.14%) Incident Response
14 50 (15.82%) Network Security
15 48 (15.19%) Firewall
16 47 (14.87%) Identity Access Management
17 43 (13.61%) GCP
18 42 (13.29%) TOGAF
18 42 (13.29%) Vulnerability Management
19 40 (12.66%) CI/CD
20 39 (12.34%) Zero Trust
21 37 (11.71%) GDPR
22 36 (11.39%) DevSecOps
23 35 (11.08%) Risk Management
24 34 (10.76%) Roadmaps
24 34 (10.76%) Security Operations
24 34 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 32 (10.13%) CISM
26 30 (9.49%) Problem-Solving

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 (4.75%) 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
Business Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 99 (31.33%) AWS
2 89 (28.16%) Azure
3 43 (13.61%) GCP
4 18 (5.70%) Entra ID
5 16 (5.06%) SaaS
6 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 7 (2.22%) GitHub
8 7 (2.22%) PaaS
8 7 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.90%) AWS KMS
9 6 (1.90%) IaaS
10 5 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (1.58%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.58%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (0.95%) Akamai
11 3 (0.95%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 50 (15.82%) Network Security
2 48 (15.19%) Firewall
3 9 (2.85%) VPN
4 8 (2.53%) NGFW
4 8 (2.53%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.90%) DNS
5 6 (1.90%) WAN
6 5 (1.58%) LAN
7 4 (1.27%) DHCP
7 4 (1.27%) IPsec
7 4 (1.27%) SSL
7 4 (1.27%) 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%) HTTP
9 2 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.63%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.80%) MongoDB
2 11 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.63%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.32%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (4.75%) JIRA
2 6 (1.90%) Git
3 4 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.95%) GitLab
5 1 (0.32%) MLflow
General
1 75 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.89%) Finance
3 35 (11.08%) Public Sector
4 22 (6.96%) Banking
5 19 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.16%) Financial Institution
6 10 (3.16%) Legal
7 8 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.22%) Military
9 6 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.95%) Electronics
12 3 (0.95%) Marketing
13 2 (0.63%) Retail
14 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.53%) SAML
2 6 (1.90%) OAuth
3 5 (1.58%) OpenID
3 5 (1.58%) PyTorch
3 5 (1.58%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.27%) .NET
4 4 (1.27%) Google JAX
4 4 (1.27%) JAX
4 4 (1.27%) scikit-learn
5 3 (0.95%) Kafka
5 3 (0.95%) OAuth2
5 3 (0.95%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.63%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.63%) React
7 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.32%) JWT
7 1 (0.32%) Node.js
7 1 (0.32%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.32%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.54%) Security Posture
2 26 (8.23%) Cloud Native
3 17 (5.38%) Product Ownership
4 16 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 16 (5.06%) PKI
5 15 (4.75%) Operational Technology
6 14 (4.43%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 10 (3.16%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.85%) Private Cloud
9 9 (2.85%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.53%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (2.53%) SCADA
11 7 (2.22%) CSOC
11 7 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (1.58%) Cyberattack
13 5 (1.58%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.80%) Windows
2 7 (2.22%) Linux
3 4 (1.27%) 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
1 144 (45.57%) Security Architecture
2 104 (32.91%) Cybersecurity
3 80 (25.32%) Cloud Security
4 59 (18.67%) Threat Modelling
5 52 (16.46%) SIEM
6 51 (16.14%) Incident Response
7 47 (14.87%) Identity Access Management
8 42 (13.29%) TOGAF
8 42 (13.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 40 (12.66%) CI/CD
10 39 (12.34%) Zero Trust
11 36 (11.39%) DevSecOps
12 35 (11.08%) Risk Management
13 34 (10.76%) Roadmaps
13 34 (10.76%) Security Operations
13 34 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 30 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (9.49%) SABSA
15 28 (8.86%) Information Security
16 27 (8.54%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.43%) Python
2 10 (3.16%) Java
3 6 (1.90%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.58%) R
5 4 (1.27%) C
5 4 (1.27%) C++
6 3 (0.95%) Bash
6 3 (0.95%) Bicep
6 3 (0.95%) SQL
7 2 (0.63%) PHP
7 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.32%) ProC
Qualifications
1 101 (31.96%) Security Cleared
2 71 (22.47%) CISSP
3 65 (20.57%) SC Cleared
4 32 (10.13%) CISM
5 24 (7.59%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (7.59%) Degree
5 24 (7.59%) DV Cleared
6 18 (5.70%) AWS Certification
7 16 (5.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (4.43%) TOGAF Certification
9 11 (3.48%) CCSP
10 10 (3.16%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.53%) CCNP
12 7 (2.22%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.90%) GIAC
14 5 (1.58%) CCIE
14 5 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.58%) PhD
15 3 (0.95%) CCSA
15 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (24.05%) NIST
2 57 (18.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (11.71%) GDPR
4 27 (8.54%) PCI DSS
5 20 (6.33%) NCSC
6 10 (3.16%) EU AI Act
7 9 (2.85%) QA
8 8 (2.53%) PSD2
9 6 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.90%) GRC
9 6 (1.90%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.58%) NIST 800
11 4 (1.27%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.63%) RMADS
13 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.63%) SOC 1
System Software
1 8 (2.53%) Docker
2 7 (2.22%) Active Directory
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 19 (6.01%) Terraform
2 18 (5.70%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.27%) Ansible
5 3 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.95%) OPNET
5 3 (0.95%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.63%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.63%) SCCM
7 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.32%) Kibana
7 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.32%) logstash
7 1 (0.32%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 57 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.59%) CyberArk
3 21 (6.65%) Splunk
4 14 (4.43%) Palo Alto
5 12 (3.80%) BiZZdesign
6 11 (3.48%) Centrify
7 10 (3.16%) Google
8 8 (2.53%) Cisco
8 8 (2.53%) Darktrace
8 8 (2.53%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.22%) F5
9 7 (2.22%) Virgin Media
9 7 (2.22%) Zscaler
10 6 (1.90%) Sparx
10 6 (1.90%) Thycotic
11 5 (1.58%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.58%) VMware
12 4 (1.27%) Oracle
12 4 (1.27%) SAP
13 3 (0.95%) CrowdStrike