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 19 June 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 213 204
Rank change year-on-year -18 -9 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 452 309 429
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 1.24% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.35% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 210 259
10th Percentile £463 £535 £500
25th Percentile £525 £601 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £775 £765 £780
90th Percentile £844 £800 £828
UK median daily rate £630 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 19
10th Percentile - £84.25 £81.86
25th Percentile - £86.88 £81.88
Median hourly rate £83.00 £92.50 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -10.27% +5.76% +24.94%
75th Percentile £83.25 £96.88 £87.50
90th Percentile £83.70 £98.75 £87.53
UK median hourly rate £83.00 £92.50 £87.46
% change year-on-year -10.27% +5.76% +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 39,807 22,960 35,034
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.31% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,488 15,102 22,819
10th Percentile £325 £294 £288
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,805 1,027 2,691
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.35 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.50 £28.75 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +58.26% -27.31% -12.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £58.75 £63.19
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £43.69 £27.21 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.57% -27.44% -16.67%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -35 222 £642 -4.89% 35
South East -11 87 £645 +3.20% 28
North of England -35 58 £688 +2.46% 7
Midlands -28 49 £625 -18.03% 9
West Midlands -34 46 £625 -18.03% 8
North West -12 45 £712 +5.48% 3
South West -39 17 £620 -4.62% 12
Yorkshire -50 11 £675 +22.73% 2
East Midlands - 3 £438 - 1
East of England -27 2 £750 - 2
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 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.

1 211 (46.68%) Security Architecture
2 202 (44.69%) Security Cleared
3 163 (36.06%) Cybersecurity
4 127 (28.10%) SC Cleared
5 122 (26.99%) Threat Modelling
6 113 (25.00%) Azure
7 106 (23.45%) Cloud Security
8 98 (21.68%) AWS
9 86 (19.03%) NIST
10 76 (16.81%) CISSP
11 75 (16.59%) Zero Trust
12 71 (15.71%) Network Security
13 68 (15.04%) Architectural Patterns
14 59 (13.05%) DV Cleared
15 58 (12.83%) GCP
16 56 (12.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 56 (12.39%) Risk Management
17 51 (11.28%) TOGAF
18 49 (10.84%) Application Security
19 48 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
20 47 (10.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 46 (10.18%) SABSA
22 45 (9.96%) DevOps
23 44 (9.73%) DevSecOps
23 44 (9.73%) Identity Access Management
24 40 (8.85%) Data Protection
25 39 (8.63%) AI
25 39 (8.63%) NCSC
25 39 (8.63%) SIEM
26 38 (8.41%) 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 5 (1.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.66%) Confluence
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.22%) nginx
3 1 (0.22%) SAS
3 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.22%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 113 (25.00%) Azure
2 98 (21.68%) AWS
3 58 (12.83%) GCP
4 24 (5.31%) Entra ID
5 14 (3.10%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (2.43%) SaaS
7 8 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 6 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (0.88%) AWS Control Tower
10 4 (0.88%) AWS KMS
10 4 (0.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.66%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.66%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (0.66%) Apigee
11 3 (0.66%) AWS CloudTrail
11 3 (0.66%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.66%) GitHub
11 3 (0.66%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 71 (15.71%) Network Security
2 28 (6.19%) Firewall
3 11 (2.43%) VPN
4 9 (1.99%) WAN
5 8 (1.77%) IPsec
5 8 (1.77%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.55%) LAN
7 6 (1.33%) NGFW
8 5 (1.11%) BGP
8 5 (1.11%) OSPF
9 4 (0.88%) MPLS
9 4 (0.88%) VLAN
10 3 (0.66%) Intranet
10 3 (0.66%) MQTT
10 3 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.44%) 5G
11 2 (0.44%) DMZ
11 2 (0.44%) DNS
11 2 (0.44%) Internet
11 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.44%) Big Data
1 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
1 2 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.22%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (0.88%) JIRA
1 4 (0.88%) Snyk
2 3 (0.66%) GitLab
2 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.44%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.22%) AppScan
4 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
General
1 80 (17.70%) Social Skills
2 65 (14.38%) Public Sector
3 53 (11.73%) Finance
4 29 (6.42%) Banking
5 20 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.32%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.21%) Legal
9 8 (1.77%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.33%) Military
11 5 (1.11%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.88%) Law
12 4 (0.88%) Retail
13 2 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.22%) Aviation
14 1 (0.22%) Local Government
14 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.43%) OAuth
2 9 (1.99%) OAuth2
2 9 (1.99%) OpenID
3 7 (1.55%) SAML
4 5 (1.11%) J2EE
4 5 (1.11%) JSP
4 5 (1.11%) REST
4 5 (1.11%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.88%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (0.88%) JWT
5 4 (0.88%) LDAP
6 3 (0.66%) ADO
6 3 (0.66%) HTML
7 2 (0.44%) .NET
7 2 (0.44%) Middleware
7 2 (0.44%) RESTful
8 1 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.22%) Flask
8 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.22%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.63%) Security Posture
2 34 (7.52%) Cloud Native
3 30 (6.64%) Operational Technology
4 22 (4.87%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.88%) AI Agents
6 10 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.99%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (1.55%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.11%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.88%) CMDB
10 4 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (0.88%) Genomics
10 4 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.88%) SCADA
10 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.65%) Windows
2 9 (1.99%) Linux
3 5 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.88%) Alpine Linux
4 4 (0.88%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.44%) Android
5 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.22%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Unix
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (46.68%) Security Architecture
2 163 (36.06%) Cybersecurity
3 122 (26.99%) Threat Modelling
4 106 (23.45%) Cloud Security
5 75 (16.59%) Zero Trust
6 68 (15.04%) Architectural Patterns
7 56 (12.39%) Risk Management
8 51 (11.28%) TOGAF
9 49 (10.84%) Application Security
10 48 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 47 (10.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 46 (10.18%) SABSA
13 45 (9.96%) DevOps
14 44 (9.73%) DevSecOps
14 44 (9.73%) Identity Access Management
15 40 (8.85%) Data Protection
16 39 (8.63%) AI
16 39 (8.63%) SIEM
17 37 (8.19%) Vulnerability Management
18 36 (7.96%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.43%) Java
2 9 (1.99%) Python
3 7 (1.55%) Bicep
4 6 (1.33%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.88%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
6 2 (0.44%) SQL
6 2 (0.44%) Swift
7 1 (0.22%) Lisp
7 1 (0.22%) R
7 1 (0.22%) RPG
7 1 (0.22%) VB
7 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 202 (44.69%) Security Cleared
2 127 (28.10%) SC Cleared
3 76 (16.81%) CISSP
4 59 (13.05%) DV Cleared
5 38 (8.41%) CISM
6 32 (7.08%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (5.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 19 (4.20%) Degree
9 16 (3.54%) CCSP
10 14 (3.10%) GIAC
11 13 (2.88%) AWS Certification
12 10 (2.21%) SANS
13 9 (1.99%) CEH
14 8 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.77%) CISA
15 7 (1.55%) OSCP
16 6 (1.33%) ISSAP
17 4 (0.88%) CCNP
17 4 (0.88%) CRISC
17 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (19.03%) NIST
2 56 (12.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (8.63%) NCSC
4 24 (5.31%) GDPR
5 17 (3.76%) PCI DSS
6 16 (3.54%) NIST 800
7 11 (2.43%) GRC
8 8 (1.77%) COBIT
8 8 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (1.33%) ISO 19650
10 5 (1.11%) JSP 440
10 5 (1.11%) QA
10 5 (1.11%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.88%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.66%) IFRS
12 3 (0.66%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.66%) RMADS
System Software
1 15 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.44%) Docker
2 2 (0.44%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.22%) KVM
3 1 (0.22%) Varnish
3 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (4.87%) Terraform
2 16 (3.54%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.43%) Ansible
4 5 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.66%) QRadar
6 2 (0.44%) Istio
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.22%) Nessus
7 1 (0.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.22%) SCCM
7 1 (0.22%) SELinux
7 1 (0.22%) Suricata
Vendors
1 37 (8.19%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.20%) Splunk
3 14 (3.10%) Okta
4 11 (2.43%) Cisco
4 11 (2.43%) Google
5 10 (2.21%) Tenable
6 9 (1.99%) Palo Alto
6 9 (1.99%) Zscaler
7 8 (1.77%) Qualys
8 6 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.33%) CyberArk
8 6 (1.33%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.33%) SAP
9 5 (1.11%) BiZZdesign
10 4 (0.88%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.88%) Rapid7
10 4 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.66%) F5
11 3 (0.66%) TOWER Software