Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect daily rate in England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 230 245
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 507 334 311
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.19% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.31% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 210 177
10th Percentile £513 £508 £500
25th Percentile £538 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £750 £762 £780
90th Percentile £850 £800 £838
UK median daily rate £623 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.78% -3.57% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile - £83.25 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £84.38 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £95.00 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +8.62% +24.94%
75th Percentile £80.00 £101.38 -
90th Percentile £81.80 £103.85 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £95.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year -26.32% +8.62% +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 42,864 25,553 30,182
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 91.19% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,324 16,470 18,510
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,642 1,405 1,351
10th Percentile £14.59 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -42.71% -4.44%
75th Percentile £67.88 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.96
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.45% -3.47%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -6 267 £625 -7.41% 249
South East -3 107 £638 +2.00% 71
North of England -77 51 £600 -14.29% 33
North West -40 39 £600 -16.35% 25
South West -34 32 £581 -10.58% 39
Midlands -39 29 £675 - 33
West Midlands -30 27 £663 -10.17% 28
Yorkshire -43 9 £350 -44.00% 6
East of England -20 7 £625 +25.00% 12
East Midlands -17 2 £675 +50.00% 5
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 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.

1 255 (50.30%) Security Architecture
2 251 (49.51%) Security Cleared
3 189 (37.28%) Cybersecurity
4 166 (32.74%) SC Cleared
5 136 (26.82%) Azure
6 130 (25.64%) Cloud Security
7 116 (22.88%) AWS
7 116 (22.88%) Threat Modelling
8 107 (21.10%) NIST
9 95 (18.74%) CISSP
10 89 (17.55%) DV Cleared
11 81 (15.98%) Risk Management
12 73 (14.40%) AI
13 72 (14.20%) TOGAF
13 72 (14.20%) Zero Trust
14 70 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
15 68 (13.41%) Identity Access Management
15 68 (13.41%) Network Security
16 67 (13.21%) Architectural Patterns
16 67 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 62 (12.23%) Roadmaps
18 59 (11.64%) Microsoft
19 58 (11.44%) NCSC
20 56 (11.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 54 (10.65%) DevSecOps
22 53 (10.45%) GCP
23 51 (10.06%) CI/CD
23 51 (10.06%) Information Security
24 49 (9.66%) CISM
25 46 (9.07%) Enterprise Architecture

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 (1.18%) IIS
2 2 (0.39%) SAS
2 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.20%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 3 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 136 (26.82%) Azure
2 116 (22.88%) AWS
3 53 (10.45%) GCP
4 25 (4.93%) Entra ID
5 15 (2.96%) SaaS
6 11 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.18%) AWS KMS
8 5 (0.99%) Azure AI
8 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (0.99%) OCI
9 4 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.79%) AWS Control Tower
9 4 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.79%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (0.79%) GitHub
9 4 (0.79%) Serverless
9 4 (0.79%) Vertex AI
10 3 (0.59%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 68 (13.41%) Network Security
2 40 (7.89%) Firewall
3 13 (2.56%) WAN
4 12 (2.37%) VPN
5 8 (1.58%) VLAN
6 7 (1.38%) NGFW
7 6 (1.18%) 4G
7 6 (1.18%) IPsec
7 6 (1.18%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.79%) 5G
8 4 (0.79%) BGP
8 4 (0.79%) DNS
8 4 (0.79%) LAN
8 4 (0.79%) OSPF
8 4 (0.79%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (0.59%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.59%) EIGRP
9 3 (0.59%) SSL
10 2 (0.39%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.20%) Metadata
2 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (1.78%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.99%) JIRA
3 2 (0.39%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.39%) GitLab
4 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
General
1 88 (17.36%) Social Skills
2 64 (12.62%) Public Sector
3 43 (8.48%) Finance
4 24 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (4.54%) Banking
6 18 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (2.56%) Legal
8 13 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.78%) Military
10 8 (1.58%) Law
11 7 (1.38%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.38%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.38%) Police
12 5 (0.99%) Retail
13 4 (0.79%) Local Government
14 3 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.94%) Terraform
2 11 (2.17%) OAuth
3 8 (1.58%) ModSecurity
3 8 (1.58%) OpenID
3 8 (1.58%) REST
3 8 (1.58%) SAML
4 6 (1.18%) LDAP
4 6 (1.18%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.18%) SLSA
5 4 (0.79%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (0.59%) HTML
6 3 (0.59%) LangChain
6 3 (0.59%) PyTorch
6 3 (0.59%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.39%) .NET
7 2 (0.39%) EDI
7 2 (0.39%) Jakarta EE
7 2 (0.39%) JSP
7 2 (0.39%) JWT
8 1 (0.20%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.47%) Cloud Native
2 45 (8.88%) Security Posture
3 24 (4.73%) Management Information System
4 21 (4.14%) Operational Technology
5 19 (3.75%) Cyber Threat
6 16 (3.16%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.96%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.17%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.97%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.78%) PKI
11 8 (1.58%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (1.58%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.18%) Cloud Security Posture
13 5 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.99%) Mobile Payment
13 5 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.99%) Smartcard
14 4 (0.79%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.56%) Linux
2 11 (2.17%) Windows
3 10 (1.97%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.79%) Alpine Linux
4 4 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.79%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (50.30%) Security Architecture
2 189 (37.28%) Cybersecurity
3 130 (25.64%) Cloud Security
4 116 (22.88%) Threat Modelling
5 81 (15.98%) Risk Management
6 73 (14.40%) AI
7 72 (14.20%) TOGAF
7 72 (14.20%) Zero Trust
8 70 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 68 (13.41%) Identity Access Management
10 67 (13.21%) Architectural Patterns
11 62 (12.23%) Roadmaps
12 56 (11.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (10.65%) DevSecOps
14 51 (10.06%) CI/CD
14 51 (10.06%) Information Security
15 46 (9.07%) Enterprise Architecture
15 46 (9.07%) Vulnerability Management
16 45 (8.88%) SABSA
17 43 (8.48%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 17 (3.35%) Python
2 9 (1.78%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.38%) Java
4 6 (1.18%) Bicep
5 5 (0.99%) Groovy
5 5 (0.99%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.59%) Bash
6 3 (0.59%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.39%) SQL
8 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 251 (49.51%) Security Cleared
2 166 (32.74%) SC Cleared
3 95 (18.74%) CISSP
4 89 (17.55%) DV Cleared
5 49 (9.66%) CISM
6 34 (6.71%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (5.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 23 (4.54%) AWS Certification
9 22 (4.34%) Degree
10 21 (4.14%) CCSP
11 19 (3.75%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (2.56%) CISA
13 10 (1.97%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.38%) CEH
14 7 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.38%) CRISC
14 7 (1.38%) ISSAP
14 7 (1.38%) SANS
15 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.99%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (21.10%) NIST
2 67 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (11.44%) NCSC
4 25 (4.93%) GRC
5 23 (4.54%) GDPR
6 19 (3.75%) NIST 800
7 18 (3.55%) PCI DSS
8 12 (2.37%) JSP 440
9 10 (1.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (1.78%) Government Security Classifications
10 9 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (1.38%) ISO 19650
11 7 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.99%) ISO 31000
12 5 (0.99%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 4 (0.79%) COBIT
13 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (2.56%) Active Directory
1 13 (2.56%) Docker
2 7 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.99%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.39%) vSphere
5 1 (0.20%) KVM
Systems Management
1 22 (4.34%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.56%) Ansible
3 8 (1.58%) CASB
4 6 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.79%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.79%) QRadar
6 3 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.39%) Istio
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.20%) Suricata
Vendors
1 59 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.52%) Google
3 23 (4.54%) Cisco
4 18 (3.55%) Palo Alto
5 17 (3.35%) Splunk
6 14 (2.76%) CrowdStrike
7 12 (2.37%) Fortinet
8 10 (1.97%) Qualys
9 9 (1.78%) F5
9 9 (1.78%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.58%) Tenable
10 8 (1.58%) VMware
11 6 (1.18%) IFS
11 6 (1.18%) Zscaler
12 5 (0.99%) Centrify
12 5 (0.99%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.99%) Juniper
12 5 (0.99%) Okta
12 5 (0.99%) Tripwire
13 4 (0.79%) CheckPoint