Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect daily rate in England is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 243 229
Rank change year-on-year -25 -14 +97
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 355 260 389
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 1.06% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.13% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 200 234
10th Percentile £461 £550 £519
25th Percentile £513 £606 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £738 £741 £788
90th Percentile £788 £826 £888
UK median daily rate £630 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 12
10th Percentile £82.35 - -
25th Percentile £84.00 £68.26 £81.88
Median hourly rate £85.00 £73.31 £85.38
Median % change year-on-year +15.95% -14.14% +21.98%
75th Percentile £93.75 £78.36 £87.53
90th Percentile £94.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £73.31 £85.38
% change year-on-year +15.95% -14.14% +21.98%

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 33,519 22,927 35,267
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 93.04% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,140 15,037 23,588
10th Percentile £310 £300 £270
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £638
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 2,206 758 2,285
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.32 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +7.69% -23.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.28 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.45 £32.50
% change year-on-year +4.63% +2.92% -23.29%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -20 160 £632 -6.37% 45
North of England -14 68 £606 -7.62% 35
South East -19 67 £650 +4.00% 37
Midlands -41 35 £675 -3.57% 15
North West -15 33 £706 +6.60% 22
Yorkshire -36 33 £537 -19.25% 8
West Midlands -45 32 £675 -3.57% 8
South West -39 10 £588 -9.62% 13
East of England -20 6 £520 - 11
East Midlands - 3 £438 - 7
North East -12 2 £545 -12.80% 5
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 March 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.

1 148 (41.69%) Security Cleared
2 147 (41.41%) Security Architecture
3 107 (30.14%) Cybersecurity
4 95 (26.76%) Azure
5 94 (26.48%) SC Cleared
6 86 (24.23%) AWS
7 75 (21.13%) Cloud Security
8 72 (20.28%) Threat Modelling
9 68 (19.15%) CISSP
10 66 (18.59%) Zero Trust
11 64 (18.03%) Network Security
11 64 (18.03%) NIST
12 52 (14.65%) TOGAF
13 51 (14.37%) Identity Access Management
14 49 (13.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 48 (13.52%) Risk Management
15 48 (13.52%) SIEM
16 45 (12.68%) Microsoft
17 43 (12.11%) Incident Response
17 43 (12.11%) Vulnerability Management
18 41 (11.55%) GCP
19 40 (11.27%) DevSecOps
20 38 (10.70%) CISM
20 38 (10.70%) DV Cleared
20 38 (10.70%) Firewall
20 38 (10.70%) SABSA
21 35 (9.86%) CI/CD
22 32 (9.01%) Application Security
22 32 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 30 (8.45%) Architectural Patterns

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 (4.23%) Confluence
2 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.56%) nginx
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 95 (26.76%) Azure
2 86 (24.23%) AWS
3 41 (11.55%) GCP
4 27 (7.61%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.38%) SaaS
6 11 (3.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 10 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (2.25%) AWS KMS
8 8 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (1.69%) PaaS
9 6 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.41%) GitHub
10 5 (1.41%) IaaS
11 4 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.85%) Akamai
12 3 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 64 (18.03%) Network Security
2 38 (10.70%) Firewall
3 17 (4.79%) VPN
4 15 (4.23%) WAN
5 12 (3.38%) LAN
6 11 (3.10%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.69%) BGP
7 6 (1.69%) IPsec
7 6 (1.69%) OSPF
8 5 (1.41%) DNS
9 4 (1.13%) DHCP
9 4 (1.13%) MQTT
10 3 (0.85%) BIG-IP
10 3 (0.85%) MPLS
10 3 (0.85%) NGFW
10 3 (0.85%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.85%) SSL
10 3 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.56%) DMZ
11 2 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.85%) BigQuery
2 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.28%) Metadata
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (3.66%) JIRA
2 4 (1.13%) Snyk
3 3 (0.85%) GitLab
3 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) AppScan
4 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Git
4 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
General
1 61 (17.18%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.65%) Finance
3 48 (13.52%) Public Sector
4 20 (5.63%) Banking
5 14 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.25%) Legal
7 6 (1.69%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.13%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.85%) Law
11 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.56%) Retail
12 1 (0.28%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.28%) Military
12 1 (0.28%) Police
12 1 (0.28%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.10%) OAuth
1 11 (3.10%) SAML
2 10 (2.82%) OpenID
3 8 (2.25%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.69%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.13%) ADO
5 4 (1.13%) JWT
5 4 (1.13%) Middleware
6 3 (0.85%) REST
7 2 (0.56%) .NET
7 2 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.56%) LDAP
8 1 (0.28%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.28%) Flask
8 1 (0.28%) J2EE
8 1 (0.28%) JSSE
8 1 (0.28%) Kafka
8 1 (0.28%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.28%) React
8 1 (0.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.76%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.35%) Operational Technology
3 16 (4.51%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.51%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.51%) Security Posture
4 11 (3.10%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.54%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.25%) PKI
8 7 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.41%) Taxonomies
11 4 (1.13%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.13%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.85%) SCADA
12 3 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.10%) Windows
2 6 (1.69%) Linux
3 2 (0.56%) Android
3 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.28%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.28%) Unix
4 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (41.41%) Security Architecture
2 107 (30.14%) Cybersecurity
3 75 (21.13%) Cloud Security
4 72 (20.28%) Threat Modelling
5 66 (18.59%) Zero Trust
6 52 (14.65%) TOGAF
7 51 (14.37%) Identity Access Management
8 48 (13.52%) Risk Management
8 48 (13.52%) SIEM
9 43 (12.11%) Incident Response
9 43 (12.11%) Vulnerability Management
10 40 (11.27%) DevSecOps
11 38 (10.70%) SABSA
12 35 (9.86%) CI/CD
13 32 (9.01%) Application Security
13 32 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 30 (8.45%) Architectural Patterns
15 29 (8.17%) Information Security
15 29 (8.17%) Network Segmentation
15 29 (8.17%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.25%) Java
1 8 (2.25%) Python
2 3 (0.85%) Bicep
2 3 (0.85%) PowerShell
2 3 (0.85%) SQL
3 2 (0.56%) C
3 2 (0.56%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
3 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
3 2 (0.56%) Swift
4 1 (0.28%) Bash
4 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.28%) Lisp
4 1 (0.28%) ProC
4 1 (0.28%) R
4 1 (0.28%) RPG
4 1 (0.28%) VB
4 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 148 (41.69%) Security Cleared
2 94 (26.48%) SC Cleared
3 68 (19.15%) CISSP
4 38 (10.70%) CISM
4 38 (10.70%) DV Cleared
5 29 (8.17%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (7.04%) Degree
7 21 (5.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 16 (4.51%) AWS Certification
8 16 (4.51%) CCSP
9 14 (3.94%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (2.54%) GIAC
11 7 (1.97%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.97%) CCNP
11 7 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.97%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.69%) CCIE
13 5 (1.41%) PhD
14 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (18.03%) NIST
2 49 (13.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (7.61%) GDPR
3 27 (7.61%) NCSC
4 21 (5.92%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.25%) EU AI Act
6 7 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.41%) GRC
7 5 (1.41%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.13%) COBIT
8 4 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.85%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.85%) PSD2
9 3 (0.85%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.56%) QA
10 2 (0.56%) RMADS
11 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 14 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.13%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.28%) Varnish
3 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (6.20%) Terraform
2 16 (4.51%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.97%) Ansible
3 7 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.85%) SCCM
5 1 (0.28%) Kibana
5 1 (0.28%) logstash
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.28%) Nessus
5 1 (0.28%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.28%) SELinux
Vendors
1 45 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.63%) CyberArk
3 18 (5.07%) Splunk
4 16 (4.51%) BiZZdesign
5 14 (3.94%) Cisco
6 11 (3.10%) Centrify
6 11 (3.10%) Zscaler
7 8 (2.25%) CheckPoint
7 8 (2.25%) Okta
7 8 (2.25%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.25%) Tenable
8 7 (1.97%) Fortinet
8 7 (1.97%) Virgin Media
9 6 (1.69%) F5
9 6 (1.69%) Google
9 6 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.69%) Sparx
10 4 (1.13%) Cribl.io
10 4 (1.13%) Qualys
10 4 (1.13%) Thycotic