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 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 220 222
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 512 333 355
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.12% 1.20% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.31% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 212 220
10th Percentile £500 £513 £500
25th Percentile £550 £586 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.57% +1.82%
75th Percentile £750 £751 £775
90th Percentile £850 £800 £826
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile - £86.00 £81.83
25th Percentile £60.00 £91.25 £84.67
Median hourly rate £76.50 £100.00 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -23.50% +14.34% +24.94%
75th Percentile £83.00 £102.75 -
90th Percentile £83.30 £104.40 -
UK median hourly rate £76.50 £100.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year -23.50% +14.34% +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 42,428 25,399 30,679
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.54% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,511 16,402 19,718
10th Percentile £325 £281 £302
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £635 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,254 1,363 1,634
10th Percentile £15.15 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.33 £20.74
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.60%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 0 261 £650 -3.70% 163
South East -8 115 £638 +6.25% 44
North of England -50 65 £600 -16.20% 38
North West -35 51 £600 -16.20% 31
Midlands -36 27 £603 -7.31% 21
West Midlands -28 26 £603 -7.31% 10
South West -52 24 £604 -7.08% 28
Yorkshire -40 11 £350 -45.10% 6
East of England -19 7 £625 +25.00% 7
East Midlands - 1 - - 11
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 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.

1 264 (51.56%) Security Architecture
2 227 (44.34%) Security Cleared
3 185 (36.13%) Cybersecurity
4 145 (28.32%) Azure
5 143 (27.93%) SC Cleared
6 140 (27.34%) Cloud Security
7 133 (25.98%) Threat Modelling
8 118 (23.05%) AWS
9 110 (21.48%) NIST
10 102 (19.92%) CISSP
11 83 (16.21%) DV Cleared
12 80 (15.63%) Risk Management
13 75 (14.65%) AI
14 74 (14.45%) Architectural Patterns
15 73 (14.26%) Zero Trust
16 72 (14.06%) Network Security
17 68 (13.28%) TOGAF
18 66 (12.89%) Identity Access Management
19 65 (12.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 65 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
20 64 (12.50%) GCP
21 61 (11.91%) Roadmaps
22 57 (11.13%) DevSecOps
23 56 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 55 (10.74%) SABSA
25 53 (10.35%) Microsoft
26 52 (10.16%) Information Security
27 49 (9.57%) CI/CD
28 47 (9.18%) CISM
28 47 (9.18%) Data Protection

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 2 (0.39%) SAS
1 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 145 (28.32%) Azure
2 118 (23.05%) AWS
3 64 (12.50%) GCP
4 23 (4.49%) Entra ID
5 16 (3.13%) SaaS
6 13 (2.54%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (0.98%) Anthropic Claude
8 5 (0.98%) Azure AI
8 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.78%) AWS Control Tower
9 4 (0.78%) AWS KMS
9 4 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.78%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (0.78%) GitHub
9 4 (0.78%) Vertex AI
10 3 (0.59%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.59%) IaaS
10 3 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 72 (14.06%) Network Security
2 34 (6.64%) Firewall
3 11 (2.15%) VPN
4 10 (1.95%) WAN
5 8 (1.56%) VLAN
6 6 (1.17%) 4G
6 6 (1.17%) IPsec
6 6 (1.17%) NGFW
6 6 (1.17%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.78%) 5G
7 4 (0.78%) BGP
7 4 (0.78%) Intranet
7 4 (0.78%) LAN
7 4 (0.78%) OSPF
7 4 (0.78%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.59%) EIGRP
8 3 (0.59%) SSL
9 2 (0.39%) BIG-IP
9 2 (0.39%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
1 3 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.39%) Big Data
2 2 (0.39%) Metadata
3 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (1.76%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.98%) JIRA
3 3 (0.59%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.39%) GitLab
5 1 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 92 (17.97%) Social Skills
2 56 (10.94%) Public Sector
3 53 (10.35%) Finance
4 28 (5.47%) Banking
4 28 (5.47%) Influencing Skills
5 18 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.73%) Legal
8 11 (2.15%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.76%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.76%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.76%) Military
10 7 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.37%) Police
11 5 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.78%) Law
12 4 (0.78%) Local Government
12 4 (0.78%) Retail
13 3 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.91%) Terraform
2 13 (2.54%) OAuth
3 8 (1.56%) OpenID
4 7 (1.37%) OAuth2
4 7 (1.37%) SAML
5 6 (1.17%) REST
5 6 (1.17%) SLSA
6 5 (0.98%) ModSecurity
7 4 (0.78%) Azure Blueprints
7 4 (0.78%) Jakarta EE
7 4 (0.78%) JSP
7 4 (0.78%) LDAP
8 3 (0.59%) HTML
8 3 (0.59%) LangChain
8 3 (0.59%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.59%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.39%) .NET
9 2 (0.39%) EDI
9 2 (0.39%) JWT
9 2 (0.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.55%) Security Posture
2 49 (9.57%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.88%) Operational Technology
4 22 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.54%) AI Agents
6 13 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.15%) Enterprise Cloud
8 10 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (1.76%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.37%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (1.37%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.98%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.78%) CMDB
13 4 (0.78%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.78%) Genomics
13 4 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.17%) Linux
2 4 (0.78%) Alpine Linux
2 4 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (0.78%) Ubuntu
2 4 (0.78%) Windows
2 4 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (51.56%) Security Architecture
2 185 (36.13%) Cybersecurity
3 140 (27.34%) Cloud Security
4 133 (25.98%) Threat Modelling
5 80 (15.63%) Risk Management
6 75 (14.65%) AI
7 74 (14.45%) Architectural Patterns
8 73 (14.26%) Zero Trust
9 68 (13.28%) TOGAF
10 66 (12.89%) Identity Access Management
11 65 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
12 61 (11.91%) Roadmaps
13 57 (11.13%) DevSecOps
14 56 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 55 (10.74%) SABSA
16 52 (10.16%) Information Security
17 49 (9.57%) CI/CD
18 47 (9.18%) Data Protection
18 47 (9.18%) Enterprise Architecture
19 44 (8.59%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.93%) Python
2 9 (1.76%) Java
3 8 (1.56%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.37%) Bicep
5 5 (0.98%) Groovy
5 5 (0.98%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.59%) Bash
6 3 (0.59%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.39%) SQL
8 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 227 (44.34%) Security Cleared
2 143 (27.93%) SC Cleared
3 102 (19.92%) CISSP
4 83 (16.21%) DV Cleared
5 47 (9.18%) CISM
6 32 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (5.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 20 (3.91%) AWS Certification
9 18 (3.52%) Degree
10 16 (3.13%) CCSP
11 15 (2.93%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (2.15%) CISA
13 10 (1.95%) Azure Certification
13 10 (1.95%) CEH
13 10 (1.95%) SANS
14 8 (1.56%) GIAC
14 8 (1.56%) ISSAP
15 7 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (1.37%) OSCP
16 6 (1.17%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (21.48%) NIST
2 65 (12.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (8.40%) NCSC
4 26 (5.08%) GDPR
5 21 (4.10%) NIST 800
6 18 (3.52%) GRC
7 17 (3.32%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.95%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (1.95%) JSP 440
9 9 (1.76%) Government Security Classifications
10 7 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.17%) COBIT
11 6 (1.17%) ISO 19650
11 6 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 6 (1.17%) QA
12 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.78%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.78%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (2.54%) Docker
2 9 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.39%) vSphere
5 1 (0.20%) KVM
5 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 22 (4.30%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.15%) Ansible
3 6 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.78%) QRadar
5 3 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.59%) CASB
6 2 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.39%) Istio
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.20%) Suricata
Vendors
1 53 (10.35%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.30%) Google
3 16 (3.13%) Cisco
4 15 (2.93%) Palo Alto
5 13 (2.54%) Splunk
6 11 (2.15%) Fortinet
7 9 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
7 9 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.76%) Tenable
8 8 (1.56%) Okta
9 7 (1.37%) Zscaler
10 6 (1.17%) IFS
10 6 (1.17%) Qualys
10 6 (1.17%) VMware
11 5 (0.98%) Juniper
12 4 (0.78%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.78%) Rapid7
12 4 (0.78%) SAP
13 3 (0.59%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.59%) F5