Security Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architect
UK > England

The median Security Architect daily rate in England is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 224 244
Rank change year-on-year -26 +20 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 501 338 313
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 1.20% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.32% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 215 179
10th Percentile £513 £505 £500
25th Percentile £538 £591 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% -3.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £738 £751 £784
90th Percentile £838 £800 £840
UK median daily rate £620 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -8.15% -3.57% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
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 - £103.85 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year -22.22% +2.90% +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 42,592 25,553 30,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 91.09% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,048 16,438 18,399
10th Percentile £327 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
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 3,718 1,434 1,293
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.15 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.59% -41.51% -6.52%
75th Percentile £67.96 £51.55 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.16% -5.55%

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 10 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 10 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 -18 259 £625 -7.41% 268
South East -15 101 £630 -4.91% 65
North of England -83 54 £600 -11.11% 27
North West -41 38 £600 -16.35% 18
South West -20 36 £563 -13.46% 28
Midlands -31 30 £663 -1.85% 30
West Midlands -35 27 £663 -1.85% 26
Yorkshire -40 13 £475 -12.64% 7
East of England -31 7 £625 +110.08% 14
East Midlands -12 3 £625 +38.89% 4
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 256 (51.10%) Security Cleared
2 252 (50.30%) Security Architecture
3 190 (37.92%) Cybersecurity
4 174 (34.73%) SC Cleared
5 140 (27.94%) Azure
6 127 (25.35%) Cloud Security
7 119 (23.75%) AWS
8 116 (23.15%) Threat Modelling
9 105 (20.96%) NIST
10 96 (19.16%) CISSP
11 86 (17.17%) DV Cleared
12 80 (15.97%) Risk Management
13 73 (14.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 73 (14.57%) TOGAF
14 72 (14.37%) Zero Trust
15 71 (14.17%) AI
16 70 (13.97%) Identity Access Management
17 69 (13.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 68 (13.57%) Network Security
19 67 (13.37%) Architectural Patterns
20 63 (12.57%) Roadmaps
21 62 (12.38%) Microsoft
22 58 (11.58%) NCSC
23 54 (10.78%) DevSecOps
24 53 (10.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 52 (10.38%) GCP
26 50 (9.98%) CISM
27 49 (9.78%) CI/CD
28 48 (9.58%) Vulnerability Management
29 47 (9.38%) 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 (1.20%) IIS
2 2 (0.40%) Apache
2 2 (0.40%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (0.40%) nginx
2 2 (0.40%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 2 (0.40%) SAS
2 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
2 2 (0.40%) WebLogic
2 2 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
2 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
2 2 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (0.40%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.20%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 140 (27.94%) Azure
2 119 (23.75%) AWS
3 52 (10.38%) GCP
4 25 (4.99%) Entra ID
5 15 (2.99%) SaaS
6 12 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.20%) AWS KMS
9 5 (1.00%) Azure AI
9 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.00%) OCI
10 4 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (0.80%) AWS Control Tower
10 4 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.80%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (0.80%) GitHub
10 4 (0.80%) Serverless
10 4 (0.80%) Vertex AI
11 3 (0.60%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 68 (13.57%) Network Security
2 39 (7.78%) Firewall
3 13 (2.59%) WAN
4 12 (2.40%) VPN
5 8 (1.60%) VLAN
6 7 (1.40%) NGFW
7 6 (1.20%) 4G
7 6 (1.20%) IPsec
7 6 (1.20%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.80%) 5G
8 4 (0.80%) BGP
8 4 (0.80%) DNS
8 4 (0.80%) LAN
8 4 (0.80%) OSPF
8 4 (0.80%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (0.80%) SSL
9 3 (0.60%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.60%) EIGRP
9 3 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.40%) 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 (1.80%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.00%) JIRA
3 2 (0.40%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
General
1 90 (17.96%) Social Skills
2 68 (13.57%) Public Sector
3 42 (8.38%) Finance
4 23 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
5 19 (3.79%) Banking
6 18 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (2.59%) Legal
8 13 (2.59%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.80%) Military
10 8 (1.60%) Law
10 8 (1.60%) Police
11 7 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.20%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.00%) Retail
14 4 (0.80%) Local Government
15 3 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.40%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.99%) Terraform
2 11 (2.20%) OAuth
3 9 (1.80%) ModSecurity
3 9 (1.80%) REST
4 8 (1.60%) OpenID
4 8 (1.60%) SAML
5 6 (1.20%) LDAP
5 6 (1.20%) OAuth2
5 6 (1.20%) SLSA
6 4 (0.80%) Azure Blueprints
7 3 (0.60%) HTML
7 3 (0.60%) LangChain
7 3 (0.60%) Middleware
7 3 (0.60%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.60%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.40%) .NET
8 2 (0.40%) EDI
8 2 (0.40%) JWT
9 1 (0.20%) NETCONF
9 1 (0.20%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.58%) Cloud Native
2 42 (8.38%) Security Posture
3 22 (4.39%) Management Information System
4 21 (4.19%) Operational Technology
5 18 (3.59%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (3.59%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.19%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.40%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.00%) PKI
9 9 (1.80%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.60%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.20%) Smartcard
12 5 (1.00%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.00%) Mobile Payment
12 5 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.79%) Linux
2 12 (2.40%) Windows
3 11 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.80%) Alpine Linux
4 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.80%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (50.30%) Security Architecture
2 190 (37.92%) Cybersecurity
3 127 (25.35%) Cloud Security
4 116 (23.15%) Threat Modelling
5 80 (15.97%) Risk Management
6 73 (14.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 73 (14.57%) TOGAF
7 72 (14.37%) Zero Trust
8 71 (14.17%) AI
9 70 (13.97%) Identity Access Management
10 67 (13.37%) Architectural Patterns
11 63 (12.57%) Roadmaps
12 54 (10.78%) DevSecOps
13 53 (10.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 49 (9.78%) CI/CD
15 48 (9.58%) Vulnerability Management
16 47 (9.38%) Enterprise Architecture
17 46 (9.18%) SABSA
18 45 (8.98%) Data Protection
19 44 (8.78%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (3.39%) Python
2 10 (2.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.20%) Bicep
4 5 (1.00%) Groovy
4 5 (1.00%) Java
4 5 (1.00%) Shell Script
5 4 (0.80%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.60%) Bash
7 2 (0.40%) SQL
8 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 256 (51.10%) Security Cleared
2 174 (34.73%) SC Cleared
3 96 (19.16%) CISSP
4 86 (17.17%) DV Cleared
5 50 (9.98%) CISM
6 35 (6.99%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (5.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 24 (4.79%) AWS Certification
9 22 (4.39%) CCSP
10 21 (4.19%) Degree
11 19 (3.79%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (2.40%) CISA
13 10 (2.00%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.40%) CEH
14 7 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (1.40%) CRISC
14 7 (1.40%) ISSAP
15 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (1.20%) SANS
16 5 (1.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (20.96%) NIST
2 69 (13.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (11.58%) NCSC
4 24 (4.79%) GDPR
5 23 (4.59%) GRC
6 18 (3.59%) PCI DSS
7 17 (3.39%) NIST 800
8 11 (2.20%) JSP 440
9 10 (2.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (1.80%) Government Security Classifications
10 9 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (1.20%) ISO 19650
11 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (1.00%) ISO 31000
12 5 (1.00%) ISO 9001
12 5 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 4 (0.80%) COBIT
13 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (2.79%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.59%) Docker
3 7 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.00%) ISA Server
5 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.40%) vSphere
6 1 (0.20%) KVM
Systems Management
1 22 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.59%) Ansible
3 8 (1.60%) CASB
4 6 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.80%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.80%) QRadar
6 3 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.40%) Istio
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.20%) Suricata
Vendors
1 62 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.39%) Google
3 23 (4.59%) Cisco
4 17 (3.39%) Splunk
5 15 (2.99%) Palo Alto
6 14 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
7 12 (2.40%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.00%) Qualys
9 9 (1.80%) F5
9 9 (1.80%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.80%) VMware
10 8 (1.60%) Tenable
11 6 (1.20%) IFS
11 6 (1.20%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.00%) Centrify
12 5 (1.00%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.00%) IBM
12 5 (1.00%) Juniper
12 5 (1.00%) Okta
12 5 (1.00%) Tripwire