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 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 217 227
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 536 341 359
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.17% 1.24% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.35% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 219 213
10th Percentile £485 £513 £500
25th Percentile £549 £578 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +1.82%
75th Percentile £775 £751 £780
90th Percentile £850 £800 £838
UK median daily rate £630 £673 £700
% change year-on-year -6.39% -3.86% +2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 9
10th Percentile £60.00 £86.00 £81.86
25th Percentile £65.75 £91.25 £81.88
Median hourly rate £83.00 £100.00 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +14.34% +24.94%
75th Percentile - £102.75 -
90th Percentile £83.50 £104.40 £87.47
UK median hourly rate £83.00 £100.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year -17.00% +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 42,356 25,309 30,966
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 91.68% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,686 16,403 20,377
10th Percentile £326 £285 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,156 1,311 1,814
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.65 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.65 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.10 £26.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.78% -42.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +0.58%

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 8 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 8 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 -6 268 £656 -2.78% 136
South East -3 117 £650 +8.33% 47
North of England -57 65 £652 -7.98% 37
North West -22 50 £677 -4.45% 22
Midlands -26 43 £625 -21.88% 12
West Midlands -30 42 £625 -21.88% 9
South West -59 22 £614 -5.58% 21
Yorkshire -32 12 £625 +3.09% 15
East of England -12 7 £625 +25.00% 10
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
Security Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 262 (48.88%) Security Architecture
2 241 (44.96%) Security Cleared
3 186 (34.70%) Cybersecurity
4 153 (28.54%) SC Cleared
5 147 (27.43%) Azure
6 137 (25.56%) Threat Modelling
7 135 (25.19%) Cloud Security
8 124 (23.13%) AWS
9 105 (19.59%) CISSP
10 102 (19.03%) NIST
11 81 (15.11%) DV Cleared
11 81 (15.11%) Network Security
11 81 (15.11%) Zero Trust
12 79 (14.74%) Risk Management
13 78 (14.55%) Architectural Patterns
14 75 (13.99%) TOGAF
15 74 (13.81%) AI
16 69 (12.87%) GCP
16 69 (12.87%) Identity Access Management
17 64 (11.94%) DevSecOps
18 62 (11.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 61 (11.38%) Roadmaps
19 61 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 61 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
20 55 (10.26%) SABSA
21 53 (9.89%) CI/CD
22 49 (9.14%) CISM
22 49 (9.14%) Enterprise Architecture
23 48 (8.96%) DevOps
23 48 (8.96%) Information Security

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 3 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.37%) Confluence
2 2 (0.37%) SAS
3 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.19%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 147 (27.43%) Azure
2 124 (23.13%) AWS
3 69 (12.87%) GCP
4 28 (5.22%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (2.99%) SaaS
7 10 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.93%) Anthropic Claude
9 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.75%) GitHub
10 4 (0.75%) Vertex AI
11 3 (0.56%) Apigee
11 3 (0.56%) AWS Control Tower
11 3 (0.56%) AWS KMS
11 3 (0.56%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (0.56%) IaaS
11 3 (0.56%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 81 (15.11%) Network Security
2 37 (6.90%) Firewall
3 12 (2.24%) VPN
4 10 (1.87%) WAN
5 7 (1.31%) 4G
5 7 (1.31%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.31%) VLAN
6 6 (1.12%) IPsec
6 6 (1.12%) NGFW
7 5 (0.93%) 5G
7 5 (0.93%) LAN
7 5 (0.93%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (0.75%) Intranet
9 3 (0.56%) BGP
9 3 (0.56%) OSPF
10 2 (0.37%) DHCP
10 2 (0.37%) DNS
10 2 (0.37%) Internet
10 2 (0.37%) MPLS
10 2 (0.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.75%) Data Lake
2 3 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.37%) Big Data
3 2 (0.37%) Metadata
3 2 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 8 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.12%) JIRA
3 4 (0.75%) Snyk
4 3 (0.56%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
General
1 97 (18.10%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.87%) Public Sector
3 64 (11.94%) Finance
4 33 (6.16%) Banking
5 23 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.43%) Legal
9 10 (1.87%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.87%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.49%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.49%) Military
10 8 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.12%) Police
12 5 (0.93%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.93%) Retail
13 4 (0.75%) Law
13 4 (0.75%) Local Government
14 2 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.24%) OAuth
2 8 (1.49%) OAuth2
2 8 (1.49%) OpenID
3 6 (1.12%) REST
3 6 (1.12%) SAML
3 6 (1.12%) SLSA
4 4 (0.75%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (0.75%) Jakarta EE
4 4 (0.75%) JSP
4 4 (0.75%) ModSecurity
4 4 (0.75%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.56%) HTML
5 3 (0.56%) JWT
5 3 (0.56%) LangChain
5 3 (0.56%) LDAP
5 3 (0.56%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.56%) scikit-learn
6 2 (0.37%) .NET
6 2 (0.37%) EDI
6 2 (0.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.26%) Security Posture
2 46 (8.58%) Cloud Native
3 32 (5.97%) Operational Technology
4 26 (4.85%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.43%) AI Agents
6 13 (2.43%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.05%) Enterprise Cloud
7 11 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.49%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.31%) Cloud Security Posture
9 7 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.93%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.75%) CMDB
11 4 (0.75%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.75%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.31%) Linux
2 6 (1.12%) Windows
3 5 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.75%) Alpine Linux
4 4 (0.75%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (48.88%) Security Architecture
2 186 (34.70%) Cybersecurity
3 137 (25.56%) Threat Modelling
4 135 (25.19%) Cloud Security
5 81 (15.11%) Zero Trust
6 79 (14.74%) Risk Management
7 78 (14.55%) Architectural Patterns
8 75 (13.99%) TOGAF
9 74 (13.81%) AI
10 69 (12.87%) Identity Access Management
11 64 (11.94%) DevSecOps
12 61 (11.38%) Roadmaps
12 61 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 61 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
13 55 (10.26%) SABSA
14 53 (9.89%) CI/CD
15 49 (9.14%) Enterprise Architecture
16 48 (8.96%) DevOps
16 48 (8.96%) Information Security
17 47 (8.77%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.43%) Python
2 9 (1.68%) Java
3 7 (1.31%) Bicep
3 7 (1.31%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.75%) Groovy
4 4 (0.75%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.75%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.37%) Bash
5 2 (0.37%) SQL
6 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 241 (44.96%) Security Cleared
2 153 (28.54%) SC Cleared
3 105 (19.59%) CISSP
4 81 (15.11%) DV Cleared
5 49 (9.14%) CISM
6 36 (6.72%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (5.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 21 (3.92%) Degree
9 20 (3.73%) AWS Certification
10 18 (3.36%) CCSP
11 16 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (2.05%) CEH
13 10 (1.87%) CISA
13 10 (1.87%) GIAC
14 9 (1.68%) SANS
15 7 (1.31%) Azure Certification
15 7 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (1.31%) OSCP
16 6 (1.12%) ISSAP
17 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (19.03%) NIST
2 62 (11.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (7.84%) NCSC
4 25 (4.66%) GDPR
5 21 (3.92%) NIST 800
6 19 (3.54%) PCI DSS
7 15 (2.80%) GRC
8 9 (1.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (1.49%) Government Security Classifications
9 8 (1.49%) JSP 440
10 7 (1.31%) COBIT
10 7 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.12%) ISO 19650
11 6 (1.12%) QA
12 5 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.75%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.75%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.56%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.05%) Docker
3 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.19%) KVM
5 1 (0.19%) Varnish
5 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (5.04%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.73%) Terraform
3 9 (1.68%) Ansible
4 4 (0.75%) QRadar
5 3 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.37%) CASB
6 2 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.37%) Istio
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.19%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.19%) Suricata
Vendors
1 48 (8.96%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.54%) Google
3 15 (2.80%) Okta
3 15 (2.80%) Palo Alto
3 15 (2.80%) Splunk
4 12 (2.24%) Cisco
5 10 (1.87%) Fortinet
5 10 (1.87%) Tenable
6 8 (1.49%) Qualys
6 8 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (1.31%) Zscaler
8 6 (1.12%) SAP
9 5 (0.93%) VMware
10 4 (0.75%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.75%) CyberArk
10 4 (0.75%) Rapid7
11 3 (0.56%) IFS
11 3 (0.56%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow