Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in England

Security Architecture
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 290 285
Rank change year-on-year -10 -5 +92
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 270 238 288
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.83% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.93% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 147 194
10th Percentile £448 £513 £525
25th Percentile £513 £593 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £669
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +0.93% -0.93%
75th Percentile £750 £788 £775
90th Percentile £788 £875 £875
UK median daily rate £623 £651 £650
% change year-on-year -4.30% +0.08% -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 6
10th Percentile £34.06 - £59.13
25th Percentile £38.63 £60.75 £69.79
Median hourly rate £56.00 £73.46 £81.08
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% -9.40% +11.83%
75th Percentile £87.06 £79.60 £85.06
90th Percentile £100.25 £83.20 £86.31
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £73.46 £81.08
% change year-on-year -6.41% -9.40% +11.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,083 25,497 32,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.56% 88.71% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,857 15,730 22,001
10th Percentile £300 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
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 1,811 841 1,406
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.89 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +22.56%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.45 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in England

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Security Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in England over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in England

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Security Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architecture in England over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Architecture in England

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 25 December 2025. 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 +15 144 £625 -10.71% 49
North of England -16 40 £620 +10.52% 58
South East -30 39 £663 +7.72% 70
Yorkshire -23 19 £563 +0.27% 25
Midlands -38 18 £515 -26.43% 42
West Midlands -26 17 £525 -25.00% 17
North West -19 13 £697 - 29
South West -27 11 £681 -9.17% 32
North East - 9 £725 - 4
East of England -19 8 £713 -1.72% 37
East Midlands -24 1 £400 -8.15% 22
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
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 7 (2.59%) Confluence
1 7 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.37%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (1.48%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.37%) Summit
3 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (42.59%) Azure
2 100 (37.04%) AWS
3 42 (15.56%) GCP
4 32 (11.85%) Entra ID
5 26 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (6.30%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (6.30%) SaaS
7 14 (5.19%) PaaS
8 11 (4.07%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 11 (4.07%) IaaS
9 10 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (3.70%) OpenShift
10 9 (3.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (2.96%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.85%) GitHub
13 4 (1.48%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (22.22%) Firewall
2 51 (18.89%) Network Security
3 23 (8.52%) VPN
4 18 (6.67%) DNS
4 18 (6.67%) WAN
5 15 (5.56%) LAN
6 14 (5.19%) SD-WAN
7 13 (4.81%) BGP
7 13 (4.81%) DHCP
8 11 (4.07%) OSPF
8 11 (4.07%) TCP/IP
9 9 (3.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 6 (2.22%) BIG-IP
10 6 (2.22%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.22%) NGFW
10 6 (2.22%) SSL
10 6 (2.22%) VXLAN
11 5 (1.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 5 (1.85%) IPsec
11 5 (1.85%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.59%) MongoDB
1 7 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.85%) Metadata
3 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.37%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.37%) Power BI
3 1 (0.37%) Redis
3 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (4.44%) GitLab
2 7 (2.59%) JIRA
3 5 (1.85%) Git
3 5 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.11%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.74%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.37%) MLflow
6 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
General
1 76 (28.15%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.59%) Finance
3 33 (12.22%) Public Sector
4 29 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.56%) Banking
6 13 (4.81%) Financial Institution
6 13 (4.81%) Legal
7 8 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.96%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.22%) Military
10 3 (1.11%) Law
10 3 (1.11%) Marketing
11 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.37%) Electronics
12 1 (0.37%) Local Government
12 1 (0.37%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 179 (66.30%) Architect
2 143 (52.96%) Security Architect
3 33 (12.22%) Solutions Architect
4 26 (9.63%) Security Engineer
5 22 (8.15%) Consultant
6 20 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 19 (7.04%) Network Architect
8 18 (6.67%) Senior
9 17 (6.30%) Security Consultant
10 15 (5.56%) Security Solutions Architect
11 14 (5.19%) Senior Architect
12 13 (4.81%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 13 (4.81%) Senior Security Architect
13 11 (4.07%) AWS Architect
13 11 (4.07%) Azure Architect
14 10 (3.70%) Analyst
14 10 (3.70%) AWS Security Architect
14 10 (3.70%) Network Security Architect
15 8 (2.96%) Cloud Architect
15 8 (2.96%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.22%) OAuth
2 5 (1.85%) PyTorch
2 5 (1.85%) TensorFlow
3 4 (1.48%) Google JAX
3 4 (1.48%) JAX
3 4 (1.48%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.48%) OpenID
3 4 (1.48%) REST
3 4 (1.48%) SAML
3 4 (1.48%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.11%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.11%) Kafka
4 3 (1.11%) Middleware
4 3 (1.11%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.11%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.74%) JWT
5 2 (0.74%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.74%) Visualforce
5 2 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.22%) Security Posture
2 28 (10.37%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.93%) PKI
4 15 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.19%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.81%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (4.07%) Management Information System
8 10 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (3.33%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.96%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.96%) Public Cloud
11 7 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (2.59%) Operational Technology
11 7 (2.59%) Taxonomies
12 6 (2.22%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.85%) NHS
14 4 (1.48%) Algorithms
14 4 (1.48%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.78%) Windows
2 8 (2.96%) Linux
3 7 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.48%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (34.81%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (30.00%) Cloud Security
3 63 (23.33%) Threat Modelling
4 59 (21.85%) SIEM
5 55 (20.37%) Incident Response
6 52 (19.26%) CI/CD
6 52 (19.26%) Zero Trust
7 44 (16.30%) TOGAF
8 42 (15.56%) DevOps
8 42 (15.56%) Roadmaps
9 37 (13.70%) DevSecOps
9 37 (13.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 36 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
11 35 (12.96%) Infrastructure as Code
12 32 (11.85%) Information Security
13 29 (10.74%) AI
13 29 (10.74%) Regulatory Compliance
14 28 (10.37%) Migration
15 27 (10.00%) Threat Detection
16 26 (9.63%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.37%) Python
2 14 (5.19%) Kusto Query Language
3 11 (4.07%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.96%) Java
5 6 (2.22%) Bash
5 6 (2.22%) SQL
6 5 (1.85%) C
7 4 (1.48%) C++
7 4 (1.48%) R
8 3 (1.11%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.11%) Go
8 3 (1.11%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.37%) Bicep
10 1 (0.37%) C-shell
10 1 (0.37%) Korn
10 1 (0.37%) ProC
10 1 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 76 (28.15%) Security Cleared
2 69 (25.56%) CISSP
3 51 (18.89%) SC Cleared
4 31 (11.48%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (10.74%) CISM
6 25 (9.26%) AWS Certification
7 23 (8.52%) Degree
8 18 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 18 (6.67%) CCSP
9 16 (5.93%) Azure Certification
10 15 (5.56%) DV Cleared
11 14 (5.19%) CCIE
11 14 (5.19%) CCNP
12 10 (3.70%) CEH
13 6 (2.22%) CCIE Security
13 6 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
13 6 (2.22%) JNCIE
13 6 (2.22%) JNCIP
13 6 (2.22%) OSCP
13 6 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (30.00%) NIST
2 77 (28.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (16.67%) GDPR
4 28 (10.37%) PCI DSS
5 18 (6.67%) NCSC
6 11 (4.07%) EU AI Act
6 11 (4.07%) QA
7 9 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.96%) PSD2
9 5 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.85%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.85%) GRC
10 4 (1.48%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.48%) JSP 440
11 3 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.11%) COBIT
11 3 (1.11%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.74%) RMADS
12 2 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.96%) Docker
3 7 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.59%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) RACF
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (12.22%) Kubernetes
1 33 (12.22%) Terraform
2 23 (8.52%) Ansible
3 10 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.96%) SCCM
5 6 (2.22%) Fluentd
5 6 (2.22%) WSUS
6 5 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.11%) CSIRT
7 3 (1.11%) Grafana
8 2 (0.74%) Argo
8 2 (0.74%) CASB
8 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.37%) Istio
9 1 (0.37%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 59 (21.85%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.89%) Cisco
3 21 (7.78%) Splunk
4 15 (5.56%) Fortinet
5 14 (5.19%) Palo Alto
6 13 (4.81%) Zscaler
7 12 (4.44%) Darktrace
7 12 (4.44%) F5
8 11 (4.07%) CyberArk
8 11 (4.07%) VMware
9 9 (3.33%) CheckPoint
10 8 (2.96%) Juniper
10 8 (2.96%) Sparx
11 7 (2.59%) Cribl.io
11 7 (2.59%) Salesforce
12 6 (2.22%) SAP
12 6 (2.22%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.22%) Sophos
13 5 (1.85%) Google
13 5 (1.85%) Meraki