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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 269 304
Rank change year-on-year +49 +35 -53
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 614 280 237
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.31% 0.99% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 1.09% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 172 134
10th Percentile £463 £464 £516
25th Percentile £513 £575 £599
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £779
90th Percentile £806 £800 £850
UK median daily rate £600 £675 £694
% change year-on-year -11.11% -2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 4
10th Percentile £69.03 £52.05 -
25th Percentile £71.00 £63.75 £60.75
Median hourly rate £84.01 £87.04 £67.55
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +28.86% -8.72%
75th Percentile £95.00 £93.47 £79.60
90th Percentile - £100.55 £81.76
UK median hourly rate £81.90 £86.50 £67.55
% change year-on-year -5.32% +28.06% -8.72%

All Process & 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 39,799 25,590 27,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 90.90% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,011 16,250 16,937
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
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% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,071 1,598 1,107
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.53 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.78 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

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 15 October 2026.

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 15 October 2026.

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 15 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 +37 319 £625 -5.59% 77
South East -20 98 £616 -5.23% 26
North of England -22 83 £593 -17.44% 26
South West +4 53 £553 -19.64% 22
North West -29 40 £570 -20.39% 10
Yorkshire -8 38 £638 -13.56% 13
Midlands -33 30 £613 -23.44% 10
West Midlands -30 26 £650 -18.75% 7
East of England -20 14 £575 -32.35% 5
East Midlands -10 4 £575 +43.75% 3
North East -40 4 £680 -7.80% 3
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 12 (1.95%) Confluence
2 8 (1.30%) Apache
3 6 (0.98%) IIS
3 6 (0.98%) nginx
3 6 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.65%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.65%) WebLogic
4 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.49%) Apache Superset
5 3 (0.49%) IBM HTTP Server
5 3 (0.49%) IBM Transformation Extender
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 3 (0.49%) WebLogic Portal
5 3 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.49%) WebSphere Portal
6 2 (0.33%) SAS
7 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.49%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 239 (38.93%) Azure
2 190 (30.94%) AWS
3 94 (15.31%) GCP
4 76 (12.38%) Entra ID
5 32 (5.21%) GitHub
6 30 (4.89%) SaaS
7 29 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (4.07%) Azure Sentinel
10 17 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (2.77%) Microsoft Purview
10 17 (2.77%) Serverless
11 11 (1.79%) Power Platform
12 10 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.63%) PaaS
13 9 (1.47%) Azure Key Vault
13 9 (1.47%) IaaS
14 8 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.30%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 90 (14.66%) Network Security
2 65 (10.59%) Firewall
3 32 (5.21%) VPN
4 24 (3.91%) WAN
5 16 (2.61%) SD-WAN
6 14 (2.28%) Internet
6 14 (2.28%) NGFW
7 12 (1.95%) DNS
8 11 (1.79%) BGP
9 8 (1.30%) LAN
10 7 (1.14%) MPLS
10 7 (1.14%) SSL
10 7 (1.14%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.98%) 4G
12 5 (0.81%) 5G
12 5 (0.81%) DHCP
12 5 (0.81%) OSPF
12 5 (0.81%) Radio Access Network
13 4 (0.65%) VLAN
13 4 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.79%) SAP HANA
2 7 (1.14%) Data Lake
3 6 (0.98%) SAP BW
4 5 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.65%) Power BI
5 4 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.49%) Big Data
6 3 (0.49%) Metadata
6 3 (0.49%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.49%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.49%) Trino
7 2 (0.33%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.33%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 21 (3.42%) Jenkins
1 21 (3.42%) JIRA
2 19 (3.09%) GitLab
3 6 (0.98%) Git
4 5 (0.81%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.81%) Snyk
5 4 (0.65%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.65%) MSTest
5 4 (0.65%) NUnit
6 3 (0.49%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.16%) Maven
8 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 210 (34.20%) Social Skills
2 113 (18.40%) Finance
3 77 (12.54%) Public Sector
4 37 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (5.86%) Banking
6 35 (5.70%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.44%) Aerospace
9 14 (2.28%) Legal
9 14 (2.28%) Military
9 14 (2.28%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.95%) Retail
11 11 (1.79%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.63%) Local Government
13 9 (1.47%) Law
13 9 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.98%) Police
15 5 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 407 (66.29%) Architect
2 251 (40.88%) Security Architect
3 58 (9.45%) Lead
4 55 (8.96%) Security Engineer
5 52 (8.47%) Solutions Architect
6 48 (7.82%) Senior
7 35 (5.70%) Cloud Architect
7 35 (5.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 29 (4.72%) Consultant
8 29 (4.72%) Technical Architect
9 26 (4.23%) Lead Architect
10 24 (3.91%) Senior Architect
11 23 (3.75%) Enterprise Architect
12 21 (3.42%) Lead Security Architect
13 19 (3.09%) Security Consultant
14 18 (2.93%) Security Specialist
15 16 (2.61%) Enterprise Security Architect
16 15 (2.44%) Network Architect
17 14 (2.28%) Analyst
18 13 (2.12%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (10.91%) Terraform
2 36 (5.86%) REST
3 34 (5.54%) LDAP
4 25 (4.07%) OAuth
5 16 (2.61%) Middleware
5 16 (2.61%) SAML
6 12 (1.95%) OpenID
6 12 (1.95%) SAP Fiori
6 12 (1.95%) SOAP
7 10 (1.63%) OAuth2
8 9 (1.47%) ModSecurity
9 8 (1.30%) .NET
9 8 (1.30%) SailPoint
9 8 (1.30%) SAP Basis
9 8 (1.30%) SAP PI
9 8 (1.30%) SAPUI5
9 8 (1.30%) SLSA
10 7 (1.14%) 802.1X
10 7 (1.14%) Kafka
10 7 (1.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 83 (13.52%) Cloud Native
2 59 (9.61%) Security Posture
3 49 (7.98%) Onboarding
4 38 (6.19%) Operational Technology
5 32 (5.21%) Management Information System
6 24 (3.91%) PKI
6 24 (3.91%) Public Cloud
7 22 (3.58%) Data Centre
7 22 (3.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
8 19 (3.09%) Enterprise Cloud
9 14 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
10 13 (2.12%) Product Ownership
11 12 (1.95%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.95%) Cyber Defence
11 12 (1.95%) SCADA
12 11 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.47%) Cyberattack
14 7 (1.14%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.17%) Windows
2 40 (6.51%) Linux
3 18 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.63%) Unix
5 6 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.98%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.81%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (0.49%) macOS
8 1 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) CentOS
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (40.23%) Cybersecurity
2 191 (31.11%) Cloud Security
3 178 (28.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 141 (22.96%) Risk Management
4 141 (22.96%) Roadmaps
5 138 (22.48%) Threat Modelling
6 135 (21.99%) CI/CD
7 128 (20.85%) Identity Access Management
8 121 (19.71%) Zero Trust
9 116 (18.89%) DevSecOps
10 115 (18.73%) DevOps
11 114 (18.57%) TOGAF
12 108 (17.59%) Technical Leadership
13 106 (17.26%) SIEM
14 101 (16.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 99 (16.12%) Vulnerability Management
16 92 (14.98%) AI
17 91 (14.82%) Infrastructure as Code
18 90 (14.66%) Architectural Patterns
19 82 (13.36%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.31%) Python
2 37 (6.03%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.44%) Bicep
4 14 (2.28%) Bash
4 14 (2.28%) Java
4 14 (2.28%) SQL
5 12 (1.95%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.30%) C#
7 5 (0.81%) ABAP
8 4 (0.65%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.49%) Groovy
10 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.33%) Go
10 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.16%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.16%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) R
11 1 (0.16%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 256 (41.69%) Security Cleared
2 160 (26.06%) CISSP
3 157 (25.57%) SC Cleared
4 92 (14.98%) DV Cleared
5 83 (13.52%) CISM
6 72 (11.73%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (8.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 39 (6.35%) AWS Certification
9 34 (5.54%) CCSP
9 34 (5.54%) Degree
10 32 (5.21%) Azure Certification
11 28 (4.56%) TOGAF Certification
12 24 (3.91%) GIAC
13 21 (3.42%) CRISC
14 18 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (2.77%) CCNP
16 16 (2.61%) CISA
16 16 (2.61%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (2.12%) CEH
18 12 (1.95%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (28.83%) NIST
2 148 (24.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (12.38%) NCSC
4 40 (6.51%) GRC
5 30 (4.89%) GDPR
6 26 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (4.23%) PCI DSS
7 19 (3.09%) NIST 800
8 13 (2.12%) ISO 31000
8 13 (2.12%) JSP 440
9 11 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 9 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (1.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 6 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.98%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.98%) QA
13 5 (0.81%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 5 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 64 (10.42%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.75%) Docker
3 12 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.81%) ISA Server
5 4 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.33%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.16%) Firmware
7 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.16%) IAG
7 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (8.47%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.37%) Ansible
3 14 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.30%) CASB
6 6 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.81%) SCCM
8 4 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.65%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.65%) Istio
8 4 (0.65%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.49%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.49%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 3 (0.49%) VxRail
10 2 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.33%) Kibana
10 2 (0.33%) QRadar
11 1 (0.16%) Grafana
11 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 150 (24.43%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.65%) CyberArk
3 42 (6.84%) Google
4 30 (4.89%) Cisco
5 28 (4.56%) Palo Alto
6 23 (3.75%) Splunk
7 20 (3.26%) SAP
8 19 (3.09%) CrowdStrike
9 17 (2.77%) VMware
10 15 (2.44%) Fortinet
10 15 (2.44%) Zscaler
11 14 (2.28%) Qualys
12 13 (2.12%) ServiceNow
13 12 (1.95%) Oracle
14 9 (1.47%) Databricks
14 9 (1.47%) F5
14 9 (1.47%) IBM
14 9 (1.47%) Okta
14 9 (1.47%) Salesforce
14 9 (1.47%) Tenable