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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 247 228
Rank change year-on-year +31 -19 +27
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 491 247 387
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 1.00% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.09% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 156 248
10th Percentile £460 £525 £500
25th Percentile £525 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £795
90th Percentile £825 £815 £850
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 16
10th Percentile £82.23 £57.82 -
25th Percentile £83.00 £60.75 £81.88
Median hourly rate £84.00 £85.75 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -1.96% +19.13%
75th Percentile - £88.87 £87.53
90th Percentile £103.63 £92.14 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £85.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year -1.18% -2.81% +20.08%

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 36,618 22,657 32,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 91.33% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,120 14,657 20,816
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,297 1,070 2,391
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.11 £16.04
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +42 251 £630 -6.67% 58
North of England -9 79 £663 -1.27% 11
South East -51 60 £588 -9.62% 25
North West +6 54 £621 -11.29% 5
Midlands -30 36 £550 -31.25% 11
South West -7 30 £575 -14.81% 10
West Midlands -32 29 £600 -25.00% 7
Yorkshire -38 25 £675 +22.73% 5
East of England -23 8 £710 -8.39% 5
East Midlands -19 5 £438 - 4
North East -38 1 - - 1
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 14 (2.85%) Confluence
2 7 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.61%) Camunda
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.20%) Appian
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.20%) Summit
3 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 214 (43.58%) Azure
2 173 (35.23%) AWS
3 78 (15.89%) GCP
4 68 (13.85%) Entra ID
5 29 (5.91%) SaaS
6 25 (5.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 23 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (3.87%) IaaS
8 19 (3.87%) PaaS
9 17 (3.46%) Serverless
10 13 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.24%) GitHub
11 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (1.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 8 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.63%) OpenShift
12 8 (1.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (1.43%) Power Platform
14 6 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 100 (20.37%) Network Security
2 62 (12.63%) Firewall
3 17 (3.46%) WAN
4 16 (3.26%) VPN
5 14 (2.85%) LAN
5 14 (2.85%) SD-WAN
6 12 (2.44%) IPsec
7 10 (2.04%) DHCP
8 9 (1.83%) NGFW
9 8 (1.63%) BGP
9 8 (1.63%) DNS
10 7 (1.43%) Internet
10 7 (1.43%) OSPF
10 7 (1.43%) SSL
11 6 (1.22%) HTTPS
11 6 (1.22%) Kerberos
11 6 (1.22%) Reverse Proxy
11 6 (1.22%) Wireless
12 5 (1.02%) BIG-IP
12 5 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.22%) Metadata
2 6 (1.22%) Power BI
3 5 (1.02%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.61%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.41%) Big Data
5 2 (0.41%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.41%) MySQL
5 2 (0.41%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.41%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (2.65%) JIRA
2 5 (1.02%) GitLab
2 5 (1.02%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.02%) Snyk
3 4 (0.81%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.81%) Git
4 2 (0.41%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.41%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.20%) ERwin
5 1 (0.20%) Hudson
General
1 115 (23.42%) Social Skills
2 108 (22.00%) Finance
3 64 (13.03%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.31%) Banking
5 26 (5.30%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.85%) Legal
8 13 (2.65%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.44%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.44%) Military
10 11 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.02%) Aviation
13 5 (1.02%) Law
13 5 (1.02%) Local Government
13 5 (1.02%) Retail
14 3 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.61%) Police
14 3 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 289 (58.86%) Architect
2 206 (41.96%) Security Architect
3 61 (12.42%) Security Engineer
4 43 (8.76%) Senior
5 42 (8.55%) Lead
6 37 (7.54%) Solutions Architect
7 36 (7.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 27 (5.50%) Consultant
9 25 (5.09%) Cloud Architect
10 21 (4.28%) Technical Architect
11 18 (3.67%) Security Consultant
12 17 (3.46%) Security Specialist
12 17 (3.46%) Senior Architect
12 17 (3.46%) Senior Security Engineer
13 14 (2.85%) Lead Architect
13 14 (2.85%) Network Architect
14 13 (2.65%) Enterprise Security Architect
15 12 (2.44%) Cloud Engineer
15 12 (2.44%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 12 (2.44%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.28%) OAuth
2 17 (3.46%) OpenID
3 16 (3.26%) OAuth2
4 15 (3.05%) SAML
5 13 (2.65%) SailPoint
6 12 (2.44%) REST
7 10 (2.04%) 802.1X
8 5 (1.02%) .NET
8 5 (1.02%) LangChain
8 5 (1.02%) LDAP
8 5 (1.02%) PyTorch
8 5 (1.02%) scikit-learn
8 5 (1.02%) Web Services
8 5 (1.02%) XACML
9 4 (0.81%) Azure Blueprints
9 4 (0.81%) J2EE
9 4 (0.81%) JSP
9 4 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
10 3 (0.61%) FHIR
10 3 (0.61%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 64 (13.03%) Cloud Native
2 58 (11.81%) Security Posture
3 41 (8.35%) Operational Technology
4 21 (4.28%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.46%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.05%) AI Agents
7 13 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (2.65%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.44%) Cloud Security Posture
8 12 (2.44%) PKI
9 11 (2.24%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 10 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (2.04%) Private Cloud
10 10 (2.04%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (1.63%) IoT
12 7 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.43%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.50%) Windows
2 26 (5.30%) Linux
3 14 (2.85%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.83%) Unix
5 5 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.02%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.81%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (0.61%) Android
7 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.20%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (35.23%) Cybersecurity
2 156 (31.77%) Threat Modelling
3 129 (26.27%) Cloud Security
4 117 (23.83%) Zero Trust
5 98 (19.96%) CI/CD
6 90 (18.33%) SIEM
7 88 (17.92%) DevOps
8 87 (17.72%) Risk Management
9 86 (17.52%) Vulnerability Management
10 85 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 80 (16.29%) Architectural Patterns
11 80 (16.29%) DevSecOps
12 73 (14.87%) TOGAF
13 72 (14.66%) Identity Access Management
14 71 (14.46%) SABSA
15 70 (14.26%) Roadmaps
16 67 (13.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 62 (12.63%) Agile
18 54 (11.00%) SDLC
19 53 (10.79%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 40 (8.15%) Python
2 21 (4.28%) PowerShell
3 20 (4.07%) Java
4 18 (3.67%) SQL
5 13 (2.65%) Bicep
6 9 (1.83%) Bash
7 4 (0.81%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.61%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.41%) Ruby
9 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.41%) Swift
10 1 (0.20%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 167 (34.01%) Security Cleared
2 116 (23.63%) CISSP
3 110 (22.40%) SC Cleared
4 53 (10.79%) CISM
5 47 (9.57%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (8.55%) DV Cleared
7 39 (7.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 31 (6.31%) Degree
9 28 (5.70%) GIAC
10 27 (5.50%) AWS Certification
11 20 (4.07%) CCSP
12 19 (3.87%) Azure Certification
13 15 (3.05%) SANS
14 12 (2.44%) CEH
14 12 (2.44%) CRISC
15 11 (2.24%) PMI Certification
15 11 (2.24%) PMP
16 10 (2.04%) CESG Certified Professional
17 9 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (28.51%) NIST
2 106 (21.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (10.59%) GDPR
4 47 (9.57%) NCSC
5 28 (5.70%) PCI DSS
6 22 (4.48%) GRC
6 22 (4.48%) NIST 800
7 16 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.83%) SLA
8 9 (1.83%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.63%) COBIT
9 8 (1.63%) ISO 31000
9 8 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 8 (1.63%) JSP 440
9 8 (1.63%) QA
10 7 (1.43%) HIPAA
11 6 (1.22%) RMADS
12 5 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.61%) Def Stans
System Software
1 41 (8.35%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.85%) Docker
3 11 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.63%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.02%) RACF
6 3 (0.61%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.41%) IAG
7 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.20%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (8.35%) Terraform
2 34 (6.92%) Kubernetes
3 17 (3.46%) Ansible
4 16 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.81%) CASB
7 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.61%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.41%) SCCM
9 1 (0.20%) Argo
9 1 (0.20%) Istio
9 1 (0.20%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.20%) Packer
9 1 (0.20%) QRadar
9 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (19.96%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.11%) CyberArk
3 22 (4.48%) Splunk
4 18 (3.67%) Google
5 16 (3.26%) Okta
5 16 (3.26%) Zscaler
6 15 (3.05%) Cisco
7 14 (2.85%) Palo Alto
7 14 (2.85%) VMware
8 12 (2.44%) ServiceNow
9 11 (2.24%) Fortinet
9 11 (2.24%) SAP
9 11 (2.24%) Tenable
10 8 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (1.63%) Qualys
10 8 (1.63%) Rapid7
11 7 (1.43%) F5
11 7 (1.43%) ForeScout
12 5 (1.02%) OpenAI
12 5 (1.02%) Oracle