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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 277 285
Rank change year-on-year -15 +8 +88
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 268 236 283
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.84% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.94% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 147 189
10th Percentile £449 £513 £525
25th Percentile £513 £593 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% - -
75th Percentile £750 £788 £775
90th Percentile £788 £860 £875
UK median daily rate £623 £675 £656
% change year-on-year -7.78% +2.86% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile £33.62 - £59.13
25th Percentile £36.25 £60.75 £69.79
Median hourly rate £54.50 £73.46 £81.08
Median % change year-on-year -25.80% -9.40% +9.93%
75th Percentile £63.25 £79.60 £85.06
90th Percentile £82.30 £83.20 £86.31
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £73.60 £81.08
% change year-on-year -21.88% -9.22% +9.93%

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 27,925 25,046 32,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.53% 88.69% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,779 15,429 21,914
10th Percentile £302 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,785 824 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +11 144 £625 -10.71% 90
South East -7 39 £663 +7.72% 151
North of England -12 38 £620 +10.52% 142
Yorkshire -27 19 £563 +0.27% 64
Midlands -41 18 £515 -26.43% 113
West Midlands -23 17 £525 -25.00% 50
North West -11 11 £697 - 66
South West -18 11 £681 -9.17% 78
North East - 9 £725 - 12
East of England -20 7 £713 -5.00% 90
East Midlands -25 1 £400 -8.15% 57
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 (2.61%) Confluence
1 7 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.75%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.37%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (1.49%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.37%) Summit
3 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 113 (42.16%) Azure
2 99 (36.94%) AWS
3 42 (15.67%) GCP
4 32 (11.94%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.60%) Azure Sentinel
6 15 (5.60%) SaaS
7 14 (5.22%) PaaS
8 11 (4.10%) IaaS
9 10 (3.73%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 10 (3.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (3.73%) OpenShift
10 9 (3.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (2.99%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.87%) GitHub
13 4 (1.49%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 60 (22.39%) Firewall
2 51 (19.03%) Network Security
3 23 (8.58%) VPN
4 18 (6.72%) WAN
5 17 (6.34%) DNS
6 15 (5.60%) LAN
7 14 (5.22%) SD-WAN
8 13 (4.85%) BGP
9 12 (4.48%) DHCP
10 11 (4.10%) OSPF
10 11 (4.10%) TCP/IP
11 9 (3.36%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (2.24%) BIG-IP
12 6 (2.24%) NGFW
12 6 (2.24%) SSL
12 6 (2.24%) VXLAN
13 5 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (1.87%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (1.87%) IPsec
13 5 (1.87%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.61%) MongoDB
1 7 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.87%) 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 (4.48%) GitLab
2 7 (2.61%) JIRA
3 5 (1.87%) Git
3 5 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.12%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.75%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.37%) MLflow
6 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
General
1 76 (28.36%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.39%) Finance
3 33 (12.31%) Public Sector
4 27 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.60%) Banking
6 13 (4.85%) Financial Institution
6 13 (4.85%) Legal
7 8 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.24%) Military
10 3 (1.12%) Law
10 3 (1.12%) Marketing
11 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Local Government
12 1 (0.37%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 179 (66.79%) Architect
2 143 (53.36%) Security Architect
3 33 (12.31%) Solutions Architect
4 26 (9.70%) Security Engineer
5 22 (8.21%) Consultant
6 20 (7.46%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 19 (7.09%) Network Architect
8 18 (6.72%) Senior
9 17 (6.34%) Security Consultant
10 15 (5.60%) Security Solutions Architect
11 14 (5.22%) Senior Architect
12 13 (4.85%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 13 (4.85%) Senior Security Architect
13 11 (4.10%) Azure Architect
14 10 (3.73%) AWS Architect
14 10 (3.73%) Network Security Architect
15 9 (3.36%) AWS Security Architect
16 8 (2.99%) Analyst
16 8 (2.99%) Cloud Architect
16 8 (2.99%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.24%) OAuth
2 5 (1.87%) PyTorch
2 5 (1.87%) TensorFlow
3 4 (1.49%) Google JAX
3 4 (1.49%) JAX
3 4 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.49%) OpenID
3 4 (1.49%) REST
3 4 (1.49%) SAML
3 4 (1.49%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.12%) Kafka
4 3 (1.12%) Middleware
4 3 (1.12%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.75%) JWT
5 2 (0.75%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.75%) Visualforce
5 2 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.31%) Security Posture
2 25 (9.33%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.97%) PKI
4 15 (5.60%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (4.48%) Onboarding
7 11 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (4.10%) Management Information System
8 9 (3.36%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.99%) Cloud Security Posture
9 8 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.99%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (2.61%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.61%) Taxonomies
11 6 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (2.24%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.87%) NHS
13 4 (1.49%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.49%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.84%) Windows
2 8 (2.99%) Linux
3 7 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.49%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Android
5 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
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 91 (33.96%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (29.85%) Cloud Security
3 63 (23.51%) Threat Modelling
4 56 (20.90%) SIEM
5 53 (19.78%) Zero Trust
6 52 (19.40%) CI/CD
6 52 (19.40%) Incident Response
7 44 (16.42%) TOGAF
8 42 (15.67%) Roadmaps
9 41 (15.30%) DevOps
10 37 (13.81%) DevSecOps
10 37 (13.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 36 (13.43%) Identity Access Management
12 35 (13.06%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (11.94%) Information Security
14 29 (10.82%) AI
14 29 (10.82%) Migration
14 29 (10.82%) Regulatory Compliance
15 26 (9.70%) Data Loss Prevention
16 25 (9.33%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.70%) Python
2 12 (4.48%) Kusto Query Language
3 9 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.99%) Java
5 6 (2.24%) Bash
5 6 (2.24%) SQL
6 5 (1.87%) C
7 4 (1.49%) C++
7 4 (1.49%) R
8 3 (1.12%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.12%) Go
8 3 (1.12%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.37%) Bicep
10 1 (0.37%) C-shell
10 1 (0.37%) Korn
10 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.37%) ProC
10 1 (0.37%) SOQL
10 1 (0.37%) Swift
Qualifications
1 76 (28.36%) Security Cleared
2 68 (25.37%) CISSP
3 51 (19.03%) SC Cleared
4 30 (11.19%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (10.82%) CISM
6 25 (9.33%) AWS Certification
7 21 (7.84%) Degree
8 18 (6.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 18 (6.72%) CCSP
9 16 (5.97%) Azure Certification
10 15 (5.60%) DV Cleared
11 13 (4.85%) CCIE
11 13 (4.85%) CCNP
12 10 (3.73%) CEH
13 6 (2.24%) CompTIA CySA+
13 6 (2.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (2.24%) JNCIE
13 6 (2.24%) JNCIP
13 6 (2.24%) OSCP
13 6 (2.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (29.85%) NIST
2 75 (27.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (17.16%) GDPR
4 27 (10.07%) PCI DSS
5 19 (7.09%) NCSC
6 11 (4.10%) EU AI Act
6 11 (4.10%) QA
7 9 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.99%) PSD2
9 5 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.87%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.87%) GRC
10 4 (1.49%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.49%) JSP 440
11 3 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.12%) COBIT
11 3 (1.12%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 16 (5.97%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.99%) Docker
3 7 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.61%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.75%) 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 34 (12.69%) Terraform
2 33 (12.31%) Kubernetes
3 24 (8.96%) Ansible
4 10 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.99%) SCCM
6 6 (2.24%) Fluentd
6 6 (2.24%) WSUS
7 5 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.12%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.12%) Grafana
9 2 (0.75%) Argo
9 2 (0.75%) CASB
9 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.37%) Istio
10 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.37%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 57 (21.27%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.96%) Cisco
3 21 (7.84%) Splunk
4 15 (5.60%) Fortinet
5 13 (4.85%) Palo Alto
6 12 (4.48%) Darktrace
6 12 (4.48%) F5
6 12 (4.48%) Zscaler
7 11 (4.10%) CyberArk
7 11 (4.10%) VMware
8 10 (3.73%) CheckPoint
9 8 (2.99%) Juniper
9 8 (2.99%) Sparx
10 7 (2.61%) Cribl.io
10 7 (2.61%) Salesforce
11 6 (2.24%) SAP
11 6 (2.24%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.24%) Sophos
12 5 (1.87%) Google
12 5 (1.87%) Meraki