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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 272 271
Rank change year-on-year -20 -1 +65
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 294 224 329
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 0.86% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.96% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 144 208
10th Percentile £445 £541 £500
25th Percentile £510 £600 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £744 £766 £775
90th Percentile £788 £825 £875
UK median daily rate £620 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -8.15% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 12
10th Percentile £32.74 £59.25 £75.12
25th Percentile £34.06 £60.75 £81.88
Median hourly rate £39.50 £67.40 £85.38
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% -21.06% -
75th Percentile £68.88 £78.40 £87.53
90th Percentile £84.55 £83.20 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £73.31 £85.38
% change year-on-year +9.13% -14.14% -

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 29,784 23,344 33,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.41% 89.82% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,034 14,461 22,141
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £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 1,874 730 1,983
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.23 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.04% - -
75th Percentile £60.41 £64.73 £60.32
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.03 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.28
% change year-on-year -22.62% -2.35% -1.12%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 +12 154 £625 -8.26% 41
North of England -34 38 £620 +12.73% 11
South East -37 34 £650 +4.00% 23
Midlands -43 26 £475 -32.14% 13
West Midlands -34 21 £490 -30.00% 8
Yorkshire -48 20 £550 - 3
South West -24 16 £575 -8.00% 8
North West -20 15 £641 -1.38% 8
East of England -21 7 £713 -5.00% 4
East Midlands -26 5 £438 +0.46% 5
North East -9 4 £498 +15.70% 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 8 (2.72%) Confluence
2 6 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.36%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.34%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 131 (44.56%) Azure
2 108 (36.73%) AWS
3 45 (15.31%) GCP
4 43 (14.63%) Entra ID
5 25 (8.50%) SaaS
6 23 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (7.48%) PaaS
8 20 (6.80%) IaaS
9 18 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (4.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 12 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (3.40%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (3.40%) OpenShift
13 9 (3.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (2.72%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (2.72%) GitHub
14 8 (2.72%) Serverless
15 7 (2.38%) AWS KMS
16 6 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
16 6 (2.04%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 72 (24.49%) Network Security
2 68 (23.13%) Firewall
3 24 (8.16%) VPN
4 18 (6.12%) WAN
5 17 (5.78%) DHCP
6 16 (5.44%) LAN
6 16 (5.44%) SD-WAN
7 14 (4.76%) DNS
8 13 (4.42%) BGP
9 12 (4.08%) OSPF
10 11 (3.74%) IPsec
11 10 (3.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 9 (3.06%) SSL
12 9 (3.06%) Wireless
13 7 (2.38%) BIG-IP
13 7 (2.38%) TCP/IP
13 7 (2.38%) VXLAN
14 6 (2.04%) HTTPS
14 6 (2.04%) Kerberos
14 6 (2.04%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.38%) Metadata
2 2 (0.68%) Power BI
3 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.34%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.34%) Redis
3 1 (0.34%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (4.08%) GitLab
2 7 (2.38%) JIRA
3 4 (1.36%) Git
3 4 (1.36%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.36%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.68%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.34%) ERwin
5 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 72 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.07%) Finance
3 39 (13.27%) Public Sector
4 29 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.46%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.76%) Banking
7 13 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.08%) Financial Institution
8 12 (4.08%) Legal
9 8 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.38%) Military
11 6 (2.04%) Law
12 5 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.36%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.02%) Marketing
15 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.68%) Aviation
15 2 (0.68%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.34%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 184 (62.59%) Architect
2 133 (45.24%) Security Architect
3 34 (11.56%) Solutions Architect
4 28 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 27 (9.18%) Security Engineer
6 23 (7.82%) Consultant
7 21 (7.14%) Senior
8 20 (6.80%) Network Architect
9 17 (5.78%) Security Consultant
9 17 (5.78%) Security Solutions Architect
10 16 (5.44%) Technical Architect
11 15 (5.10%) Cloud Architect
12 13 (4.42%) Network Security Architect
13 10 (3.40%) Azure Architect
13 10 (3.40%) Project Manager
13 10 (3.40%) Senior Architect
14 7 (2.38%) AWS Architect
14 7 (2.38%) Lead
14 7 (2.38%) Security Manager
15 6 (2.04%) Cloud Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.44%) OAuth
2 12 (4.08%) OpenID
2 12 (4.08%) SAML
3 11 (3.74%) OAuth2
4 6 (2.04%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.70%) REST
5 5 (1.70%) Web Services
5 5 (1.70%) XACML
6 4 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.02%) .NET
7 3 (1.02%) ADO
7 3 (1.02%) Kafka
7 3 (1.02%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.02%) Middleware
7 3 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.68%) JWT
8 2 (0.68%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.68%) Visualforce
9 1 (0.34%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.34%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.52%) Security Posture
2 19 (6.46%) Cloud Native
3 18 (6.12%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.78%) PKI
5 14 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.42%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.40%) IoT
7 10 (3.40%) Management Information System
8 9 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.72%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.72%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.72%) Taxonomies
10 7 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.70%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.70%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.70%) NHS
12 5 (1.70%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (1.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.48%) Windows
2 12 (4.08%) Linux
2 12 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.36%) Unix
4 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.68%) Android
5 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.63%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (28.91%) Threat Modelling
3 84 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 81 (27.55%) Zero Trust
5 58 (19.73%) CI/CD
6 52 (17.69%) SIEM
7 50 (17.01%) TOGAF
8 49 (16.67%) DevOps
9 46 (15.65%) Identity Access Management
10 44 (14.97%) DevSecOps
11 43 (14.63%) Infrastructure as Code
12 42 (14.29%) Incident Response
13 40 (13.61%) Roadmaps
14 39 (13.27%) Migration
14 39 (13.27%) Risk Management
15 36 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 32 (10.88%) Regulatory Compliance
17 31 (10.54%) Data Loss Prevention
17 31 (10.54%) Data Protection
17 31 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.16%) Python
2 12 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.40%) SQL
4 7 (2.38%) Java
4 7 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (1.70%) Bash
5 5 (1.70%) Bicep
6 3 (1.02%) Apex Code
6 3 (1.02%) Go
6 3 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.68%) C
7 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.68%) Swift
8 1 (0.34%) C-shell
8 1 (0.34%) Korn
8 1 (0.34%) ProC
8 1 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 94 (31.97%) Security Cleared
2 70 (23.81%) CISSP
3 63 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 33 (11.22%) CISM
5 31 (10.54%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (9.18%) DV Cleared
7 21 (7.14%) Degree
8 20 (6.80%) AWS Certification
9 19 (6.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 17 (5.78%) CCSP
11 13 (4.42%) Azure Certification
11 13 (4.42%) CCIE
12 12 (4.08%) CCNP
13 10 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (3.06%) CEH
15 7 (2.38%) GIAC
15 7 (2.38%) PMI Certification
15 7 (2.38%) PMP
16 6 (2.04%) CCIE Security
16 6 (2.04%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (27.89%) NIST
2 75 (25.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (15.65%) GDPR
4 28 (9.52%) NCSC
5 23 (7.82%) PCI DSS
6 12 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (3.06%) GRC
8 7 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (2.38%) EU AI Act
8 7 (2.38%) JSP 440
9 6 (2.04%) Data Quality
10 5 (1.70%) QA
11 4 (1.36%) NIST 800
11 4 (1.36%) SOC 2
12 3 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (1.02%) PSD2
13 2 (0.68%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.68%) RMADS
System Software
1 27 (9.18%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.08%) VMware NSX
3 11 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.06%) Docker
5 5 (1.70%) RACF
5 5 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (14.29%) Terraform
2 36 (12.24%) Kubernetes
3 26 (8.84%) Ansible
4 16 (5.44%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.38%) SCCM
7 6 (2.04%) Fluentd
8 5 (1.70%) WSUS
9 4 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.02%) Grafana
11 2 (0.68%) Argo
11 2 (0.68%) CASB
11 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.34%) Istio
12 1 (0.34%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.34%) Packer
12 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 58 (19.73%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.50%) Cisco
3 23 (7.82%) Splunk
4 18 (6.12%) Fortinet
5 16 (5.44%) VMware
6 15 (5.10%) Palo Alto
7 14 (4.76%) F5
8 13 (4.42%) CyberArk
8 13 (4.42%) Zscaler
9 10 (3.40%) CheckPoint
10 9 (3.06%) Juniper
11 8 (2.72%) Cribl.io
12 7 (2.38%) ForeScout
12 7 (2.38%) Sparx
13 6 (2.04%) Darktrace
13 6 (2.04%) Google
14 5 (1.70%) Meraki
14 5 (1.70%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.70%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.70%) Sophos