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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 256 237
Rank change year-on-year +43 -19 +12
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 574 276 325
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.25% 0.99% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.09% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 168 216
10th Percentile £469 £513 £525
25th Percentile £525 £597 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £622 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £740 £767 £809
90th Percentile £825 £816 £850
UK median daily rate £615 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -8.89% -3.57% +2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 6
10th Percentile £71.00 £53.23 £84.67
25th Percentile £83.00 £59.94 -
Median hourly rate £84.00 £87.04 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% -0.48% +19.13%
75th Percentile - £89.78 -
90th Percentile £101.46 £99.25 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £87.04 £87.46
% change year-on-year -3.49% -0.48% +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 39,024 25,239 28,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.10% 90.81% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,245 16,077 18,561
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £628 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,548 1,443 1,638
10th Percentile £14.42 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.17% +3.59%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.50% -38.57% -1.35%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +35 278 £625 -4.76% 71
South East -34 101 £629 -3.27% 43
North of England -13 93 £619 -13.70% 31
North West -1 58 £615 -14.26% 17
Midlands -24 36 £600 -25.00% 7
Yorkshire -16 32 £663 -1.85% 12
South West -31 32 £604 -12.18% 26
West Midlands -32 31 £600 -25.00% 4
East of England -9 15 £600 - 4
East Midlands -16 3 £538 - 3
North East -47 2 £650 -10.34% 2
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 (2.09%) Confluence
2 4 (0.70%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.52%) Camunda
4 2 (0.35%) Apache
4 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.35%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.17%) Appian
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.35%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 249 (43.38%) Azure
2 190 (33.10%) AWS
3 93 (16.20%) GCP
4 67 (11.67%) Entra ID
5 28 (4.88%) SaaS
6 25 (4.36%) Azure Sentinel
7 22 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (3.66%) GitHub
9 19 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (2.09%) PaaS
12 12 (2.09%) Serverless
13 11 (1.92%) IaaS
14 10 (1.74%) Azure Key Vault
15 9 (1.57%) Azure AI
16 8 (1.39%) OpenShift
16 8 (1.39%) Vertex AI
17 7 (1.22%) Anthropic Claude
17 7 (1.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 86 (14.98%) Network Security
2 61 (10.63%) Firewall
3 19 (3.31%) VPN
3 19 (3.31%) WAN
4 14 (2.44%) DNS
5 12 (2.09%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.74%) LAN
6 10 (1.74%) NGFW
7 9 (1.57%) Internet
8 8 (1.39%) DHCP
9 6 (1.05%) 4G
9 6 (1.05%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.87%) 5G
10 5 (0.87%) Radio Access Network
11 4 (0.70%) BGP
11 4 (0.70%) Intranet
11 4 (0.70%) IPsec
11 4 (0.70%) VLAN
12 3 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.05%) Data Lake
2 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.05%) Power BI
2 6 (1.05%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.70%) Metadata
3 4 (0.70%) NoSQL
3 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
3 4 (0.70%) SAP BW
3 4 (0.70%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.52%) Big Data
4 3 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.35%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.35%) Delta Lake
5 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.35%) Trino
Development Applications
1 18 (3.14%) JIRA
2 14 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.26%) GitLab
4 7 (1.22%) Snyk
5 6 (1.05%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.70%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.52%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.17%) Git
8 1 (0.17%) Hudson
General
1 154 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 116 (20.21%) Finance
3 80 (13.94%) Public Sector
4 36 (6.27%) Banking
5 24 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
6 20 (3.48%) Aerospace
6 20 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (2.96%) Legal
8 14 (2.44%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.26%) Local Government
9 13 (2.26%) Military
10 10 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.57%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.39%) Retail
12 8 (1.39%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.87%) Law
13 5 (0.87%) Police
14 4 (0.70%) Aviation
14 4 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 373 (64.98%) Architect
2 265 (46.17%) Security Architect
3 64 (11.15%) Lead
4 61 (10.63%) Security Engineer
5 51 (8.89%) Solutions Architect
6 40 (6.97%) Senior
7 37 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 32 (5.57%) Consultant
8 32 (5.57%) Lead Architect
9 30 (5.23%) Cloud Architect
10 22 (3.83%) Lead Security Architect
10 22 (3.83%) Security Consultant
11 21 (3.66%) Enterprise Architect
12 18 (3.14%) Enterprise Security Architect
12 18 (3.14%) Technical Architect
13 17 (2.96%) Security Specialist
14 16 (2.79%) Senior Architect
15 15 (2.61%) Azure Architect
15 15 (2.61%) Network Architect
16 14 (2.44%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.48%) OAuth
2 19 (3.31%) REST
3 14 (2.44%) OpenID
4 13 (2.26%) OAuth2
4 13 (2.26%) SAML
5 12 (2.09%) SailPoint
6 9 (1.57%) LDAP
7 8 (1.39%) LangChain
7 8 (1.39%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.39%) scikit-learn
8 7 (1.22%) 802.1X
8 7 (1.22%) Middleware
8 7 (1.22%) SLSA
9 6 (1.05%) SAP Fiori
10 5 (0.87%) ModSecurity
11 4 (0.70%) .NET
11 4 (0.70%) ARM Templates
11 4 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
11 4 (0.70%) Jakarta EE
11 4 (0.70%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (16.03%) Cloud Native
2 73 (12.72%) Security Posture
3 43 (7.49%) Operational Technology
4 27 (4.70%) Management Information System
5 26 (4.53%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.14%) PKI
7 17 (2.96%) AI Agents
8 16 (2.79%) Cloud Security Posture
9 14 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.44%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.26%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.26%) Enterprise Cloud
10 13 (2.26%) Product Ownership
11 12 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (1.74%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
14 8 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.39%) SCADA
15 7 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.53%) Linux
2 21 (3.66%) Windows
3 8 (1.39%) Unix
4 7 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.70%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (39.20%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (30.31%) Cloud Security
3 168 (29.27%) Threat Modelling
4 131 (22.82%) CI/CD
5 127 (22.13%) Zero Trust
6 123 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 119 (20.73%) Risk Management
8 115 (20.03%) Roadmaps
9 108 (18.82%) DevSecOps
9 108 (18.82%) Identity Access Management
10 103 (17.94%) TOGAF
11 97 (16.90%) SIEM
12 96 (16.72%) Vulnerability Management
13 95 (16.55%) DevOps
14 91 (15.85%) Architectural Patterns
15 90 (15.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 87 (15.16%) SABSA
17 85 (14.81%) AI
18 76 (13.24%) Technical Leadership
19 66 (11.50%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.32%) Python
2 21 (3.66%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.48%) Java
4 18 (3.14%) SQL
5 17 (2.96%) Bicep
6 10 (1.74%) Bash
7 3 (0.52%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.35%) ABAP
8 2 (0.35%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.35%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.35%) Ruby
8 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.17%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.17%) Go
9 1 (0.17%) Groovy
9 1 (0.17%) R
9 1 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 199 (34.67%) Security Cleared
2 150 (26.13%) CISSP
3 120 (20.91%) SC Cleared
4 67 (11.67%) CISM
5 57 (9.93%) DV Cleared
6 52 (9.06%) Cisco Certification
7 44 (7.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 35 (6.10%) Degree
9 33 (5.75%) AWS Certification
10 28 (4.88%) GIAC
11 26 (4.53%) Azure Certification
12 22 (3.83%) CCSP
12 22 (3.83%) TOGAF Certification
13 16 (2.79%) CEH
14 15 (2.61%) CRISC
15 13 (2.26%) SANS
16 12 (2.09%) CISA
16 12 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
18 10 (1.74%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (27.18%) NIST
2 115 (20.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (9.93%) NCSC
4 44 (7.67%) GDPR
5 32 (5.57%) GRC
6 26 (4.53%) NIST 800
6 26 (4.53%) PCI DSS
7 21 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (2.09%) JSP 440
9 9 (1.57%) QA
10 8 (1.39%) COBIT
10 8 (1.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.39%) ISO 31000
10 8 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 8 (1.39%) SLA
11 7 (1.22%) HIPAA
12 6 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.87%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.87%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.14%) Docker
3 10 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.35%) IAG
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.35%) vSphere
6 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (7.32%) Kubernetes
1 42 (7.32%) Terraform
2 18 (3.14%) Ansible
3 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.87%) FortiGate
4 5 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.70%) CASB
5 4 (0.70%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.52%) SCCM
7 2 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.35%) Istio
7 2 (0.35%) QRadar
8 1 (0.17%) Argo
8 1 (0.17%) Grafana
8 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 121 (21.08%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.40%) Google
3 27 (4.70%) CyberArk
4 20 (3.48%) Splunk
5 17 (2.96%) Palo Alto
5 17 (2.96%) SAP
6 16 (2.79%) Okta
7 14 (2.44%) Zscaler
8 13 (2.26%) Cisco
9 12 (2.09%) Tenable
9 12 (2.09%) VMware
10 11 (1.92%) Fortinet
11 10 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.74%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.57%) Databricks
12 9 (1.57%) Qualys
12 9 (1.57%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.22%) OpenAI
14 6 (1.05%) IBM
14 6 (1.05%) Oracle