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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 272 268
Rank change year-on-year +66 -4 -24
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 613 270 286
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.32% 0.97% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.07% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 161 173
10th Percentile £463 £513 £526
25th Percentile £513 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +3.28%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £788
90th Percentile £813 £800 £850
UK median daily rate £600 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 7
10th Percentile - £52.05 £73.43
25th Percentile £71.00 £63.75 £84.67
Median hourly rate £83.00 £87.04 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -4.64% -0.48% +19.30%
75th Percentile £95.00 £88.87 -
90th Percentile - £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £83.00 £87.04 £87.46
% change year-on-year -4.64% -0.48% +19.69%

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 39,448 25,281 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.75% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 16,062 17,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,805 1,509 1,303
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.55
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +50 314 £625 -3.85% 373
South East -11 100 £608 -6.46% 101
North of England -31 75 £600 -16.49% 52
South West +8 55 £525 -23.64% 44
North West -38 37 £590 -17.53% 39
Yorkshire -11 33 £663 -10.17% 10
Midlands -33 32 £600 -25.00% 39
West Midlands -34 29 £625 -21.88% 24
East of England -13 16 £575 -32.35% 23
North East -54 4 £680 -7.80% 3
East Midlands -13 3 £538 - 15
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 11 (1.79%) Confluence
2 8 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.65%) IIS
4 3 (0.49%) Apache
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Superset
5 2 (0.33%) IBM Transformation Extender
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Appian
6 1 (0.16%) Camunda
6 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.98%) 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 10 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.33%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.16%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 246 (40.13%) Azure
2 187 (30.51%) AWS
3 96 (15.66%) GCP
4 73 (11.91%) Entra ID
5 31 (5.06%) GitHub
5 31 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (4.57%) SaaS
7 24 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
9 18 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.45%) Serverless
12 11 (1.79%) Power Platform
13 10 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.63%) PaaS
14 9 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.47%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (1.47%) IaaS
15 8 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 7 (1.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 89 (14.52%) Network Security
2 60 (9.79%) Firewall
3 26 (4.24%) VPN
4 21 (3.43%) WAN
5 13 (2.12%) NGFW
5 13 (2.12%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.79%) DNS
7 9 (1.47%) BGP
7 9 (1.47%) Internet
8 8 (1.31%) LAN
9 7 (1.14%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.98%) 4G
10 6 (0.98%) DHCP
10 6 (0.98%) MPLS
10 6 (0.98%) SSL
11 5 (0.82%) 5G
11 5 (0.82%) OSPF
11 5 (0.82%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.65%) VLAN
13 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.14%) Data Lake
2 6 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (0.98%) Power BI
2 6 (0.98%) SAP HANA
3 5 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (0.82%) SAP BW
4 4 (0.65%) Metadata
4 4 (0.65%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.65%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.65%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.49%) Big Data
6 2 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.33%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.33%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.33%) Trino
Development Applications
1 19 (3.10%) Jenkins
2 18 (2.94%) GitLab
3 17 (2.77%) JIRA
4 5 (0.82%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.82%) Git
4 5 (0.82%) Snyk
5 4 (0.65%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.49%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.33%) MSTest
7 2 (0.33%) NUnit
8 1 (0.16%) Maven
8 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 195 (31.81%) Social Skills
2 111 (18.11%) Finance
3 74 (12.07%) Public Sector
4 39 (6.36%) Banking
5 30 (4.89%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.77%) Aerospace
9 15 (2.45%) Legal
10 14 (2.28%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.28%) Military
11 13 (2.12%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.63%) Local Government
12 10 (1.63%) Retail
13 7 (1.14%) Law
13 7 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.65%) Aviation
15 4 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 415 (67.70%) Architect
2 269 (43.88%) Security Architect
3 56 (9.14%) Lead
3 56 (9.14%) Security Engineer
4 51 (8.32%) Solutions Architect
5 46 (7.50%) Senior
6 38 (6.20%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 33 (5.38%) Consultant
8 32 (5.22%) Cloud Architect
9 30 (4.89%) Technical Architect
10 26 (4.24%) Lead Architect
11 22 (3.59%) Lead Security Architect
11 22 (3.59%) Security Consultant
11 22 (3.59%) Senior Architect
12 21 (3.43%) Enterprise Architect
13 16 (2.61%) Enterprise Security Architect
13 16 (2.61%) Security Specialist
14 14 (2.28%) Analyst
14 14 (2.28%) Network Architect
15 13 (2.12%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (8.97%) Terraform
2 32 (5.22%) LDAP
3 27 (4.40%) REST
4 23 (3.75%) OAuth
5 14 (2.28%) OpenID
5 14 (2.28%) SAML
6 11 (1.79%) OAuth2
6 11 (1.79%) SailPoint
7 10 (1.63%) Middleware
8 9 (1.47%) SOAP
9 8 (1.31%) SAP Fiori
10 7 (1.14%) SLSA
11 6 (0.98%) .NET
11 6 (0.98%) 802.1X
11 6 (0.98%) JSON
11 6 (0.98%) ModSecurity
12 5 (0.82%) Kafka
12 5 (0.82%) SAP Basis
12 5 (0.82%) SAP PI
12 5 (0.82%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.05%) Cloud Native
2 63 (10.28%) Security Posture
3 44 (7.18%) Onboarding
4 38 (6.20%) Operational Technology
5 31 (5.06%) Management Information System
6 22 (3.59%) PKI
6 22 (3.59%) Public Cloud
7 20 (3.26%) Data Centre
7 20 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.77%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (2.61%) Enterprise Cloud
10 15 (2.45%) Cloud Security Posture
11 14 (2.28%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.96%) Product Ownership
12 12 (1.96%) SCADA
13 11 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
14 9 (1.47%) Cyberattack
15 8 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
16 6 (0.98%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.87%) Windows
2 33 (5.38%) Linux
3 16 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.47%) Unix
5 5 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.82%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.65%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) CentOS
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (39.48%) Cybersecurity
2 188 (30.67%) Cloud Security
3 161 (26.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 140 (22.84%) Threat Modelling
5 136 (22.19%) Risk Management
6 127 (20.72%) CI/CD
7 125 (20.39%) Roadmaps
8 124 (20.23%) Identity Access Management
9 121 (19.74%) Zero Trust
10 118 (19.25%) DevSecOps
11 112 (18.27%) TOGAF
12 110 (17.94%) SIEM
13 106 (17.29%) Technical Leadership
14 105 (17.13%) DevOps
15 98 (15.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 96 (15.66%) Vulnerability Management
17 86 (14.03%) Architectural Patterns
17 86 (14.03%) SABSA
18 83 (13.54%) Infrastructure as Code
19 79 (12.89%) AI
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.34%) Python
2 31 (5.06%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.43%) Java
4 16 (2.61%) SQL
5 14 (2.28%) Bicep
6 13 (2.12%) Bash
7 5 (0.82%) ABAP
7 5 (0.82%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.65%) C#
9 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.33%) Ruby
9 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.16%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.16%) CodeQL
10 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.16%) Go
10 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.16%) R
10 1 (0.16%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 246 (40.13%) Security Cleared
2 157 (25.61%) CISSP
3 147 (23.98%) SC Cleared
4 87 (14.19%) DV Cleared
5 73 (11.91%) Cisco Certification
5 73 (11.91%) CISM
6 56 (9.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 39 (6.36%) AWS Certification
8 37 (6.04%) Degree
9 35 (5.71%) Azure Certification
10 33 (5.38%) CCSP
11 27 (4.40%) TOGAF Certification
12 26 (4.24%) GIAC
13 20 (3.26%) CRISC
14 17 (2.77%) CISA
15 16 (2.61%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (2.45%) CEH
17 14 (2.28%) CCNP
17 14 (2.28%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (29.20%) NIST
2 147 (23.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (10.60%) NCSC
4 44 (7.18%) GRC
5 33 (5.38%) GDPR
6 26 (4.24%) PCI DSS
7 25 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
8 23 (3.75%) NIST 800
9 13 (2.12%) JSP 440
10 12 (1.96%) ISO 31000
11 10 (1.63%) QA
12 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (1.14%) Data Quality
13 7 (1.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 5 (0.82%) COBIT
14 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 4 (0.65%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (10.44%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.10%) Docker
3 12 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.65%) ISA Server
4 4 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.33%) IAG
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.33%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.73%) Ansible
3 13 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.98%) CASB
5 6 (0.98%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.98%) SCCM
6 5 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.65%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.33%) Istio
9 2 (0.33%) QRadar
9 2 (0.33%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.33%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 2 (0.33%) VxRail
10 1 (0.16%) Argo
10 1 (0.16%) Grafana
10 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 146 (23.82%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.83%) CyberArk
3 36 (5.87%) Google
4 26 (4.24%) Cisco
4 26 (4.24%) Palo Alto
5 21 (3.43%) SAP
5 21 (3.43%) Splunk
6 17 (2.77%) VMware
7 16 (2.61%) CrowdStrike
8 15 (2.45%) Zscaler
9 14 (2.28%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.96%) Qualys
11 11 (1.79%) Okta
11 11 (1.79%) Oracle
11 11 (1.79%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.47%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.31%) Databricks
13 8 (1.31%) F5
13 8 (1.31%) Tenable
14 5 (0.82%) OpenAI