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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 256 225
Rank change year-on-year +40 -31 +29
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 538 273 373
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 1.00% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.10% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 169 242
10th Percentile £465 £513 £511
25th Percentile £526 £588 £601
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £800
90th Percentile £825 £807 £850
UK median daily rate £624 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.59% -3.57% +2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 13
10th Percentile £82.23 £48.10 -
25th Percentile £83.00 £60.75 £81.88
Median hourly rate £84.00 £86.50 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% -1.10% +20.08%
75th Percentile - £88.87 £87.53
90th Percentile £103.63 £98.50 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £86.50 £87.46
% change year-on-year -2.89% -1.10% +20.44%

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 38,365 24,818 30,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 90.70% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,059 15,915 19,627
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,375 1,336 1,933
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.23 £13.60
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%
75th Percentile £69.63 £52.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -6.98%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +30 266 £650 -3.70% 143
North of England -11 87 £634 -9.46% 36
South East -39 87 £638 - 52
North West -5 58 £620 -13.41% 25
Midlands -29 37 £590 -23.87% 15
West Midlands -41 32 £600 -22.58% 5
Yorkshire -21 28 £675 +22.73% 11
South West -26 26 £575 -16.36% 19
East of England -7 14 £600 - 7
East Midlands -10 3 £456 - 10
North East -43 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 (2.23%) Confluence
2 4 (0.74%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.56%) Camunda
4 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.19%) Appian
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 239 (44.42%) Azure
2 189 (35.13%) AWS
3 84 (15.61%) GCP
4 69 (12.83%) Entra ID
5 26 (4.83%) Azure Sentinel
6 25 (4.65%) SaaS
7 22 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (3.16%) GitHub
8 17 (3.16%) PaaS
8 17 (3.16%) Serverless
9 16 (2.97%) IaaS
10 15 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.49%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (1.49%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.49%) Power Platform
14 7 (1.30%) Vertex AI
14 7 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 89 (16.54%) Network Security
2 63 (11.71%) Firewall
3 20 (3.72%) VPN
4 18 (3.35%) WAN
5 13 (2.42%) DNS
6 11 (2.04%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.86%) DHCP
7 10 (1.86%) NGFW
8 9 (1.67%) Internet
8 9 (1.67%) LAN
9 8 (1.49%) IPsec
10 7 (1.30%) SSL
11 6 (1.12%) 4G
11 6 (1.12%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.93%) 5G
12 5 (0.93%) Radio Access Network
13 4 (0.74%) BGP
13 4 (0.74%) Intranet
13 4 (0.74%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.74%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (1.30%) Power BI
3 6 (1.12%) Metadata
4 5 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.93%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.74%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.74%) SAP BW
5 4 (0.74%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.37%) Big Data
7 2 (0.37%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.37%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.37%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 17 (3.16%) JIRA
2 11 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.86%) GitLab
4 6 (1.12%) Snyk
5 5 (0.93%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.37%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) ERwin
7 1 (0.19%) Git
7 1 (0.19%) Hudson
General
1 136 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 116 (21.56%) Finance
3 78 (14.50%) Public Sector
4 34 (6.32%) Banking
5 24 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (2.79%) Military
9 14 (2.60%) Aerospace
10 13 (2.42%) Legal
11 12 (2.23%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.86%) Local Government
13 8 (1.49%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.49%) Retail
14 7 (1.30%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.74%) Aviation
16 4 (0.74%) Police
16 4 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 343 (63.75%) Architect
2 245 (45.54%) Security Architect
3 63 (11.71%) Security Engineer
4 61 (11.34%) Lead
5 46 (8.55%) Solutions Architect
6 43 (7.99%) Senior
7 36 (6.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 30 (5.58%) Lead Architect
9 27 (5.02%) Consultant
10 26 (4.83%) Cloud Architect
11 21 (3.90%) Technical Architect
12 20 (3.72%) Lead Security Architect
13 19 (3.53%) Security Consultant
13 19 (3.53%) Senior Architect
14 18 (3.35%) Enterprise Architect
15 17 (3.16%) Enterprise Security Architect
15 17 (3.16%) Network Architect
16 16 (2.97%) Security Specialist
16 16 (2.97%) Senior Security Engineer
17 15 (2.79%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.72%) OAuth
2 16 (2.97%) OpenID
2 16 (2.97%) REST
3 15 (2.79%) OAuth2
4 14 (2.60%) SAML
5 13 (2.42%) SailPoint
6 8 (1.49%) 802.1X
6 8 (1.49%) LangChain
6 8 (1.49%) PyTorch
6 8 (1.49%) scikit-learn
7 6 (1.12%) LDAP
7 6 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
7 6 (1.12%) SLSA
8 4 (0.74%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.74%) Jakarta EE
8 4 (0.74%) JSP
8 4 (0.74%) Middleware
8 4 (0.74%) SOAP
8 4 (0.74%) Web Services
8 4 (0.74%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (15.24%) Cloud Native
2 67 (12.45%) Security Posture
3 41 (7.62%) Operational Technology
4 25 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.65%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.79%) AI Agents
5 15 (2.79%) Cloud Security Posture
6 13 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (2.23%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.23%) Enterprise Cloud
7 12 (2.23%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.23%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 9 (1.67%) PKI
10 8 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.49%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.30%) SCADA
11 7 (1.30%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.93%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.65%) Linux
2 21 (3.90%) Windows
3 8 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.30%) Unix
5 5 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.93%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.74%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.19%) Android
7 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (36.43%) Cybersecurity
2 165 (30.67%) Threat Modelling
3 151 (28.07%) Cloud Security
4 128 (23.79%) CI/CD
5 118 (21.93%) Zero Trust
6 107 (19.89%) Risk Management
6 107 (19.89%) Roadmaps
7 101 (18.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 99 (18.40%) DevSecOps
9 98 (18.22%) DevOps
10 97 (18.03%) TOGAF
11 93 (17.29%) SIEM
12 92 (17.10%) Architectural Patterns
13 88 (16.36%) Vulnerability Management
14 87 (16.17%) Identity Access Management
15 83 (15.43%) SABSA
16 81 (15.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 76 (14.13%) AI
18 69 (12.83%) Agile
19 64 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.25%) Python
2 21 (3.90%) SQL
3 20 (3.72%) PowerShell
4 19 (3.53%) Java
5 15 (2.79%) Bicep
6 9 (1.67%) Bash
7 3 (0.56%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.37%) ABAP
8 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.37%) Ruby
8 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.19%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.19%) Groovy
9 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 191 (35.50%) Security Cleared
2 139 (25.84%) CISSP
3 125 (23.23%) SC Cleared
4 60 (11.15%) CISM
5 51 (9.48%) Cisco Certification
6 48 (8.92%) DV Cleared
7 43 (7.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 34 (6.32%) Degree
9 33 (6.13%) AWS Certification
10 28 (5.20%) GIAC
11 24 (4.46%) Azure Certification
12 22 (4.09%) CCSP
13 18 (3.35%) TOGAF Certification
14 14 (2.60%) CEH
14 14 (2.60%) CRISC
15 13 (2.42%) SANS
16 12 (2.23%) CISA
17 10 (1.86%) OSCP
18 9 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
18 9 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (25.28%) NIST
2 100 (18.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (8.55%) NCSC
4 42 (7.81%) GDPR
5 26 (4.83%) GRC
5 26 (4.83%) PCI DSS
6 25 (4.65%) NIST 800
7 18 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.86%) SLA
9 9 (1.67%) JSP 440
9 9 (1.67%) QA
10 8 (1.49%) ISO 31000
10 8 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (1.30%) COBIT
11 7 (1.30%) HIPAA
12 6 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 6 (1.12%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.93%) Data Quality
System Software
1 38 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.35%) Docker
3 8 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.74%) RACF
5 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.56%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.37%) IAG
6 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (7.62%) Terraform
2 38 (7.06%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.79%) Ansible
4 12 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.93%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.74%) CASB
8 3 (0.56%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.56%) SCCM
9 2 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.37%) QRadar
10 1 (0.19%) Argo
10 1 (0.19%) Grafana
10 1 (0.19%) Istio
10 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.19%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.19%) Packer
10 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 113 (21.00%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.83%) CyberArk
3 24 (4.46%) Google
4 21 (3.90%) Splunk
5 17 (3.16%) Okta
6 16 (2.97%) SAP
7 15 (2.79%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.04%) Fortinet
8 11 (2.04%) Tenable
8 11 (2.04%) Zscaler
9 10 (1.86%) Cisco
9 10 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (1.86%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.67%) Qualys
10 9 (1.67%) VMware
11 8 (1.49%) Databricks
11 8 (1.49%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.30%) Oracle
13 6 (1.12%) IBM
13 6 (1.12%) OpenAI