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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 269 209
Rank change year-on-year +33 -60 +116
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 425 225 408
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 0.92% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.01% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 156 260
10th Percentile £461 £530 £500
25th Percentile £513 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £740 £778 £803
90th Percentile £800 £863 £850
UK median daily rate £615 £669 £700
% change year-on-year -8.04% -4.46% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 17
10th Percentile £45.60 £57.75 -
25th Percentile £83.00 £60.75 £81.88
Median hourly rate £84.00 £73.31 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -16.18% +6.98%
75th Percentile - £83.20 £87.53
90th Percentile £105.72 £89.60 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £73.46 £87.46
% change year-on-year +14.36% -16.01% +23.18%

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 33,593 22,172 32,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.54% 90.95% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,515 14,589 21,312
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,076 879 2,200
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.51 £15.85
Median hourly rate £40.54 £32.00 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +26.69% -6.46% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.00 £64.50 £58.70
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.30 £71.30
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £30.78 £33.31
% change year-on-year +19.27% -7.59% -7.48%

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 13 April 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 13 April 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 13 April 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 +14 194 £625 -7.41% 51
North of England +1 82 £617 +12.18% 23
North West +10 53 £625 +8.65% 11
South East -44 53 £650 +4.00% 39
Midlands -48 33 £495 -29.29% 22
South West -12 29 £575 -9.80% 22
West Midlands -54 27 £513 -26.79% 9
Yorkshire -37 26 £575 +4.55% 8
East of England -36 8 £710 -8.39% 20
North East -14 4 £498 +3.22% 4
East Midlands -32 4 £438 +0.46% 13
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 13 (3.06%) Confluence
2 8 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.71%) Camunda
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) Appian
5 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.24%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.24%) Summit
3 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 182 (42.82%) Azure
2 154 (36.24%) AWS
3 67 (15.76%) GCP
4 54 (12.71%) Entra ID
5 28 (6.59%) SaaS
6 20 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (4.71%) PaaS
7 19 (4.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (4.00%) IaaS
9 15 (3.53%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.29%) Serverless
11 13 (3.06%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 13 (3.06%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 12 (2.82%) GitHub
13 11 (2.59%) AWS KMS
14 8 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
15 7 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.65%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 95 (22.35%) Network Security
2 72 (16.94%) Firewall
3 23 (5.41%) VPN
4 21 (4.94%) WAN
5 19 (4.47%) SD-WAN
6 18 (4.24%) LAN
7 17 (4.00%) DHCP
8 15 (3.53%) DNS
9 12 (2.82%) BGP
9 12 (2.82%) IPsec
9 12 (2.82%) OSPF
10 11 (2.59%) SSL
11 10 (2.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 9 (2.12%) Wireless
13 7 (1.65%) BIG-IP
14 6 (1.41%) HTTPS
14 6 (1.41%) Kerberos
14 6 (1.41%) MPLS
14 6 (1.41%) Reverse Proxy
14 6 (1.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.65%) Metadata
2 6 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.41%) Power BI
3 5 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.94%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.47%) Big Data
6 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.47%) MySQL
6 2 (0.47%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.24%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (3.06%) JIRA
2 11 (2.59%) GitLab
3 6 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.94%) Git
4 4 (0.94%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.47%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.47%) Snyk
6 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.24%) ERwin
6 1 (0.24%) Hudson
General
1 95 (22.35%) Social Skills
2 84 (19.76%) Finance
3 60 (14.12%) Public Sector
4 29 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (6.12%) Banking
6 19 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.53%) Financial Institution
8 14 (3.29%) Legal
9 13 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.59%) Military
10 11 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.35%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.88%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.18%) Law
14 4 (0.94%) Local Government
14 4 (0.94%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.47%) Aviation
15 2 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.47%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 259 (60.94%) Architect
2 183 (43.06%) Security Architect
3 48 (11.29%) Security Engineer
4 35 (8.24%) Solutions Architect
5 34 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 28 (6.59%) Consultant
7 26 (6.12%) Senior
8 25 (5.88%) Lead
9 21 (4.94%) Network Architect
10 20 (4.71%) Cloud Architect
11 19 (4.47%) Technical Architect
12 18 (4.24%) Security Consultant
13 16 (3.76%) Project Manager
14 14 (3.29%) Security Solutions Architect
15 13 (3.06%) Network Security Architect
16 12 (2.82%) Azure Architect
16 12 (2.82%) Lead Architect
17 11 (2.59%) Migration Manager
17 11 (2.59%) Migration Project Manager
18 9 (2.12%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.47%) OAuth
2 16 (3.76%) OpenID
3 14 (3.29%) OAuth2
4 13 (3.06%) SAML
5 9 (2.12%) REST
6 8 (1.88%) 802.1X
6 8 (1.88%) SailPoint
7 5 (1.18%) LangChain
7 5 (1.18%) PyTorch
7 5 (1.18%) scikit-learn
7 5 (1.18%) Web Services
7 5 (1.18%) XACML
8 4 (0.94%) ADO
8 4 (0.94%) J2EE
8 4 (0.94%) JSP
8 4 (0.94%) JWT
9 3 (0.71%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.71%) FHIR
9 3 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.29%) Cloud Native
2 47 (11.06%) Security Posture
3 20 (4.71%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.00%) PKI
5 16 (3.76%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.53%) Operational Technology
7 13 (3.06%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (2.82%) Private Cloud
9 11 (2.59%) Cloud Security Posture
10 9 (2.12%) AI Agents
10 9 (2.12%) IoT
11 8 (1.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.65%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.18%) Mobile App
14 5 (1.18%) NHS
14 5 (1.18%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.94%) Windows
2 15 (3.53%) Linux
3 11 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.71%) Unix
5 2 (0.47%) Android
5 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (32.71%) Threat Modelling
2 130 (30.59%) Cybersecurity
3 113 (26.59%) Cloud Security
4 107 (25.18%) Zero Trust
5 93 (21.88%) CI/CD
6 70 (16.47%) SIEM
7 69 (16.24%) DevOps
7 69 (16.24%) DevSecOps
8 65 (15.29%) TOGAF
9 62 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 58 (13.65%) Risk Management
11 56 (13.18%) Vulnerability Management
12 54 (12.71%) Identity Access Management
12 54 (12.71%) Roadmaps
13 52 (12.24%) Agile
14 50 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
14 50 (11.76%) Migration
15 47 (11.06%) Infrastructure as Code
16 46 (10.82%) SDLC
17 43 (10.12%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 40 (9.41%) Python
2 18 (4.24%) Java
2 18 (4.24%) SQL
3 16 (3.76%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.88%) Bash
4 8 (1.88%) Bicep
5 4 (0.94%) Kotlin
5 4 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.71%) Apex Code
6 3 (0.71%) Go
6 3 (0.71%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.47%) C
7 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.47%) Ruby
7 2 (0.47%) Swift
8 1 (0.24%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.24%) Korn
8 1 (0.24%) ProC
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 149 (35.06%) Security Cleared
2 100 (23.53%) CISSP
3 90 (21.18%) SC Cleared
4 45 (10.59%) CISM
5 41 (9.65%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (8.24%) DV Cleared
7 32 (7.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 31 (7.29%) Degree
9 25 (5.88%) AWS Certification
10 21 (4.94%) CCSP
11 17 (4.00%) Azure Certification
12 13 (3.06%) GIAC
12 13 (3.06%) PMI Certification
12 13 (3.06%) PMP
13 12 (2.82%) CCIE
14 11 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (2.35%) CCNP
15 10 (2.35%) CEH
16 8 (1.88%) SANS
17 7 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (26.59%) NIST
2 91 (21.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (14.59%) GDPR
4 35 (8.24%) NCSC
5 34 (8.00%) PCI DSS
6 15 (3.53%) GRC
6 15 (3.53%) NIST 800
7 10 (2.35%) QA
8 7 (1.65%) COBIT
8 7 (1.65%) JSP 440
8 7 (1.65%) SLA
9 6 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.41%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.41%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.18%) EU AI Act
10 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.94%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.94%) RMADS
12 3 (0.71%) HL7
System Software
1 32 (7.53%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.06%) Docker
2 13 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (3.06%) VMware NSX
3 5 (1.18%) RACF
3 5 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.47%) vSphere
5 1 (0.24%) IAG
5 1 (0.24%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (10.59%) Terraform
2 41 (9.65%) Kubernetes
3 22 (5.18%) Ansible
4 15 (3.53%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.41%) SCCM
7 5 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.18%) CASB
8 4 (0.94%) Fluentd
8 4 (0.94%) WSUS
9 3 (0.71%) Argo
10 2 (0.47%) Grafana
10 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.24%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.24%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.24%) Packer
11 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 79 (18.59%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.94%) Cisco
2 21 (4.94%) Splunk
3 19 (4.47%) CyberArk
3 19 (4.47%) VMware
4 16 (3.76%) Zscaler
5 14 (3.29%) Fortinet
6 13 (3.06%) F5
7 12 (2.82%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.59%) Google
9 10 (2.35%) Okta
10 9 (2.12%) CheckPoint
10 9 (2.12%) Juniper
10 9 (2.12%) SAP
10 9 (2.12%) Tenable
11 8 (1.88%) ForeScout
11 8 (1.88%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.65%) Sparx
13 6 (1.41%) Cribl.io
13 6 (1.41%) Oracle