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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 251 235
Rank change year-on-year +30 -16 +14
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 511 253 383
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.18% 1.00% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.10% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 157 244
10th Percentile £463 £525 £500
25th Percentile £525 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £722
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -6.54% +3.18%
75th Percentile £750 £763 £795
90th Percentile £825 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £622 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.93% -3.57% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 16
10th Percentile £82.23 £57.50 -
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% +19.13%
75th Percentile - £88.87 £87.53
90th Percentile £103.63 £92.50 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £86.50 £87.46
% change year-on-year -2.89% -1.10% +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 37,112 23,092 31,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.37% 91.39% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,409 14,893 20,664
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,320 1,127 2,324
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.87%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.60
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +4.17%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +35 260 £625 -7.41% 61
North of England -4 86 £646 -3.73% 13
South East -53 63 £635 -2.31% 27
North West -4 60 £621 -11.36% 11
Midlands -37 37 £538 -32.81% 11
South West -19 30 £575 -14.81% 6
West Midlands -44 29 £600 -25.00% 6
Yorkshire -16 26 £675 +22.73% 2
East of England -21 8 £710 - 5
East Midlands -9 6 £442 - 5
North East -39 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 14 (2.74%) Confluence
2 7 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.59%) Camunda
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.20%) Appian
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (44.23%) Azure
2 183 (35.81%) AWS
3 83 (16.24%) GCP
4 71 (13.89%) Entra ID
5 29 (5.68%) SaaS
6 26 (5.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 24 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (3.72%) IaaS
8 19 (3.72%) PaaS
9 17 (3.33%) Serverless
10 14 (2.74%) GitHub
11 13 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 8 (1.57%) OpenShift
15 8 (1.57%) Power Platform
16 7 (1.37%) Azure Key Vault
16 7 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 100 (19.57%) Network Security
2 69 (13.50%) Firewall
3 19 (3.72%) VPN
4 17 (3.33%) WAN
5 16 (3.13%) SD-WAN
6 12 (2.35%) DHCP
7 11 (2.15%) DNS
8 10 (1.96%) IPsec
8 10 (1.96%) NGFW
9 9 (1.76%) Internet
9 9 (1.76%) LAN
10 8 (1.57%) BGP
11 7 (1.37%) OSPF
11 7 (1.37%) SSL
12 6 (1.17%) HTTPS
12 6 (1.17%) Wireless
13 5 (0.98%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.98%) Reverse Proxy
14 4 (0.78%) BIG-IP
14 4 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (1.37%) Power BI
2 6 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.17%) Metadata
3 5 (0.98%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.78%) SAP BW
4 4 (0.78%) SAP HANA
5 3 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.39%) Big Data
6 2 (0.39%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.39%) MySQL
6 2 (0.39%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (3.13%) JIRA
2 8 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.17%) GitLab
3 6 (1.17%) Snyk
4 5 (0.98%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.78%) Git
6 2 (0.39%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.20%) ERwin
7 1 (0.20%) Hudson
7 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 122 (23.87%) Social Skills
2 114 (22.31%) Finance
3 68 (13.31%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.07%) Banking
5 26 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.74%) Military
8 13 (2.54%) Legal
9 12 (2.35%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.15%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.96%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.57%) Retail
13 7 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.98%) Aviation
14 5 (0.98%) Law
14 5 (0.98%) Local Government
15 4 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 305 (59.69%) Architect
2 220 (43.05%) Security Architect
3 67 (13.11%) Security Engineer
4 43 (8.41%) Lead
4 43 (8.41%) Senior
5 38 (7.44%) Solutions Architect
6 37 (7.24%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 27 (5.28%) Consultant
8 24 (4.70%) Cloud Architect
8 24 (4.70%) Technical Architect
9 18 (3.52%) Security Consultant
9 18 (3.52%) Senior Security Engineer
10 17 (3.33%) Security Specialist
11 16 (3.13%) Senior Architect
12 15 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (2.94%) Lead Architect
13 14 (2.74%) Enterprise Security Architect
13 14 (2.74%) Network Architect
14 13 (2.54%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 12 (2.35%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.91%) OAuth
2 16 (3.13%) OpenID
3 15 (2.94%) OAuth2
4 14 (2.74%) SAML
5 13 (2.54%) SailPoint
6 12 (2.35%) REST
7 11 (2.15%) 802.1X
8 8 (1.57%) LangChain
8 8 (1.57%) PyTorch
8 8 (1.57%) scikit-learn
9 6 (1.17%) LDAP
9 6 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
10 5 (0.98%) .NET
11 4 (0.78%) Azure Blueprints
11 4 (0.78%) J2EE
11 4 (0.78%) JSP
11 4 (0.78%) Web Services
11 4 (0.78%) XACML
12 3 (0.59%) FHIR
12 3 (0.59%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 71 (13.89%) Cloud Native
2 64 (12.52%) Security Posture
3 42 (8.22%) Operational Technology
4 24 (4.70%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.52%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.94%) AI Agents
6 15 (2.94%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.74%) Cloud Security Posture
8 13 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
9 11 (2.15%) PKI
9 11 (2.15%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.96%) Private Cloud
10 10 (1.96%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
12 8 (1.57%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.57%) IoT
13 7 (1.37%) SCADA
13 7 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.28%) Linux
1 27 (5.28%) Windows
2 13 (2.54%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.57%) Unix
4 5 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.98%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.78%) Alpine Linux
6 2 (0.39%) Android
6 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.20%) CentOS
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (35.42%) Cybersecurity
2 166 (32.49%) Threat Modelling
3 136 (26.61%) Cloud Security
4 122 (23.87%) Zero Trust
5 106 (20.74%) CI/CD
6 97 (18.98%) SIEM
7 91 (17.81%) DevOps
7 91 (17.81%) Risk Management
8 89 (17.42%) Vulnerability Management
9 88 (17.22%) DevSecOps
10 87 (17.03%) Stakeholder Management
11 83 (16.24%) Architectural Patterns
12 78 (15.26%) TOGAF
13 76 (14.87%) Identity Access Management
13 76 (14.87%) Roadmaps
13 76 (14.87%) SABSA
14 71 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 66 (12.92%) Agile
16 55 (10.76%) AI
16 55 (10.76%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.61%) Python
2 20 (3.91%) Java
2 20 (3.91%) PowerShell
3 17 (3.33%) SQL
4 14 (2.74%) Bicep
5 8 (1.57%) Bash
6 3 (0.59%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.59%) Kotlin
6 3 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.39%) ABAP
7 2 (0.39%) Ruby
7 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.20%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.20%) R
8 1 (0.20%) Swift
Qualifications
1 178 (34.83%) Security Cleared
2 125 (24.46%) CISSP
3 115 (22.50%) SC Cleared
4 57 (11.15%) CISM
5 52 (10.18%) Cisco Certification
6 44 (8.61%) DV Cleared
7 42 (8.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 35 (6.85%) Degree
9 30 (5.87%) AWS Certification
9 30 (5.87%) GIAC
10 21 (4.11%) CCSP
11 20 (3.91%) Azure Certification
12 15 (2.94%) SANS
13 14 (2.74%) CEH
13 14 (2.74%) CRISC
14 11 (2.15%) CISA
15 10 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.96%) OSCP
15 10 (1.96%) PMI Certification
15 10 (1.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (27.98%) NIST
2 109 (21.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (9.78%) GDPR
4 49 (9.59%) NCSC
5 29 (5.68%) PCI DSS
6 23 (4.50%) GRC
6 23 (4.50%) NIST 800
7 16 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (1.96%) SLA
9 9 (1.76%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.57%) COBIT
10 8 (1.57%) ISO 31000
10 8 (1.57%) JSP 440
10 8 (1.57%) QA
11 7 (1.37%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 5 (0.98%) RMADS
13 3 (0.59%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 42 (8.22%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.94%) Docker
3 11 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.37%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.78%) RACF
6 3 (0.59%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.39%) IAG
7 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.20%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (8.22%) Terraform
2 36 (7.05%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.13%) Ansible
4 15 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.78%) CASB
7 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.59%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.39%) SCCM
10 1 (0.20%) Argo
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Istio
10 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.20%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.20%) Packer
10 1 (0.20%) QRadar
10 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 105 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.87%) CyberArk
3 23 (4.50%) Splunk
4 20 (3.91%) Google
5 16 (3.13%) Okta
5 16 (3.13%) Palo Alto
6 14 (2.74%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.54%) Cisco
7 13 (2.54%) SAP
7 13 (2.54%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.54%) VMware
7 13 (2.54%) Zscaler
8 12 (2.35%) Tenable
9 10 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (1.76%) Qualys
11 8 (1.57%) Rapid7
12 7 (1.37%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.37%) ForeScout
13 6 (1.17%) F5
13 6 (1.17%) Juniper