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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 255 235
Rank change year-on-year +34 -20 +22
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 504 253 383
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 1.01% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.11% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 159 246
10th Percentile £463 £525 £500
25th Percentile £525 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £764 £794
90th Percentile £825 £809 £850
UK median daily rate £625 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 16
10th Percentile £82.23 £57.82 -
25th Percentile £83.00 £60.75 £81.88
Median hourly rate £84.00 £85.75 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -1.96% +19.13%
75th Percentile - £88.87 £87.53
90th Percentile £103.63 £92.14 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £85.00 £87.46
% change year-on-year -1.18% -2.81% +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 37,051 22,887 31,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.28% 91.38% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,430 14,787 20,644
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £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 £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,322 1,108 2,367
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 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 24 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 24 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 +30 255 £628 -7.04% 46
North of England -13 85 £653 -2.68% 8
South East -54 62 £618 -5.00% 30
North West -2 59 £621 -11.29% 6
Midlands -29 37 £538 -32.81% 9
South West -13 30 £575 -14.81% 8
West Midlands -38 29 £600 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire -28 26 £675 +22.73% 2
East of England -22 8 £710 -8.39% 5
East Midlands -13 6 £442 - 5
North East -38 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 (2.78%) Confluence
2 7 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.60%) 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 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.79%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 223 (44.25%) Azure
2 179 (35.52%) AWS
3 83 (16.47%) GCP
4 68 (13.49%) Entra ID
5 29 (5.75%) SaaS
6 25 (4.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 23 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (3.57%) IaaS
8 18 (3.57%) PaaS
9 16 (3.17%) Serverless
10 13 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.58%) GitHub
11 11 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.18%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (1.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 8 (1.59%) OpenShift
12 8 (1.59%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (1.39%) Azure AI
13 7 (1.39%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 99 (19.64%) Network Security
2 67 (13.29%) Firewall
3 17 (3.37%) VPN
4 16 (3.17%) SD-WAN
4 16 (3.17%) WAN
5 11 (2.18%) DHCP
6 10 (1.98%) IPsec
6 10 (1.98%) LAN
6 10 (1.98%) NGFW
7 9 (1.79%) DNS
7 9 (1.79%) Internet
8 8 (1.59%) BGP
9 7 (1.39%) OSPF
9 7 (1.39%) SSL
10 6 (1.19%) HTTPS
10 6 (1.19%) Wireless
11 5 (0.99%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.99%) Reverse Proxy
12 4 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 4 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (1.39%) Power BI
2 6 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.19%) Metadata
3 5 (0.99%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.99%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.79%) SAP BW
4 4 (0.79%) SAP HANA
5 3 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.40%) Big Data
6 2 (0.40%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.40%) MySQL
6 2 (0.40%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (3.17%) JIRA
2 8 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.19%) GitLab
3 6 (1.19%) Snyk
4 5 (0.99%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.79%) Git
6 2 (0.40%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.20%) ERwin
7 1 (0.20%) Hudson
7 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 118 (23.41%) Social Skills
2 112 (22.22%) Finance
3 65 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.15%) Banking
5 26 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.78%) Military
8 13 (2.58%) Legal
9 12 (2.38%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.98%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.59%) Retail
13 7 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.99%) Aviation
14 5 (0.99%) Law
14 5 (0.99%) Local Government
15 3 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.60%) Police
15 3 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 299 (59.33%) Architect
2 215 (42.66%) Security Architect
3 67 (13.29%) Security Engineer
4 43 (8.53%) Lead
4 43 (8.53%) Senior
5 38 (7.54%) Solutions Architect
6 37 (7.34%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 27 (5.36%) Consultant
8 25 (4.96%) Cloud Architect
9 23 (4.56%) Technical Architect
10 18 (3.57%) Security Consultant
10 18 (3.57%) Senior Security Engineer
11 17 (3.37%) Security Specialist
12 16 (3.17%) Senior Architect
13 15 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (2.98%) Lead Architect
14 13 (2.58%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 13 (2.58%) Enterprise Security Architect
15 12 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 12 (2.38%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.97%) OAuth
2 16 (3.17%) OpenID
3 15 (2.98%) OAuth2
4 14 (2.78%) SAML
5 13 (2.58%) REST
5 13 (2.58%) SailPoint
6 11 (2.18%) 802.1X
7 8 (1.59%) LangChain
7 8 (1.59%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.59%) scikit-learn
8 6 (1.19%) LDAP
8 6 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
9 5 (0.99%) .NET
10 4 (0.79%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (0.79%) J2EE
10 4 (0.79%) JSP
10 4 (0.79%) Web Services
10 4 (0.79%) XACML
11 3 (0.60%) FHIR
11 3 (0.60%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 69 (13.69%) Cloud Native
2 62 (12.30%) Security Posture
3 42 (8.33%) Operational Technology
4 24 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.98%) AI Agents
7 14 (2.78%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.58%) Cyber Threat
9 12 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
10 11 (2.18%) PKI
10 11 (2.18%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.98%) Private Cloud
11 10 (1.98%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 8 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
13 8 (1.59%) IoT
14 7 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
14 7 (1.39%) Mobile App
14 7 (1.39%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.36%) Linux
1 27 (5.36%) Windows
2 13 (2.58%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.59%) Unix
4 5 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.99%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.79%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.60%) Android
6 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.20%) CentOS
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (35.52%) Cybersecurity
2 165 (32.74%) Threat Modelling
3 134 (26.59%) Cloud Security
4 118 (23.41%) Zero Trust
5 105 (20.83%) CI/CD
6 96 (19.05%) SIEM
7 90 (17.86%) DevOps
8 89 (17.66%) Risk Management
9 88 (17.46%) Vulnerability Management
10 87 (17.26%) DevSecOps
11 86 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
12 81 (16.07%) Architectural Patterns
13 76 (15.08%) Identity Access Management
13 76 (15.08%) TOGAF
14 74 (14.68%) Roadmaps
14 74 (14.68%) SABSA
15 70 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 66 (13.10%) Agile
17 55 (10.91%) AI
17 55 (10.91%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 45 (8.93%) Python
2 21 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.97%) Java
4 17 (3.37%) SQL
5 13 (2.58%) Bicep
6 8 (1.59%) Bash
7 4 (0.79%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.60%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.40%) ABAP
9 2 (0.40%) Ruby
9 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.40%) Swift
10 1 (0.20%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 172 (34.13%) Security Cleared
2 124 (24.60%) CISSP
3 112 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 55 (10.91%) CISM
5 51 (10.12%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 42 (8.33%) DV Cleared
7 34 (6.75%) Degree
8 30 (5.95%) GIAC
9 29 (5.75%) AWS Certification
10 21 (4.17%) CCSP
11 19 (3.77%) Azure Certification
12 16 (3.17%) SANS
13 14 (2.78%) CEH
13 14 (2.78%) CRISC
14 11 (2.18%) CISA
15 10 (1.98%) CESG Certified Professional
15 10 (1.98%) OSCP
15 10 (1.98%) PMI Certification
15 10 (1.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (28.37%) NIST
2 107 (21.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (9.92%) GDPR
4 48 (9.52%) NCSC
5 28 (5.56%) PCI DSS
6 23 (4.56%) GRC
7 22 (4.37%) NIST 800
8 16 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (1.98%) SLA
10 9 (1.79%) SOC 2
11 8 (1.59%) COBIT
11 8 (1.59%) ISO 31000
11 8 (1.59%) QA
12 7 (1.39%) HIPAA
12 7 (1.39%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 5 (0.99%) RMADS
14 3 (0.60%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 41 (8.13%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.98%) Docker
3 12 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.59%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.79%) RACF
6 3 (0.60%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.40%) IAG
7 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.20%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (8.33%) Terraform
2 36 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 17 (3.37%) Ansible
4 15 (2.98%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.99%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.79%) CASB
8 3 (0.60%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.40%) 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
1 102 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.95%) CyberArk
3 22 (4.37%) Splunk
4 20 (3.97%) Google
5 16 (3.17%) Okta
6 14 (2.78%) Palo Alto
6 14 (2.78%) VMware
7 13 (2.58%) Cisco
7 13 (2.58%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.58%) SAP
7 13 (2.58%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.58%) Zscaler
8 11 (2.18%) Tenable
9 9 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (1.79%) Qualys
10 8 (1.59%) Rapid7
11 7 (1.39%) ForeScout
12 6 (1.19%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.19%) F5
13 5 (0.99%) Oracle