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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 300 280
Rank change year-on-year +10 -20 +89
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 271 234 332
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.76% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.88% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 140 246
10th Percentile £458 £509 £525
25th Percentile £550 £575 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £667 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £750
90th Percentile £800 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £650 £668 £650
% change year-on-year -2.62% +2.69% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 7
10th Percentile £44.80 - £60.96
25th Percentile £53.94 £60.75 £69.73
Median hourly rate £87.04 £67.55 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year +28.86% -7.86% +1.12%
75th Percentile £93.47 £79.60 £84.36
90th Percentile £100.55 £81.76 £86.17
UK median hourly rate £85.75 £67.55 £73.31
% change year-on-year +26.95% -7.86% +1.12%

All Process and 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 27,075 26,730 35,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.46% 86.69% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,210 16,317 24,093
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £547
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.02% -0.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.43% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,755 963 1,478
10th Percentile £14.71 £15.10 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.79 £20.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.17
% change year-on-year -28.14% -18.92% +23.33%

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025. 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 +31 139 £650 -7.14% 87
South East +14 47 £650 +8.33% 53
North of England -8 38 £700 +7.69% 13
Midlands -31 21 £600 -7.69% 7
North West -5 18 £717 +4.33% 10
West Midlands -30 18 £675 - 7
Yorkshire -19 13 £550 +30.33% 3
South West -19 8 £688 -1.79% 16
North East - 8 £738 -
East of England -12 7 £850 +17.24% 10
East Midlands -12 3 £400 -8.15%
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 10 (3.69%) Confluence
2 9 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.37%) IBM Transformation Extender
4 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.48%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.48%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.37%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 111 (40.96%) Azure
2 85 (31.37%) AWS
3 49 (18.08%) GCP
4 34 (12.55%) Entra ID
5 26 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (7.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 17 (6.27%) SaaS
8 14 (5.17%) PaaS
9 13 (4.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (4.06%) IaaS
11 8 (2.95%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 6 (2.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (2.21%) GitHub
12 6 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (1.48%) Azure AKS
15 3 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (1.11%) AWS Control Tower
15 3 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 63 (23.25%) Firewall
2 48 (17.71%) Network Security
3 22 (8.12%) VPN
4 15 (5.54%) DNS
5 13 (4.80%) WAN
6 12 (4.43%) SD-WAN
7 10 (3.69%) BGP
7 10 (3.69%) DHCP
7 10 (3.69%) LAN
8 8 (2.95%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (2.95%) OSPF
8 8 (2.95%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.58%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 6 (2.21%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.21%) NGFW
11 5 (1.85%) MPLS
11 5 (1.85%) VXLAN
12 4 (1.48%) EIGRP
12 4 (1.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 4 (1.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.32%) MongoDB
1 9 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.48%) Metadata
3 2 (0.74%) GIS
4 1 (0.37%) Redis
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (3.69%) GitLab
2 8 (2.95%) JIRA
3 7 (2.58%) Git
4 4 (1.48%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.37%) MLflow
6 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 80 (29.52%) Social Skills
2 74 (27.31%) Finance
3 35 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.96%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.64%) Banking
6 11 (4.06%) Financial Institution
6 11 (4.06%) Legal
6 11 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.69%) Military
8 6 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.21%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.48%) Marketing
10 3 (1.11%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.74%) Law
11 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.37%) Electronics
12 1 (0.37%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 181 (66.79%) Architect
2 147 (54.24%) Security Architect
3 32 (11.81%) Senior
3 32 (11.81%) Solutions Architect
4 23 (8.49%) Consultant
4 23 (8.49%) Security Engineer
4 23 (8.49%) Senior Architect
4 23 (8.49%) Senior Security Architect
5 18 (6.64%) Security Consultant
6 17 (6.27%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 15 (5.54%) Lead
8 14 (5.17%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 14 (5.17%) Network Architect
9 13 (4.80%) Azure Architect
9 13 (4.80%) Security Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.69%) Analyst
11 9 (3.32%) Enterprise Security Architect
12 8 (2.95%) Enterprise Architect
12 8 (2.95%) IT Architect
12 8 (2.95%) IT Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.32%) Lightning Web Components
2 7 (2.58%) Web Services
3 5 (1.85%) PyTorch
3 5 (1.85%) RESTful
3 5 (1.85%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.48%) .NET
4 4 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.48%) Google JAX
4 4 (1.48%) JAX
4 4 (1.48%) OAuth
4 4 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.48%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.11%) JBoss Seam
5 3 (1.11%) LDAP
5 3 (1.11%) OpenID
5 3 (1.11%) React
5 3 (1.11%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.11%) SAML
6 2 (0.74%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.74%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.28%) Security Posture
2 24 (8.86%) Management Information System
3 23 (8.49%) Cloud Native
4 15 (5.54%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (5.17%) Product Ownership
6 12 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (4.43%) Onboarding
6 12 (4.43%) PKI
7 11 (4.06%) Data Centre
8 10 (3.69%) Operational Technology
8 10 (3.69%) Public Cloud
9 9 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.95%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (2.58%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (2.21%) Cyberattack
12 6 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (2.21%) Taxonomies
13 5 (1.85%) NHS
13 5 (1.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.38%) Windows
2 8 (2.95%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.85%) Linux
4 2 (0.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (43.17%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (28.41%) Cloud Security
3 63 (23.25%) Threat Modelling
4 57 (21.03%) SIEM
5 51 (18.82%) Incident Response
6 42 (15.50%) Roadmaps
7 40 (14.76%) Identity Access Management
7 40 (14.76%) TOGAF
8 39 (14.39%) CI/CD
9 38 (14.02%) Risk Management
9 38 (14.02%) Zero Trust
10 36 (13.28%) DevOps
11 35 (12.92%) Information Security
12 34 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 30 (11.07%) Data Loss Prevention
13 30 (11.07%) DevSecOps
14 29 (10.70%) Application Security
14 29 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
15 27 (9.96%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (9.96%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.38%) Python
2 14 (5.17%) Kusto Query Language
3 8 (2.95%) Java
4 7 (2.58%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.85%) Apex Code
6 4 (1.48%) Bash
6 4 (1.48%) C++
6 4 (1.48%) R
7 3 (1.11%) C
7 3 (1.11%) SQL
8 2 (0.74%) Bicep
9 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.37%) SOQL
9 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 72 (26.57%) Security Cleared
2 68 (25.09%) CISSP
3 44 (16.24%) SC Cleared
4 29 (10.70%) CISM
5 28 (10.33%) Degree
6 25 (9.23%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (6.27%) AWS Certification
7 17 (6.27%) DV Cleared
8 16 (5.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 16 (5.90%) Azure Certification
8 16 (5.90%) CCSP
9 12 (4.43%) CCNP
10 11 (4.06%) CCIE
11 9 (3.32%) CEH
12 6 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.21%) CompTIA CySA+
12 6 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (1.85%) CCIE Security
13 5 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (29.52%) NIST
2 76 (28.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (18.82%) GDPR
4 23 (8.49%) PCI DSS
5 17 (6.27%) NCSC
6 10 (3.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (3.69%) EU AI Act
7 9 (3.32%) HIPAA
7 9 (3.32%) QA
8 8 (2.95%) GRC
8 8 (2.95%) PSD2
9 5 (1.85%) COBIT
9 5 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.48%) Data Quality
10 4 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.11%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.11%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.74%) JSP 440
System Software
1 18 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.21%) Docker
2 6 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.85%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (9.59%) Kubernetes
2 21 (7.75%) Terraform
3 13 (4.80%) Ansible
4 8 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.21%) Fluentd
7 5 (1.85%) SCCM
8 3 (1.11%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.11%) WSUS
9 2 (0.74%) CASB
9 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.37%) Grafana
10 1 (0.37%) Istio
10 1 (0.37%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 69 (25.46%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.01%) Splunk
3 18 (6.64%) Cisco
4 15 (5.54%) Darktrace
5 14 (5.17%) Fortinet
5 14 (5.17%) Palo Alto
6 13 (4.80%) Salesforce
7 11 (4.06%) CyberArk
8 10 (3.69%) F5
9 8 (2.95%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.95%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.58%) CheckPoint
10 7 (2.58%) Cribl.io
10 7 (2.58%) SAP
10 7 (2.58%) Zscaler
11 6 (2.21%) Google
11 6 (2.21%) Juniper
11 6 (2.21%) Sparx
11 6 (2.21%) VMware
12 5 (1.85%) Okta