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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 267 267
Rank change year-on-year +12 0 +66
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 370 230 348
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 0.93% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.03% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 156 221
10th Percentile £451 £530 £481
25th Percentile £513 £600 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £738 £788 £780
90th Percentile £788 £875 £851
UK median daily rate £610 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -9.63% - -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 12
10th Percentile £35.37 - -
25th Percentile - £60.75 £81.88
Median hourly rate £84.00 £73.31 £87.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -15.74% -
75th Percentile - £80.80 £87.53
90th Percentile £86.20 £83.20 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £73.46 £87.00
% change year-on-year +14.36% -15.57% -

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 31,861 22,379 32,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.57% 86.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,379 14,469 21,822
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £614 £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 1,986 803 2,148
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.03 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.32 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -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 14 March 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 14 March 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 14 March 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 -8 175 £625 -10.71% 61
North of England -13 65 £617 +12.18% 40
South East -49 51 £650 +4.00% 33
North West 0 39 £625 +8.65% 24
Midlands -38 30 £488 -30.36% 18
West Midlands -49 24 £525 -25.00% 15
Yorkshire -37 23 £563 +2.27% 11
South West -20 21 £575 -4.17% 21
East of England -25 7 £575 -25.81% 16
East Midlands -27 5 £438 +0.46% 3
North East -11 4 £498 +3.22% 6
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 (3.51%) Confluence
2 6 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.27%) Camunda
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.27%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.27%) Summit
2 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 170 (45.95%) Azure
2 143 (38.65%) AWS
3 56 (15.14%) Entra ID
3 56 (15.14%) GCP
4 28 (7.57%) SaaS
5 24 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (6.22%) Azure Sentinel
6 23 (6.22%) PaaS
7 20 (5.41%) IaaS
8 15 (4.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 13 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (3.24%) OpenShift
11 11 (2.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.97%) Serverless
12 10 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 9 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (2.43%) AWS KMS
13 9 (2.43%) GitHub
14 7 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 92 (24.86%) Network Security
2 78 (21.08%) Firewall
3 24 (6.49%) VPN
4 21 (5.68%) WAN
5 19 (5.14%) LAN
5 19 (5.14%) SD-WAN
6 18 (4.86%) DHCP
7 16 (4.32%) DNS
8 13 (3.51%) BGP
9 12 (3.24%) IPsec
9 12 (3.24%) OSPF
10 10 (2.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 9 (2.43%) SSL
11 9 (2.43%) Wireless
12 7 (1.89%) BIG-IP
12 7 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (1.89%) VXLAN
13 6 (1.62%) HTTPS
13 6 (1.62%) Kerberos
13 6 (1.62%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.89%) Metadata
2 4 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.08%) Power BI
3 3 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (0.81%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.27%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.27%) Redis
5 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (3.78%) JIRA
2 11 (2.97%) GitLab
3 4 (1.08%) Git
3 4 (1.08%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.08%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.54%) Snyk
5 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.27%) ERwin
General
1 90 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 81 (21.89%) Finance
3 54 (14.59%) Public Sector
4 29 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.95%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.86%) Banking
7 14 (3.78%) Financial Institution
8 13 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.24%) Legal
10 10 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.43%) Military
12 7 (1.89%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.08%) Law
14 4 (1.08%) Local Government
14 4 (1.08%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.54%) Aviation
16 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.27%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 222 (60.00%) Architect
2 156 (42.16%) Security Architect
3 43 (11.62%) Security Engineer
4 40 (10.81%) Solutions Architect
5 29 (7.84%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 28 (7.57%) Consultant
7 25 (6.76%) Senior
8 21 (5.68%) Security Consultant
9 20 (5.41%) Network Architect
9 20 (5.41%) Security Solutions Architect
10 18 (4.86%) Cloud Architect
11 15 (4.05%) Lead
11 15 (4.05%) Technical Architect
12 14 (3.78%) Azure Architect
12 14 (3.78%) Project Manager
13 13 (3.51%) Network Security Architect
14 10 (2.70%) Senior Architect
15 9 (2.43%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 9 (2.43%) Migration Manager
15 9 (2.43%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.86%) OAuth
2 14 (3.78%) OpenID
3 13 (3.51%) OAuth2
4 12 (3.24%) SAML
5 8 (2.16%) 802.1X
6 6 (1.62%) REST
7 5 (1.35%) LangChain
7 5 (1.35%) PyTorch
7 5 (1.35%) scikit-learn
7 5 (1.35%) Web Services
7 5 (1.35%) XACML
8 4 (1.08%) ADO
8 4 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.81%) .NET
9 3 (0.81%) JWT
9 3 (0.81%) Kafka
9 3 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.81%) Middleware
9 3 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.81%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.16%) Security Posture
2 40 (10.81%) Cloud Native
3 19 (5.14%) Data Centre
4 18 (4.86%) PKI
5 17 (4.59%) Onboarding
6 15 (4.05%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.51%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.70%) Operational Technology
9 9 (2.43%) Cloud Security Posture
9 9 (2.43%) IoT
10 8 (2.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (2.16%) Private Cloud
10 8 (2.16%) Taxonomies
11 7 (1.89%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.89%) NHS
12 5 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.68%) Windows
2 14 (3.78%) Linux
3 11 (2.97%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.81%) Unix
5 2 (0.54%) Android
5 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (31.89%) Threat Modelling
2 115 (31.08%) Cybersecurity
3 106 (28.65%) Cloud Security
4 104 (28.11%) Zero Trust
5 78 (21.08%) CI/CD
6 73 (19.73%) SIEM
7 69 (18.65%) DevSecOps
8 58 (15.68%) DevOps
9 56 (15.14%) TOGAF
10 55 (14.86%) Identity Access Management
10 55 (14.86%) Roadmaps
11 53 (14.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 52 (14.05%) Risk Management
13 50 (13.51%) Vulnerability Management
14 49 (13.24%) Agile
15 46 (12.43%) Migration
16 45 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 44 (11.89%) Incident Response
18 42 (11.35%) Infrastructure as Code
18 42 (11.35%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.46%) Python
2 15 (4.05%) SQL
3 13 (3.51%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.43%) Java
5 8 (2.16%) Bicep
6 7 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.62%) Bash
8 3 (0.81%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.81%) Go
8 3 (0.81%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.81%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.54%) C
9 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.54%) Swift
10 1 (0.27%) C-shell
10 1 (0.27%) Korn
10 1 (0.27%) ProC
10 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 123 (33.24%) Security Cleared
2 88 (23.78%) CISSP
3 75 (20.27%) SC Cleared
4 44 (11.89%) CISM
5 35 (9.46%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (8.65%) DV Cleared
7 28 (7.57%) Degree
8 24 (6.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 21 (5.68%) AWS Certification
10 19 (5.14%) CCSP
11 13 (3.51%) Azure Certification
11 13 (3.51%) CCIE
12 12 (3.24%) CCNP
13 11 (2.97%) PMI Certification
13 11 (2.97%) PMP
14 10 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (2.16%) GIAC
16 7 (1.89%) CEH
17 6 (1.62%) CCIE Security
17 6 (1.62%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (27.57%) NIST
2 83 (22.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (16.49%) GDPR
4 33 (8.92%) NCSC
5 30 (8.11%) PCI DSS
6 12 (3.24%) NIST 800
7 11 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (2.97%) GRC
8 7 (1.89%) EU AI Act
8 7 (1.89%) JSP 440
9 6 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.62%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.62%) SLA
9 6 (1.62%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (1.35%) QA
11 4 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (1.08%) COBIT
11 4 (1.08%) Data Quality
11 4 (1.08%) RMADS
System Software
1 32 (8.65%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.51%) Docker
2 13 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.24%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.35%) RACF
4 5 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (11.89%) Terraform
2 41 (11.08%) Kubernetes
3 24 (6.49%) Ansible
4 16 (4.32%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.62%) SCCM
7 4 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.08%) CASB
7 4 (1.08%) Fluentd
7 4 (1.08%) WSUS
8 3 (0.81%) Grafana
9 2 (0.54%) Argo
9 2 (0.54%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.27%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.27%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.27%) Packer
10 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 76 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.03%) Cisco
3 23 (6.22%) Splunk
4 18 (4.86%) Fortinet
4 18 (4.86%) VMware
5 16 (4.32%) CyberArk
5 16 (4.32%) Palo Alto
6 15 (4.05%) Zscaler
7 14 (3.78%) F5
8 11 (2.97%) Google
9 10 (2.70%) CheckPoint
10 9 (2.43%) Juniper
11 8 (2.16%) ForeScout
11 8 (2.16%) Tenable
12 7 (1.89%) Okta
12 7 (1.89%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.89%) Sparx
13 6 (1.62%) Cribl.io
14 5 (1.35%) BiZZdesign
14 5 (1.35%) Virgin Media