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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 288 286
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +86
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 269 238 293
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 0.82% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.92% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 151 200
10th Percentile £449 £510 £524
25th Percentile £513 £575 £583
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £651 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +0.08% -3.70%
75th Percentile £747 £775 £771
90th Percentile £791 £875 £875
UK median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.88% +0.04% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 6
10th Percentile £34.06 - £59.13
25th Percentile £38.63 £60.75 £69.79
Median hourly rate £56.00 £73.31 £81.08
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% -9.58% +11.83%
75th Percentile £87.06 £80.80 £85.06
90th Percentile £100.25 £83.20 £86.31
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £73.31 £81.08
% change year-on-year -6.22% -9.58% +11.83%

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 27,925 25,808 32,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.90% 88.45% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,780 15,959 22,396
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,812 863 1,395
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.97 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

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 17 December 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 17 December 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 17 December 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 +14 141 £633 -8.00% 35
North of England -10 41 £620 -4.62% 23
South East -16 40 £650 +7.00% 49
Midlands -32 19 £515 -26.43% 20
Yorkshire -27 18 £563 +0.27% 7
West Midlands -31 18 £525 -25.00% 13
North West -16 14 £750 +15.38% 13
South West -16 11 £681 -9.17% 15
North East - 10 £663 - 3
East of England -10 8 £713 -1.72% 15
East Midlands -27 1 £400 -8.15% 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 10 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.35%) Confluence
3 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (1.49%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.49%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.49%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.37%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 116 (43.12%) Azure
2 95 (35.32%) AWS
3 43 (15.99%) GCP
4 38 (14.13%) Entra ID
5 29 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (6.69%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (5.95%) PaaS
7 16 (5.95%) SaaS
8 11 (4.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 11 (4.09%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (3.72%) IaaS
9 10 (3.72%) OpenShift
10 9 (3.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (2.97%) AWS KMS
11 8 (2.97%) GitHub
12 6 (2.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 5 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.86%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 57 (21.19%) Firewall
2 45 (16.73%) Network Security
3 23 (8.55%) VPN
4 18 (6.69%) DNS
5 14 (5.20%) WAN
6 13 (4.83%) DHCP
6 13 (4.83%) SD-WAN
7 12 (4.46%) BGP
8 11 (4.09%) LAN
8 11 (4.09%) TCP/IP
9 10 (3.72%) OSPF
10 8 (2.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 6 (2.23%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (2.23%) NGFW
12 5 (1.86%) BIG-IP
12 5 (1.86%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 5 (1.86%) SSL
12 5 (1.86%) VXLAN
13 4 (1.49%) Cisco ISE
13 4 (1.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.97%) MongoDB
1 8 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.86%) Metadata
3 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.37%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.37%) GIS
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.37%) Power BI
3 1 (0.37%) Redis
3 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (4.46%) GitLab
2 9 (3.35%) JIRA
3 5 (1.86%) Git
3 5 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.74%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.74%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.37%) MLflow
5 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
General
1 81 (30.11%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.79%) Finance
3 30 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (11.15%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.83%) Banking
5 12 (4.46%) Legal
6 11 (4.09%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.60%) Military
10 6 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.12%) Law
11 3 (1.12%) Marketing
12 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.37%) Electronics
13 1 (0.37%) Local Government
13 1 (0.37%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 178 (66.17%) Architect
2 141 (52.42%) Security Architect
3 36 (13.38%) Solutions Architect
4 25 (9.29%) Security Engineer
5 23 (8.55%) Consultant
6 19 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 19 (7.06%) Senior
7 18 (6.69%) Security Consultant
8 16 (5.95%) Network Architect
9 15 (5.58%) Security Solutions Architect
9 15 (5.58%) Senior Architect
9 15 (5.58%) Senior Security Architect
10 14 (5.20%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 13 (4.83%) Azure Architect
12 10 (3.72%) AWS Architect
13 9 (3.35%) Analyst
13 9 (3.35%) AWS Security Architect
13 9 (3.35%) Cloud Architect
14 8 (2.97%) Lead
15 7 (2.60%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.97%) Lightning Web Components
2 5 (1.86%) OAuth
2 5 (1.86%) PyTorch
2 5 (1.86%) TensorFlow
3 4 (1.49%) .NET
3 4 (1.49%) Google JAX
3 4 (1.49%) JAX
3 4 (1.49%) RESTful
3 4 (1.49%) scikit-learn
3 4 (1.49%) Web Services
4 3 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.12%) Kafka
4 3 (1.12%) Middleware
4 3 (1.12%) OpenID
4 3 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (1.12%) SAML
5 2 (0.74%) LDAP
5 2 (0.74%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.74%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.74%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.90%) Security Posture
2 29 (10.78%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.58%) PKI
4 14 (5.20%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.83%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (4.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (4.46%) Onboarding
7 11 (4.09%) Management Information System
7 11 (4.09%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.97%) Cloud Security Posture
9 8 (2.97%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (2.60%) Operational Technology
11 6 (2.23%) Private Cloud
11 6 (2.23%) Taxonomies
12 5 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.86%) NHS
12 5 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (1.49%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.43%) Windows
2 7 (2.60%) Linux
3 6 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.12%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (36.06%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (29.37%) Cloud Security
3 63 (23.42%) Threat Modelling
4 58 (21.56%) SIEM
5 55 (20.45%) Incident Response
6 50 (18.59%) CI/CD
7 47 (17.47%) TOGAF
7 47 (17.47%) Zero Trust
8 44 (16.36%) Roadmaps
9 40 (14.87%) DevOps
10 39 (14.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 36 (13.38%) DevSecOps
12 34 (12.64%) Identity Access Management
13 33 (12.27%) Infrastructure as Code
14 31 (11.52%) Information Security
15 29 (10.78%) Migration
15 29 (10.78%) Regulatory Compliance
16 28 (10.41%) AI
17 27 (10.04%) Threat Detection
18 26 (9.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.29%) Python
2 14 (5.20%) Kusto Query Language
3 8 (2.97%) Java
3 8 (2.97%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.86%) C
4 5 (1.86%) SQL
5 4 (1.49%) Apex Code
5 4 (1.49%) Bash
5 4 (1.49%) C++
5 4 (1.49%) R
6 3 (1.12%) Go
6 3 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.74%) Bicep
7 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.37%) C-shell
8 1 (0.37%) Korn
8 1 (0.37%) ProC
8 1 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 71 (26.39%) Security Cleared
2 69 (25.65%) CISSP
3 48 (17.84%) SC Cleared
4 30 (11.15%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (10.78%) CISM
6 26 (9.67%) Degree
7 24 (8.92%) AWS Certification
8 18 (6.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 18 (6.69%) CCSP
9 17 (6.32%) Azure Certification
10 14 (5.20%) CCNP
11 13 (4.83%) CCIE
12 11 (4.09%) DV Cleared
13 10 (3.72%) CEH
14 6 (2.23%) CompTIA CySA+
14 6 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (2.23%) JNCIE
14 6 (2.23%) JNCIP
14 6 (2.23%) OSCP
14 6 (2.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (28.62%) NIST
2 75 (27.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (17.84%) GDPR
4 29 (10.78%) PCI DSS
5 18 (6.69%) NCSC
6 11 (4.09%) QA
7 10 (3.72%) EU AI Act
8 9 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (2.97%) PSD2
10 6 (2.23%) COBIT
10 6 (2.23%) GRC
10 6 (2.23%) HIPAA
11 5 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (1.86%) Data Quality
12 4 (1.49%) JSP 440
12 4 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (1.12%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 16 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.97%) Docker
3 6 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.23%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (12.64%) Kubernetes
2 33 (12.27%) Terraform
3 22 (8.18%) Ansible
4 10 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.97%) SCCM
6 6 (2.23%) Fluentd
6 6 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.23%) WSUS
7 3 (1.12%) CSIRT
7 3 (1.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.74%) Argo
8 2 (0.74%) CASB
8 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.37%) Istio
9 1 (0.37%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 63 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.81%) Splunk
3 20 (7.43%) Cisco
4 14 (5.20%) Fortinet
5 13 (4.83%) Palo Alto
6 12 (4.46%) CyberArk
6 12 (4.46%) Darktrace
7 11 (4.09%) F5
7 11 (4.09%) Salesforce
8 9 (3.35%) CheckPoint
8 9 (3.35%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.35%) VMware
8 9 (3.35%) Zscaler
9 7 (2.60%) Cribl.io
9 7 (2.60%) Juniper
9 7 (2.60%) SAP
9 7 (2.60%) Sparx
10 6 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (2.23%) Sophos
11 5 (1.86%) Workday