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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 278 270
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 +93
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 278 211 302
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 0.80% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.89% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 129 197
10th Percentile £441 £537 £500
25th Percentile £513 £600 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% - -
75th Percentile £734 £775 £775
90th Percentile £790 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £606 £651 £675
% change year-on-year -6.80% -3.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile £33.18 - £73.15
25th Percentile £35.15 £60.75 £81.87
Median hourly rate £48.50 £73.46 £83.77
Median % change year-on-year -33.97% -12.31% +15.54%
75th Percentile £70.44 £79.60 £87.00
90th Percentile £85.18 £83.20 £87.53
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £73.60 £83.77
% change year-on-year -6.59% -12.14% +15.54%

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 28,352 23,648 32,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.85% 89.40% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,131 14,458 22,099
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,777 764 1,811
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% -6.70% +7.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.02
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.78% +12.89%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +29 149 £625 -10.71% 33
South East -38 34 £650 +5.69% 32
North of England -21 32 £590 +5.08% 11
Midlands -41 21 £483 -31.07% 9
Yorkshire -30 17 £550 -1.96% 6
West Midlands -33 17 £525 -25.00% 2
South West -18 16 £675 +12.50% 16
North West -10 12 £770 - 4
East of England -12 7 £713 -5.00% 7
East Midlands -27 4 £438 +0.46% 6
North East - 3 £498 - 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 7 (2.52%) Confluence
2 6 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.72%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.36%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 115 (41.37%) Azure
2 94 (33.81%) AWS
3 40 (14.39%) GCP
4 35 (12.59%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (7.19%) SaaS
7 16 (5.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (5.76%) PaaS
8 14 (5.04%) IaaS
9 11 (3.96%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 11 (3.96%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (3.60%) OpenShift
11 9 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (2.52%) AWS KMS
12 7 (2.52%) GitHub
12 7 (2.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.80%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 68 (24.46%) Firewall
2 60 (21.58%) Network Security
3 22 (7.91%) VPN
4 18 (6.47%) WAN
5 16 (5.76%) LAN
5 16 (5.76%) SD-WAN
6 15 (5.40%) DNS
7 14 (5.04%) BGP
7 14 (5.04%) DHCP
8 12 (4.32%) OSPF
9 10 (3.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 9 (3.24%) TCP/IP
11 8 (2.88%) IPsec
12 7 (2.52%) BIG-IP
12 7 (2.52%) NGFW
12 7 (2.52%) VXLAN
13 6 (2.16%) MPLS
13 6 (2.16%) SSL
13 6 (2.16%) Wireless
14 5 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.80%) Metadata
2 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.36%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.36%) Power BI
2 1 (0.36%) Redis
2 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.96%) GitLab
2 6 (2.16%) JIRA
3 4 (1.44%) Git
3 4 (1.44%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.44%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
General
1 69 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 55 (19.78%) Finance
3 35 (12.59%) Public Sector
4 26 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.40%) Financial Institution
6 14 (5.04%) Banking
7 13 (4.68%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (4.68%) Legal
8 10 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.16%) Law
10 6 (2.16%) Military
11 4 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.08%) Marketing
13 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.36%) Electronics
14 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 173 (62.23%) Architect
2 135 (48.56%) Security Architect
3 31 (11.15%) Security Engineer
3 31 (11.15%) Solutions Architect
4 24 (8.63%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 22 (7.91%) Consultant
6 18 (6.47%) Network Architect
7 16 (5.76%) Security Consultant
7 16 (5.76%) Security Solutions Architect
8 13 (4.68%) Senior
9 11 (3.96%) Azure Architect
9 11 (3.96%) Cloud Architect
9 11 (3.96%) Network Security Architect
9 11 (3.96%) Technical Architect
10 10 (3.60%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.88%) Security Manager
12 7 (2.52%) Analyst
12 7 (2.52%) AWS Architect
13 6 (2.16%) Migration Manager
13 6 (2.16%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.24%) OAuth
2 6 (2.16%) OpenID
2 6 (2.16%) SAML
3 5 (1.80%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.80%) REST
4 3 (1.08%) .NET
4 3 (1.08%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.08%) ADO
4 3 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.08%) Kafka
4 3 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.08%) Middleware
4 3 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.72%) JWT
5 2 (0.72%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.72%) Visualforce
6 1 (0.36%) JAAS
6 1 (0.36%) JSSE
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.36%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.43%) Security Posture
2 20 (7.19%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.19%) PKI
3 17 (6.12%) Data Centre
4 14 (5.04%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.68%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.96%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.24%) Operational Technology
7 9 (3.24%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.88%) Taxonomies
9 7 (2.52%) IoT
10 5 (1.80%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.80%) NHS
10 5 (1.80%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.35%) Windows
2 12 (4.32%) Linux
2 12 (4.32%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.80%) Unix
4 2 (0.72%) Android
4 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (34.89%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (28.78%) Cloud Security
3 72 (25.90%) Threat Modelling
4 69 (24.82%) Zero Trust
5 57 (20.50%) SIEM
6 49 (17.63%) Incident Response
7 47 (16.91%) CI/CD
8 43 (15.47%) TOGAF
9 40 (14.39%) Identity Access Management
10 39 (14.03%) DevOps
11 38 (13.67%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (13.67%) Roadmaps
12 37 (13.31%) DevSecOps
13 35 (12.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 34 (12.23%) Migration
15 31 (11.15%) Data Loss Prevention
15 31 (11.15%) Risk Management
16 30 (10.79%) Information Security
17 28 (10.07%) Data Protection
17 28 (10.07%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.63%) Python
2 12 (4.32%) Kusto Query Language
3 11 (3.96%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.52%) Java
5 6 (2.16%) SQL
6 5 (1.80%) Bash
7 3 (1.08%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.08%) Bicep
7 3 (1.08%) Go
7 3 (1.08%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.72%) C
8 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.72%) Swift
9 1 (0.36%) C-shell
9 1 (0.36%) Korn
9 1 (0.36%) ProC
9 1 (0.36%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 89 (32.01%) Security Cleared
2 62 (22.30%) CISSP
3 56 (20.14%) SC Cleared
4 31 (11.15%) CISM
5 27 (9.71%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (9.71%) DV Cleared
6 20 (7.19%) Degree
7 19 (6.83%) AWS Certification
8 15 (5.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (5.04%) CCSP
10 13 (4.68%) Azure Certification
10 13 (4.68%) CCIE
11 12 (4.32%) CCNP
12 9 (3.24%) CEH
13 7 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (2.52%) PMI Certification
13 7 (2.52%) PMP
14 6 (2.16%) CCIE Security
14 6 (2.16%) OSCP
15 5 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (30.58%) NIST
2 75 (26.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (16.55%) GDPR
4 30 (10.79%) NCSC
5 25 (8.99%) PCI DSS
6 11 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.52%) EU AI Act
7 7 (2.52%) GRC
7 7 (2.52%) JSP 440
8 6 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.80%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.80%) QA
10 4 (1.44%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.44%) PSD2
11 3 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.08%) HIPAA
11 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.08%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.72%) COBIT
12 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 22 (7.91%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.96%) VMware NSX
3 8 (2.88%) Docker
4 5 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.36%) RACF
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (13.67%) Terraform
2 31 (11.15%) Kubernetes
3 25 (8.99%) Ansible
4 9 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.52%) SCCM
6 6 (2.16%) Fluentd
7 5 (1.80%) WSUS
8 4 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.08%) Grafana
10 2 (0.72%) Argo
10 2 (0.72%) CASB
10 2 (0.72%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.72%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.36%) Istio
11 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 58 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.99%) Cisco
3 24 (8.63%) Splunk
4 18 (6.47%) Fortinet
5 16 (5.76%) VMware
6 15 (5.40%) CyberArk
6 15 (5.40%) Palo Alto
7 14 (5.04%) F5
8 13 (4.68%) Zscaler
9 11 (3.96%) Darktrace
10 10 (3.60%) CheckPoint
11 9 (3.24%) Juniper
12 7 (2.52%) Cribl.io
12 7 (2.52%) Google
12 7 (2.52%) Sparx
13 6 (2.16%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.80%) Meraki
14 5 (1.80%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.80%) Sophos
15 4 (1.44%) SolarWinds