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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 265 253
Rank change year-on-year +48 -12 0
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 591 259 301
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.29% 0.95% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.04% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 155 188
10th Percentile £464 £513 £544
25th Percentile £525 £600 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £617 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -8.59% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £731 £764 £801
90th Percentile £825 £800 £850
UK median daily rate £600 £675 £722
% change year-on-year -11.11% -6.54% +6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 6
10th Percentile £71.00 £52.75 £84.67
25th Percentile £79.18 £59.12 -
Median hourly rate £83.50 £86.50 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% -1.10% +19.13%
75th Percentile £95.00 £88.87 -
90th Percentile £103.07 £100.00 -
UK median hourly rate £83.00 £86.50 £87.46
% change year-on-year -4.05% -1.10% +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 38,940 24,864 27,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.85% 90.76% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,004 15,800 17,728
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.05% -2.96% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,613 1,459 1,377
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.24 £14.43
25th Percentile £18.31 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.88
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.35% +3.33%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +39 291 £625 -3.85% 366
South East -23 101 £608 -6.46% 82
North of England -16 85 £605 -16.18% 65
North West -25 52 £600 -16.35% 47
South West -5 44 £573 -16.73% 49
Midlands -35 34 £613 -23.44% 20
Yorkshire -20 30 £663 -10.17% 14
West Midlands -31 29 £625 -21.88% 8
East of England -9 16 £600 -29.41% 13
East Midlands -17 3 £538 - 12
North East -45 2 £650 -11.86% 4
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 11 (1.86%) Confluence
2 8 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.51%) Apache
3 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.51%) Camunda
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Superset
4 2 (0.34%) IIS
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.17%) Appian
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.34%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.17%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 250 (42.30%) Azure
2 185 (31.30%) AWS
3 95 (16.07%) GCP
4 71 (12.01%) Entra ID
5 29 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (4.74%) SaaS
7 25 (4.23%) GitHub
8 24 (4.06%) Azure Sentinel
9 21 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (2.71%) Microsoft Purview
11 14 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (2.20%) Serverless
13 10 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
13 10 (1.69%) PaaS
13 10 (1.69%) Power Platform
14 9 (1.52%) IaaS
15 8 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (1.18%) Anthropic Claude
16 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (1.18%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 86 (14.55%) Network Security
2 56 (9.48%) Firewall
3 21 (3.55%) WAN
4 20 (3.38%) VPN
5 14 (2.37%) DNS
5 14 (2.37%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.86%) NGFW
7 10 (1.69%) Internet
7 10 (1.69%) LAN
8 8 (1.35%) BGP
8 8 (1.35%) DHCP
9 6 (1.02%) 4G
9 6 (1.02%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.85%) 5G
10 5 (0.85%) Radio Access Network
11 4 (0.68%) Intranet
11 4 (0.68%) MPLS
11 4 (0.68%) OSPF
11 4 (0.68%) SSL
11 4 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.18%) Power BI
3 6 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.85%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.68%) Metadata
5 4 (0.68%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.68%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.51%) Big Data
6 3 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.34%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.34%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.34%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.34%) Trino
Development Applications
1 18 (3.05%) GitLab
2 17 (2.88%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.88%) JIRA
3 6 (1.02%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.85%) Snyk
5 4 (0.68%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.51%) Git
6 3 (0.51%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.17%) Hudson
7 1 (0.17%) Maven
7 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 179 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 111 (18.78%) Finance
3 79 (13.37%) Public Sector
4 38 (6.43%) Banking
5 28 (4.74%) Influencing Skills
6 25 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (3.05%) Aerospace
9 17 (2.88%) Legal
9 17 (2.88%) Military
10 12 (2.03%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.86%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.69%) Local Government
13 8 (1.35%) Retail
14 6 (1.02%) Law
15 5 (0.85%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.85%) Police
15 5 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 410 (69.37%) Architect
2 270 (45.69%) Security Architect
3 62 (10.49%) Lead
4 53 (8.97%) Solutions Architect
5 50 (8.46%) Security Engineer
6 48 (8.12%) Senior
7 38 (6.43%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 34 (5.75%) Consultant
9 32 (5.41%) Cloud Architect
10 31 (5.25%) Lead Architect
11 28 (4.74%) Technical Architect
12 23 (3.89%) Lead Security Architect
12 23 (3.89%) Security Consultant
13 20 (3.38%) Enterprise Architect
13 20 (3.38%) Senior Architect
14 17 (2.88%) Security Specialist
15 16 (2.71%) Enterprise Security Architect
15 16 (2.71%) Network Architect
16 13 (2.20%) Azure Architect
16 13 (2.20%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.12%) Terraform
2 21 (3.55%) REST
3 20 (3.38%) LDAP
3 20 (3.38%) OAuth
4 14 (2.37%) OpenID
4 14 (2.37%) SAML
5 11 (1.86%) OAuth2
6 10 (1.69%) SailPoint
7 8 (1.35%) Middleware
8 7 (1.18%) SAP Fiori
8 7 (1.18%) SLSA
9 6 (1.02%) SOAP
10 5 (0.85%) .NET
10 5 (0.85%) 802.1X
10 5 (0.85%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.85%) ModSecurity
11 4 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
11 4 (0.68%) Jakarta EE
11 4 (0.68%) JSON
11 4 (0.68%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 83 (14.04%) Cloud Native
2 62 (10.49%) Security Posture
3 43 (7.28%) Operational Technology
4 31 (5.25%) Onboarding
5 27 (4.57%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.38%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (3.05%) PKI
8 17 (2.88%) Public Cloud
9 16 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (2.71%) Enterprise Cloud
10 14 (2.37%) AI Agents
11 12 (2.03%) Cloud Security Posture
11 12 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.86%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.69%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.52%) SCADA
15 8 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
15 8 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
16 7 (1.18%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.23%) Linux
1 25 (4.23%) Windows
2 10 (1.69%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.52%) Unix
4 5 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.85%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.68%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (38.58%) Cybersecurity
2 180 (30.46%) Cloud Security
3 159 (26.90%) Threat Modelling
4 142 (24.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 125 (21.15%) Zero Trust
6 123 (20.81%) Risk Management
7 121 (20.47%) CI/CD
8 117 (19.80%) Roadmaps
9 114 (19.29%) Identity Access Management
10 112 (18.95%) DevSecOps
11 106 (17.94%) TOGAF
12 100 (16.92%) DevOps
13 97 (16.41%) Architectural Patterns
14 96 (16.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 95 (16.07%) Technical Leadership
16 91 (15.40%) SIEM
17 90 (15.23%) SABSA
17 90 (15.23%) Vulnerability Management
18 80 (13.54%) AI
19 70 (11.84%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.77%) Python
2 25 (4.23%) PowerShell
3 22 (3.72%) Java
4 17 (2.88%) Bicep
5 16 (2.71%) SQL
6 11 (1.86%) Bash
7 3 (0.51%) ABAP
7 3 (0.51%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.34%) C#
8 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.34%) Ruby
9 1 (0.17%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.17%) Go
9 1 (0.17%) Groovy
9 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.17%) R
9 1 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.17%) X++
Qualifications
1 224 (37.90%) Security Cleared
2 154 (26.06%) CISSP
3 139 (23.52%) SC Cleared
4 73 (12.35%) DV Cleared
5 69 (11.68%) CISM
6 61 (10.32%) Cisco Certification
7 47 (7.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 35 (5.92%) AWS Certification
9 32 (5.41%) Degree
10 29 (4.91%) Azure Certification
11 26 (4.40%) CCSP
11 26 (4.40%) GIAC
12 23 (3.89%) TOGAF Certification
13 16 (2.71%) CEH
13 16 (2.71%) CRISC
14 15 (2.54%) CISA
14 15 (2.54%) CompTIA Security+
14 15 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (2.54%) SANS
15 12 (2.03%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (28.26%) NIST
2 126 (21.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (10.15%) NCSC
4 40 (6.77%) GDPR
5 36 (6.09%) GRC
6 24 (4.06%) PCI DSS
7 22 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (3.38%) NIST 800
9 12 (2.03%) JSP 440
10 10 (1.69%) ISO 31000
11 9 (1.52%) QA
12 7 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (1.18%) Data Quality
12 7 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 6 (1.02%) COBIT
13 6 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 6 (1.02%) SLA
14 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 4 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (8.63%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.88%) Docker
3 10 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.34%) IAG
5 2 (0.34%) ISA Server
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.34%) vSphere
6 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 41 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.23%) Ansible
3 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.85%) CASB
5 5 (0.85%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.85%) SCCM
6 4 (0.68%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.34%) Istio
7 2 (0.34%) QRadar
8 1 (0.17%) Argo
8 1 (0.17%) Grafana
8 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (22.34%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.92%) CyberArk
3 30 (5.08%) Google
4 22 (3.72%) Cisco
4 22 (3.72%) Palo Alto
5 20 (3.38%) Splunk
6 19 (3.21%) SAP
7 15 (2.54%) VMware
7 15 (2.54%) Zscaler
8 14 (2.37%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (1.86%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.86%) Okta
10 10 (1.69%) Qualys
10 10 (1.69%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.69%) Tenable
11 9 (1.52%) Oracle
11 9 (1.52%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.35%) Databricks
13 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.85%) Rapid7