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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 245 219
Rank change year-on-year +27 -26 +34
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 536 276 391
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 1.02% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.12% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 169 249
10th Percentile £463 £518 £500
25th Percentile £525 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £622 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% -6.90% +3.94%
75th Percentile £740 £750 £800
90th Percentile £816 £807 £850
UK median daily rate £621 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.57% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 16
10th Percentile £82.23 £48.10 -
25th Percentile £83.00 £60.75 £81.88
Median hourly rate £84.00 £86.50 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% -1.10% +20.08%
75th Percentile - £88.87 £87.53
90th Percentile £103.63 £98.50 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £86.50 £87.46
% change year-on-year -2.89% -1.10% +20.44%

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 38,219 24,611 31,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.42% 90.71% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,063 15,813 20,400
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,375 1,290 2,230
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.56 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.60 £72.58
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +36 259 £625 -7.41% 85
North of England -16 88 £634 -9.46% 33
South East -43 83 £638 -1.92% 50
North West -4 58 £620 -13.41% 25
Midlands -30 39 £550 -29.03% 12
South West -14 32 £575 -14.81% 18
West Midlands -45 31 £590 -23.87% 2
Yorkshire -29 29 £675 +22.73% 8
East of England -9 14 £600 - 11
East Midlands -8 6 £442 - 10
North East -47 2 - -
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 14 (2.61%) Confluence
2 6 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.56%) Camunda
4 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.19%) Appian
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 235 (43.84%) Azure
2 191 (35.63%) AWS
3 85 (15.86%) GCP
4 73 (13.62%) Entra ID
5 29 (5.41%) SaaS
6 26 (4.85%) Azure Sentinel
7 24 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (3.54%) PaaS
9 18 (3.36%) IaaS
10 17 (3.17%) Serverless
11 15 (2.80%) GitHub
12 14 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (2.24%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
14 9 (1.68%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 9 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (1.49%) OpenShift
15 8 (1.49%) Power Platform
16 7 (1.31%) Azure Key Vault
16 7 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 99 (18.47%) Network Security
2 68 (12.69%) Firewall
3 20 (3.73%) VPN
4 15 (2.80%) WAN
5 14 (2.61%) SD-WAN
6 13 (2.43%) DHCP
7 12 (2.24%) DNS
8 11 (2.05%) NGFW
9 10 (1.87%) IPsec
10 9 (1.68%) Internet
11 7 (1.31%) LAN
11 7 (1.31%) SSL
12 6 (1.12%) BGP
12 6 (1.12%) HTTPS
12 6 (1.12%) Wireless
13 5 (0.93%) OSPF
13 5 (0.93%) TCP/IP
14 4 (0.75%) 5G
14 4 (0.75%) Intranet
14 4 (0.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.31%) Power BI
3 6 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.12%) Metadata
4 5 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.93%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.75%) SAP BW
5 4 (0.75%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.56%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.37%) Big Data
7 2 (0.37%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.37%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.37%) MySQL
7 2 (0.37%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (3.17%) JIRA
2 9 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.31%) GitLab
4 6 (1.12%) Snyk
5 5 (0.93%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.56%) Git
7 2 (0.37%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.19%) ERwin
8 1 (0.19%) Hudson
General
1 133 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 118 (22.01%) Finance
3 70 (13.06%) Public Sector
4 33 (6.16%) Banking
5 24 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (2.61%) Aerospace
8 14 (2.61%) Military
9 13 (2.43%) Legal
10 12 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.49%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.49%) Retail
12 6 (1.12%) Local Government
12 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.93%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.75%) Aviation
14 4 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.56%) Law
15 3 (0.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 331 (61.75%) Architect
2 236 (44.03%) Security Architect
3 67 (12.50%) Security Engineer
4 58 (10.82%) Lead
5 44 (8.21%) Solutions Architect
6 43 (8.02%) Senior
7 38 (7.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 28 (5.22%) Consultant
9 27 (5.04%) Lead Architect
10 26 (4.85%) Cloud Architect
10 26 (4.85%) Technical Architect
11 20 (3.73%) Security Consultant
12 18 (3.36%) Senior Security Engineer
13 17 (3.17%) Lead Security Architect
13 17 (3.17%) Security Specialist
14 16 (2.99%) Senior Architect
15 15 (2.80%) Enterprise Architect
15 15 (2.80%) Enterprise Security Architect
15 15 (2.80%) Network Architect
16 14 (2.61%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.10%) OAuth
2 17 (3.17%) OpenID
3 16 (2.99%) OAuth2
4 15 (2.80%) SAML
5 14 (2.61%) REST
6 13 (2.43%) SailPoint
7 11 (2.05%) 802.1X
8 8 (1.49%) LangChain
8 8 (1.49%) PyTorch
8 8 (1.49%) scikit-learn
9 6 (1.12%) LDAP
9 6 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
10 5 (0.93%) SLSA
11 4 (0.75%) .NET
11 4 (0.75%) Azure Blueprints
11 4 (0.75%) J2EE
11 4 (0.75%) JSP
11 4 (0.75%) Web Services
11 4 (0.75%) XACML
12 3 (0.56%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 75 (13.99%) Cloud Native
2 66 (12.31%) Security Posture
3 44 (8.21%) Operational Technology
4 26 (4.85%) Onboarding
5 23 (4.29%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.80%) Cloud Security Posture
6 15 (2.80%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.61%) AI Agents
8 13 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (2.05%) Product Ownership
10 11 (2.05%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 10 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
12 8 (1.49%) IoT
12 8 (1.49%) PKI
13 7 (1.31%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.31%) SCADA
13 7 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.85%) Linux
2 25 (4.66%) Windows
3 11 (2.05%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.31%) Unix
5 5 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.93%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.75%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.19%) Android
7 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (36.38%) Cybersecurity
2 163 (30.41%) Threat Modelling
3 148 (27.61%) Cloud Security
4 122 (22.76%) Zero Trust
5 121 (22.57%) CI/CD
6 105 (19.59%) Risk Management
7 100 (18.66%) DevSecOps
8 96 (17.91%) DevOps
8 96 (17.91%) Roadmaps
8 96 (17.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 95 (17.72%) SIEM
10 94 (17.54%) TOGAF
11 88 (16.42%) Vulnerability Management
12 87 (16.23%) Architectural Patterns
13 83 (15.49%) Identity Access Management
13 83 (15.49%) SABSA
14 79 (14.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 72 (13.43%) AI
16 65 (12.13%) Agile
17 57 (10.63%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.65%) Python
2 21 (3.92%) Java
3 20 (3.73%) PowerShell
3 20 (3.73%) SQL
4 15 (2.80%) Bicep
5 8 (1.49%) Bash
6 3 (0.56%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.37%) ABAP
7 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.37%) Ruby
7 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.19%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.19%) Groovy
8 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 189 (35.26%) Security Cleared
2 139 (25.93%) CISSP
3 120 (22.39%) SC Cleared
4 59 (11.01%) CISM
5 51 (9.51%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (9.33%) DV Cleared
7 43 (8.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 35 (6.53%) Degree
9 33 (6.16%) AWS Certification
10 29 (5.41%) GIAC
11 23 (4.29%) Azure Certification
12 21 (3.92%) CCSP
13 16 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
14 14 (2.61%) CEH
14 14 (2.61%) CRISC
15 13 (2.43%) SANS
16 11 (2.05%) CISA
17 10 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (1.87%) OSCP
18 9 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (26.49%) NIST
2 103 (19.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (8.58%) NCSC
4 45 (8.40%) GDPR
5 29 (5.41%) PCI DSS
6 27 (5.04%) NIST 800
7 23 (4.29%) GRC
8 17 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (1.87%) SLA
10 8 (1.49%) ISO 31000
10 8 (1.49%) JSP 440
10 8 (1.49%) QA
10 8 (1.49%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.31%) COBIT
11 7 (1.31%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.75%) RMADS
System Software
1 42 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.80%) Docker
3 10 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.12%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.75%) RACF
6 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.37%) IAG
7 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.19%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (7.65%) Terraform
2 37 (6.90%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.80%) Ansible
3 15 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.93%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.75%) CASB
8 3 (0.56%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.56%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) Argo
9 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.19%) Grafana
9 1 (0.19%) Istio
9 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.19%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) QRadar
9 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 114 (21.27%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.04%) CyberArk
3 23 (4.29%) Google
4 22 (4.10%) Splunk
5 17 (3.17%) Okta
6 16 (2.99%) Palo Alto
7 15 (2.80%) SAP
8 13 (2.43%) Fortinet
8 13 (2.43%) Zscaler
9 12 (2.24%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.05%) Cisco
10 11 (2.05%) Tenable
10 11 (2.05%) VMware
11 10 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (1.68%) Qualys
13 7 (1.31%) ForeScout
13 7 (1.31%) Oracle
13 7 (1.31%) Rapid7
14 6 (1.12%) CheckPoint
14 6 (1.12%) OpenAI