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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 300 286
Rank change year-on-year +19 -14 +105
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 270 239 329
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.77% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.89% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 141 248
10th Percentile £456 £510 £525
25th Percentile £561 £575 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £671 £675 £656
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £753
90th Percentile £800 £875 £841
UK median daily rate £656 £660 £656
% change year-on-year -0.61% +0.57% -0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 7
10th Percentile £44.80 - £60.96
25th Percentile £53.94 £60.75 £69.73
Median hourly rate £87.04 £67.55 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year +28.86% -7.86% +1.12%
75th Percentile £93.47 £79.60 £84.36
90th Percentile £100.55 £81.76 £86.17
UK median hourly rate £85.75 £67.55 £73.31
% change year-on-year +26.95% -7.86% +1.12%

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 26,653 26,912 35,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.59% 86.57% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,923 16,411 24,057
10th Percentile £295 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,722 972 1,474
10th Percentile £14.70 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.04 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.88% -15.48% +28.57%
75th Percentile £45.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.40 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.87% -20.54% +27.14%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 5 November 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 +29 138 £650 -7.14% 101
South East +3 42 £650 +8.33% 100
North of England -8 38 £700 +7.69% 18
Midlands -23 21 £600 -7.69% 10
North West -12 18 £717 +4.33% 15
West Midlands -17 18 £675 +3.85% 9
Yorkshire -16 13 £550 +30.33% 3
South West -9 12 £688 -1.79% 23
North East - 8 £738 -
East of England -12 7 £850 +17.24% 10
East Midlands -17 3 £400 -18.82% 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 10 (3.70%) Confluence
2 9 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.74%) nginx
5 1 (0.37%) IBM Transformation Extender
5 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (1.48%) Workday HCM
2 3 (1.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.37%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 110 (40.74%) Azure
2 85 (31.48%) AWS
3 51 (18.89%) GCP
4 35 (12.96%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
7 17 (6.30%) SaaS
8 13 (4.81%) PaaS
9 12 (4.44%) IaaS
10 11 (4.07%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (2.96%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 6 (2.22%) GitHub
12 6 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 4 (1.48%) Azure AKS
14 4 (1.48%) Azure Key Vault
15 3 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (1.11%) AWS Control Tower
15 3 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (22.22%) Firewall
2 47 (17.41%) Network Security
3 21 (7.78%) VPN
4 14 (5.19%) DNS
5 12 (4.44%) WAN
6 11 (4.07%) SD-WAN
7 10 (3.70%) BGP
7 10 (3.70%) DHCP
7 10 (3.70%) LAN
8 8 (2.96%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (2.96%) NGFW
8 8 (2.96%) OSPF
8 8 (2.96%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 6 (2.22%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.85%) MPLS
11 5 (1.85%) VXLAN
12 4 (1.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 4 (1.48%) IPv4
12 4 (1.48%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.33%) MongoDB
1 9 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.48%) Metadata
3 2 (0.74%) GIS
4 1 (0.37%) Redis
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (3.70%) GitLab
2 8 (2.96%) JIRA
3 7 (2.59%) Git
4 4 (1.48%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.37%) MLflow
6 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 82 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 75 (27.78%) Finance
3 38 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.67%) Banking
6 11 (4.07%) Financial Institution
6 11 (4.07%) Legal
6 11 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.70%) Military
8 6 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.11%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.11%) Marketing
10 2 (0.74%) Law
11 1 (0.37%) German Language
11 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.37%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 181 (67.04%) Architect
2 142 (52.59%) Security Architect
3 33 (12.22%) Solutions Architect
4 32 (11.85%) Senior
5 23 (8.52%) Security Engineer
5 23 (8.52%) Senior Architect
5 23 (8.52%) Senior Security Architect
6 22 (8.15%) Consultant
7 17 (6.30%) Security Consultant
8 15 (5.56%) Lead
9 14 (5.19%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 14 (5.19%) Azure Architect
9 14 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 13 (4.81%) Network Architect
11 12 (4.44%) Enterprise Architect
11 12 (4.44%) Security Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.70%) Analyst
13 9 (3.33%) Enterprise Security Architect
14 8 (2.96%) IT Security Architect
14 8 (2.96%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.33%) Lightning Web Components
2 7 (2.59%) Web Services
3 5 (1.85%) PyTorch
3 5 (1.85%) RESTful
3 5 (1.85%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.48%) .NET
4 4 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.48%) Google JAX
4 4 (1.48%) JAX
4 4 (1.48%) OAuth
4 4 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.48%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.11%) JBoss Seam
5 3 (1.11%) LDAP
5 3 (1.11%) React
5 3 (1.11%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.74%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.74%) OpenID
6 2 (0.74%) SAML
6 2 (0.74%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 24 (8.89%) Management Information System
3 22 (8.15%) Cloud Native
4 15 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (5.19%) Product Ownership
6 12 (4.44%) Onboarding
7 11 (4.07%) Data Centre
7 11 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (3.70%) PKI
8 10 (3.70%) Public Cloud
9 9 (3.33%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.96%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (2.22%) Cyberattack
12 6 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (2.22%) Taxonomies
13 5 (1.85%) SCADA
13 5 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
14 4 (1.48%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.15%) Windows
2 8 (2.96%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.59%) Linux
4 2 (0.74%) Debian
4 2 (0.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (44.07%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (28.89%) Cloud Security
3 65 (24.07%) Threat Modelling
4 57 (21.11%) SIEM
5 51 (18.89%) Incident Response
6 42 (15.56%) Identity Access Management
6 42 (15.56%) Risk Management
7 41 (15.19%) Roadmaps
8 37 (13.70%) CI/CD
8 37 (13.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 37 (13.70%) Zero Trust
9 36 (13.33%) DevOps
9 36 (13.33%) TOGAF
10 35 (12.96%) Information Security
11 31 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (10.74%) Application Security
12 29 (10.74%) Data Loss Prevention
12 29 (10.74%) DevSecOps
13 28 (10.37%) Vulnerability Management
14 27 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.41%) Python
2 14 (5.19%) Kusto Query Language
3 8 (2.96%) Java
4 7 (2.59%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.85%) Apex Code
6 4 (1.48%) Bash
6 4 (1.48%) C++
6 4 (1.48%) R
7 3 (1.11%) C
7 3 (1.11%) SQL
8 2 (0.74%) Bicep
9 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.37%) SOQL
9 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 72 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 65 (24.07%) CISSP
3 44 (16.30%) SC Cleared
4 29 (10.74%) CISM
5 26 (9.63%) Degree
6 24 (8.89%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (7.41%) DV Cleared
8 17 (6.30%) AWS Certification
9 16 (5.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 16 (5.93%) CCSP
10 13 (4.81%) Azure Certification
11 11 (4.07%) CCNP
12 10 (3.70%) CCIE
13 9 (3.33%) CEH
14 6 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
14 6 (2.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (1.85%) CCIE Security
15 5 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (1.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (30.00%) NIST
2 75 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (18.15%) GDPR
4 23 (8.52%) PCI DSS
5 18 (6.67%) NCSC
6 10 (3.70%) EU AI Act
7 9 (3.33%) HIPAA
7 9 (3.33%) QA
8 8 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.96%) GRC
8 8 (2.96%) PSD2
9 5 (1.85%) COBIT
9 5 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.48%) Data Quality
10 4 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.11%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.11%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.74%) RMADS
System Software
1 17 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.22%) Docker
2 6 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.85%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (10.37%) Kubernetes
2 21 (7.78%) Terraform
3 13 (4.81%) Ansible
4 10 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.22%) Fluentd
7 3 (1.11%) CSIRT
7 3 (1.11%) SCCM
7 3 (1.11%) WSUS
8 2 (0.74%) CASB
8 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
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 67 (24.81%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.04%) Splunk
3 17 (6.30%) Cisco
4 15 (5.56%) Darktrace
5 14 (5.19%) Palo Alto
6 13 (4.81%) Salesforce
7 12 (4.44%) CyberArk
8 11 (4.07%) Fortinet
9 10 (3.70%) F5
10 8 (2.96%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.96%) ServiceNow
11 7 (2.59%) Cribl.io
11 7 (2.59%) Zscaler
12 6 (2.22%) Google
12 6 (2.22%) Juniper
12 6 (2.22%) SAP
12 6 (2.22%) VMware
13 5 (1.85%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.85%) Oracle
13 5 (1.85%) Workday