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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 254 278
Rank change year-on-year +46 +24 -34
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 610 270 274
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.32% 0.98% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.08% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 163 165
10th Percentile £463 £513 £525
25th Percentile £513 £581 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £720
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -6.18% +6.59%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £800
90th Percentile £813 £800 £850
UK median daily rate £600 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 6
10th Percentile - £52.05 £60.75
25th Percentile £71.00 £63.75 £67.43
Median hourly rate £83.00 £87.04 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -4.64% -0.48% +19.30%
75th Percentile £95.00 £88.87 -
90th Percentile - £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £83.00 £87.04 £87.46
% change year-on-year -4.64% -0.48% +19.69%

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 39,170 24,908 27,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 90.84% 86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,910 15,798 17,347
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,803 1,504 1,266
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.74 £17.69 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%
75th Percentile £67.85 £47.50 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -1.10%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +46 311 £625 -3.85% 311
South East -17 98 £600 -7.69% 85
North of England -24 78 £600 -16.49% 43
South West +6 55 £525 -23.64% 36
North West -33 38 £590 -17.53% 33
Yorkshire -15 35 £663 -10.17% 7
Midlands -34 32 £600 -25.00% 32
West Midlands -32 29 £625 -21.88% 22
East of England -19 17 £600 -29.41% 11
North East -39 4 £680 -7.80% 3
East Midlands -14 3 £538 +34.38% 10
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 (1.80%) Confluence
2 8 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.82%) Apache
4 4 (0.66%) IIS
5 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.33%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.33%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.33%) IBM Transformation Extender
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.33%) WebLogic Portal
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.33%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.16%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 244 (40.00%) Azure
2 185 (30.33%) AWS
3 95 (15.57%) GCP
4 73 (11.97%) Entra ID
5 30 (4.92%) GitHub
5 30 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (4.59%) SaaS
7 25 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.77%) Azure Sentinel
9 18 (2.95%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.46%) Serverless
12 12 (1.97%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (1.64%) PaaS
15 9 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.48%) Azure Key Vault
15 9 (1.48%) IaaS
16 8 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 7 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 88 (14.43%) Network Security
2 60 (9.84%) Firewall
3 27 (4.43%) VPN
4 22 (3.61%) WAN
5 14 (2.30%) SD-WAN
6 13 (2.13%) NGFW
7 11 (1.80%) Internet
8 10 (1.64%) BGP
8 10 (1.64%) DNS
9 8 (1.31%) LAN
10 6 (0.98%) 4G
10 6 (0.98%) MPLS
10 6 (0.98%) SSL
10 6 (0.98%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.82%) 5G
11 5 (0.82%) DHCP
11 5 (0.82%) OSPF
11 5 (0.82%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.66%) VLAN
13 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.15%) Data Lake
2 6 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (0.98%) Power BI
2 6 (0.98%) SAP HANA
3 5 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.66%) Metadata
4 4 (0.66%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.66%) SAP BW
4 4 (0.66%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.49%) Big Data
6 2 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.33%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.33%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.33%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (2.95%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.79%) GitLab
2 17 (2.79%) JIRA
3 5 (0.82%) Burp Suite
3 5 (0.82%) Git
3 5 (0.82%) Snyk
4 4 (0.66%) Claude Code
5 3 (0.49%) MSTest
5 3 (0.49%) NUnit
5 3 (0.49%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.16%) Maven
6 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 196 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 111 (18.20%) Finance
3 74 (12.13%) Public Sector
4 38 (6.23%) Banking
5 31 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
7 22 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.62%) Aerospace
9 15 (2.46%) Legal
10 14 (2.30%) Military
11 13 (2.13%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.13%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.64%) Local Government
12 10 (1.64%) Retail
13 7 (1.15%) Law
13 7 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.66%) Aviation
15 4 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 412 (67.54%) Architect
2 265 (43.44%) Security Architect
3 56 (9.18%) Security Engineer
4 55 (9.02%) Lead
5 52 (8.52%) Solutions Architect
6 46 (7.54%) Senior
7 38 (6.23%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 33 (5.41%) Cloud Architect
9 32 (5.25%) Consultant
10 30 (4.92%) Technical Architect
11 25 (4.10%) Lead Architect
12 23 (3.77%) Senior Architect
13 21 (3.44%) Enterprise Architect
13 21 (3.44%) Lead Security Architect
13 21 (3.44%) Security Consultant
14 16 (2.62%) Enterprise Security Architect
14 16 (2.62%) Security Specialist
15 14 (2.30%) Network Architect
16 13 (2.13%) Analyst
16 13 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.18%) Terraform
2 32 (5.25%) LDAP
3 27 (4.43%) REST
4 24 (3.93%) OAuth
5 14 (2.30%) OpenID
5 14 (2.30%) SAML
6 12 (1.97%) Middleware
7 11 (1.80%) OAuth2
7 11 (1.80%) SailPoint
8 9 (1.48%) SOAP
9 7 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
9 7 (1.15%) SLSA
10 6 (0.98%) .NET
10 6 (0.98%) 802.1X
10 6 (0.98%) JSON
10 6 (0.98%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.82%) Kafka
11 5 (0.82%) SAP Basis
11 5 (0.82%) SAP PI
11 5 (0.82%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.11%) Cloud Native
2 63 (10.33%) Security Posture
3 44 (7.21%) Onboarding
4 38 (6.23%) Operational Technology
5 31 (5.08%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.77%) Public Cloud
7 22 (3.61%) PKI
8 21 (3.44%) Data Centre
8 21 (3.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.79%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (2.62%) Enterprise Cloud
11 15 (2.46%) Cloud Security Posture
12 14 (2.30%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.97%) Product Ownership
13 12 (1.97%) SCADA
14 11 (1.80%) Cyber Defence
15 9 (1.48%) Cyberattack
16 8 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
17 6 (0.98%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.90%) Windows
2 33 (5.41%) Linux
3 16 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.48%) Unix
5 5 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.82%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.66%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) CentOS
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (39.18%) Cybersecurity
2 186 (30.49%) Cloud Security
3 163 (26.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 137 (22.46%) Threat Modelling
5 136 (22.30%) Risk Management
6 128 (20.98%) CI/CD
6 128 (20.98%) Roadmaps
7 122 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
7 122 (20.00%) Zero Trust
8 117 (19.18%) DevSecOps
9 111 (18.20%) TOGAF
10 109 (17.87%) SIEM
11 106 (17.38%) Technical Leadership
12 105 (17.21%) DevOps
13 99 (16.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 94 (15.41%) Vulnerability Management
15 85 (13.93%) SABSA
16 84 (13.77%) Architectural Patterns
16 84 (13.77%) Infrastructure as Code
17 79 (12.95%) AI
Programming Languages
1 46 (7.54%) Python
2 31 (5.08%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.44%) Java
4 16 (2.62%) SQL
5 14 (2.30%) Bicep
6 13 (2.13%) Bash
7 8 (1.31%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.82%) ABAP
8 5 (0.82%) C#
9 3 (0.49%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.33%) Ruby
11 1 (0.16%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.16%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Go
11 1 (0.16%) Groovy
11 1 (0.16%) R
11 1 (0.16%) X++
Qualifications
1 244 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 157 (25.74%) CISSP
3 145 (23.77%) SC Cleared
4 87 (14.26%) DV Cleared
5 73 (11.97%) Cisco Certification
5 73 (11.97%) CISM
6 56 (9.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 38 (6.23%) AWS Certification
8 36 (5.90%) Degree
9 34 (5.57%) Azure Certification
10 33 (5.41%) CCSP
11 27 (4.43%) TOGAF Certification
12 25 (4.10%) GIAC
13 20 (3.28%) CRISC
14 17 (2.79%) CISA
15 16 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (2.46%) CEH
16 15 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
17 14 (2.30%) CCNP
17 14 (2.30%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (29.02%) NIST
2 144 (23.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (10.66%) NCSC
4 44 (7.21%) GRC
5 33 (5.41%) GDPR
6 26 (4.26%) PCI DSS
7 25 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (3.61%) NIST 800
9 13 (2.13%) JSP 440
10 12 (1.97%) ISO 31000
11 9 (1.48%) QA
12 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (1.15%) Data Quality
13 7 (1.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 5 (0.82%) COBIT
14 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 4 (0.66%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.95%) Docker
3 12 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.66%) ISA Server
4 4 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.33%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) IAG
Systems Management
1 46 (7.54%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.92%) Ansible
3 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.98%) CASB
5 6 (0.98%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.82%) SCCM
7 4 (0.66%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.33%) Istio
9 2 (0.33%) QRadar
9 2 (0.33%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.33%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 2 (0.33%) VxRail
10 1 (0.16%) Argo
10 1 (0.16%) Grafana
10 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 147 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.87%) CyberArk
3 37 (6.07%) Google
4 27 (4.43%) Cisco
5 26 (4.26%) Palo Alto
6 21 (3.44%) Splunk
7 19 (3.11%) SAP
8 17 (2.79%) VMware
9 16 (2.62%) CrowdStrike
10 15 (2.46%) Zscaler
11 14 (2.30%) Fortinet
12 13 (2.13%) Oracle
13 12 (1.97%) Qualys
14 11 (1.80%) Okta
14 11 (1.80%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.48%) Salesforce
16 8 (1.31%) Databricks
16 8 (1.31%) F5
16 8 (1.31%) Tenable
17 7 (1.15%) IBM