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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 291 287
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +71
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 285 209 295
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 0.78% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.87% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 129 193
10th Percentile £430 £537 £501
25th Percentile £508 £600 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% - -
75th Percentile £738 £775 £775
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £600 £651 £675
% change year-on-year -7.76% -3.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 8
10th Percentile £33.18 - £72.54
25th Percentile £35.15 £60.75 £80.00
Median hourly rate £48.50 £73.46 £83.75
Median % change year-on-year -33.97% -12.30% +13.56%
75th Percentile £70.44 £79.60 £87.00
90th Percentile £85.18 £83.20 £87.16
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £73.60 £83.75
% change year-on-year -6.59% -12.12% +13.56%

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 28,595 23,952 32,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.09% 89.37% 87.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,305 14,693 21,759
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,790 775 1,732
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.88 £17.41
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -9.93% +8.51%
75th Percentile £58.65 £63.93 £62.64
90th Percentile £69.99 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.01
% change year-on-year -22.62% -12.19% +15.66%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +13 151 £625 -10.71% 35
South East -23 37 £675 +8.87% 31
North of England -24 34 £590 +5.08% 11
Midlands -44 21 £483 -31.07% 9
Yorkshire -33 18 £550 -1.96% 6
West Midlands -41 17 £525 -25.00% 2
South West -9 16 £675 +12.50% 15
North West -17 13 £770 - 4
East of England -21 7 £713 -5.00% 7
East Midlands -28 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 8 (2.81%) Confluence
1 8 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (2.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.35%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 118 (41.40%) Azure
2 100 (35.09%) AWS
3 45 (15.79%) GCP
4 37 (12.98%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (6.67%) SaaS
7 16 (5.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (5.61%) PaaS
8 14 (4.91%) IaaS
9 12 (4.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 11 (3.86%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (3.51%) OpenShift
12 8 (2.81%) AWS KMS
12 8 (2.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (2.46%) GitHub
14 6 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (1.75%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 4 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (25.61%) Firewall
2 65 (22.81%) Network Security
3 24 (8.42%) VPN
4 20 (7.02%) WAN
5 18 (6.32%) LAN
6 17 (5.96%) SD-WAN
7 16 (5.61%) BGP
8 15 (5.26%) DNS
9 14 (4.91%) DHCP
9 14 (4.91%) OSPF
10 12 (4.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 9 (3.16%) BIG-IP
11 9 (3.16%) TCP/IP
12 7 (2.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 7 (2.46%) IPsec
12 7 (2.46%) NGFW
12 7 (2.46%) VXLAN
13 6 (2.11%) MPLS
13 6 (2.11%) SSL
13 6 (2.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.75%) Metadata
2 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.35%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.35%) Power BI
2 1 (0.35%) Redis
2 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.86%) GitLab
2 6 (2.11%) JIRA
3 4 (1.40%) Git
3 4 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.40%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.70%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 71 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 60 (21.05%) Finance
3 37 (12.98%) Public Sector
4 30 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.26%) Financial Institution
6 14 (4.91%) Banking
7 13 (4.56%) Legal
8 12 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.11%) Law
11 6 (2.11%) Military
11 6 (2.11%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.05%) Marketing
13 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.35%) Electronics
14 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 179 (62.81%) Architect
2 139 (48.77%) Security Architect
3 33 (11.58%) Solutions Architect
4 32 (11.23%) Security Engineer
5 23 (8.07%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 22 (7.72%) Consultant
7 19 (6.67%) Network Architect
8 16 (5.61%) Security Consultant
8 16 (5.61%) Security Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.56%) Senior
10 12 (4.21%) Technical Architect
11 11 (3.86%) Azure Architect
11 11 (3.86%) Network Security Architect
12 10 (3.51%) Cloud Architect
12 10 (3.51%) Project Manager
13 8 (2.81%) Security Manager
14 7 (2.46%) Analyst
14 7 (2.46%) AWS Architect
15 6 (2.11%) Migration Manager
15 6 (2.11%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.16%) OAuth
2 6 (2.11%) OpenID
2 6 (2.11%) SAML
3 5 (1.75%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.75%) REST
4 3 (1.05%) .NET
4 3 (1.05%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.05%) Kafka
4 3 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.05%) Middleware
4 3 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.70%) ADO
5 2 (0.70%) JWT
5 2 (0.70%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.70%) Visualforce
6 1 (0.35%) JSSE
6 1 (0.35%) SOAP
6 1 (0.35%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.23%) Security Posture
2 25 (8.77%) Cloud Native
3 20 (7.02%) PKI
4 17 (5.96%) Data Centre
5 14 (4.91%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.56%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (3.86%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.86%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.16%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.81%) Cloud Security Posture
9 8 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.81%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.81%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.81%) Taxonomies
10 7 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (2.46%) IoT
11 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.75%) NHS
11 5 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.12%) Windows
2 12 (4.21%) Linux
2 12 (4.21%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.75%) Unix
4 2 (0.70%) Android
4 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (34.04%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (29.47%) Cloud Security
3 77 (27.02%) Threat Modelling
4 72 (25.26%) Zero Trust
5 61 (21.40%) SIEM
6 52 (18.25%) CI/CD
7 50 (17.54%) Incident Response
8 49 (17.19%) TOGAF
9 43 (15.09%) Identity Access Management
9 43 (15.09%) Infrastructure as Code
10 42 (14.74%) DevSecOps
11 41 (14.39%) Roadmaps
12 39 (13.68%) DevOps
13 37 (12.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 36 (12.63%) Migration
15 34 (11.93%) Information Security
16 33 (11.58%) Data Loss Prevention
17 31 (10.88%) Regulatory Compliance
17 31 (10.88%) Vulnerability Management
18 30 (10.53%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.12%) Python
2 12 (4.21%) Kusto Query Language
3 11 (3.86%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.46%) Java
5 6 (2.11%) SQL
6 5 (1.75%) Bash
7 3 (1.05%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.05%) Bicep
7 3 (1.05%) Go
7 3 (1.05%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.70%) C
8 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.70%) Swift
9 1 (0.35%) C-shell
9 1 (0.35%) Korn
9 1 (0.35%) ProC
9 1 (0.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 90 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 66 (23.16%) CISSP
3 56 (19.65%) SC Cleared
4 33 (11.58%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (10.88%) CISM
6 27 (9.47%) DV Cleared
7 23 (8.07%) AWS Certification
8 20 (7.02%) Degree
9 19 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 18 (6.32%) CCSP
11 16 (5.61%) Azure Certification
12 15 (5.26%) CCIE
13 14 (4.91%) CCNP
14 9 (3.16%) CEH
15 7 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (2.46%) JNCIE
15 7 (2.46%) JNCIP
15 7 (2.46%) PMI Certification
15 7 (2.46%) PMP
16 6 (2.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (31.23%) NIST
2 80 (28.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (17.89%) GDPR
4 29 (10.18%) NCSC
4 29 (10.18%) PCI DSS
5 11 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.81%) PSD2
7 7 (2.46%) EU AI Act
7 7 (2.46%) GRC
7 7 (2.46%) JSP 440
8 6 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.75%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.75%) QA
10 3 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.05%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.05%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.05%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 21 (7.37%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.86%) Docker
2 11 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.86%) VMware NSX
3 5 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) RACF
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (14.39%) Terraform
2 34 (11.93%) Kubernetes
3 27 (9.47%) Ansible
4 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.16%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.46%) SCCM
6 6 (2.11%) Fluentd
7 5 (1.75%) WSUS
8 4 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.05%) Grafana
10 2 (0.70%) Argo
10 2 (0.70%) CASB
10 2 (0.70%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.35%) Istio
11 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 57 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.47%) Cisco
3 24 (8.42%) Splunk
4 18 (6.32%) Fortinet
5 16 (5.61%) F5
5 16 (5.61%) VMware
6 15 (5.26%) CyberArk
6 15 (5.26%) Palo Alto
6 15 (5.26%) Zscaler
7 12 (4.21%) CheckPoint
8 11 (3.86%) Darktrace
8 11 (3.86%) Juniper
9 7 (2.46%) Cribl.io
9 7 (2.46%) Google
9 7 (2.46%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.46%) Sparx
10 6 (2.11%) Remedy
10 6 (2.11%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.75%) SAP
11 5 (1.75%) Sophos