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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 288 291
Rank change year-on-year -17 +3 +75
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 256 223 280
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 0.82% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.92% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 136 187
10th Percentile £446 £519 £519
25th Percentile £513 £595 £587
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% - -
75th Percentile £750 £788 £775
90th Percentile £788 £838 £875
UK median daily rate £620 £651 £675
% change year-on-year -4.69% -3.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 5
10th Percentile £33.62 - £70.70
25th Percentile £36.25 £60.75 £74.37
Median hourly rate £54.50 £73.46 £83.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.80% -11.94% +13.10%
75th Percentile £63.25 £79.60 £85.61
90th Percentile £82.30 £83.20 £86.44
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £73.60 £83.41
% change year-on-year -21.88% -11.76% +13.10%

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 27,850 24,270 31,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.47% 88.85% 88.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,794 14,913 21,576
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,749 797 1,433
10th Percentile £15.21 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.20% +23.55%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.25
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.07% +20.71%

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 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 5 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 5 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 +18 142 £625 -13.79% 47
South East -27 34 £675 +9.76% 58
North of England -23 30 £579 +3.21% 42
Yorkshire -29 18 £563 +0.27% 20
Midlands -35 18 £515 -26.43% 35
West Midlands -34 17 £525 -25.00% 20
South West -12 11 £681 +18.48% 22
North West -19 9 £643 - 18
East of England -16 7 £713 -5.00% 30
North East - 3 £498 - 4
East Midlands -28 1 £400 -8.15% 13
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 7 (2.73%) Confluence
2 6 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.39%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (1.56%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (2.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.39%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 112 (43.75%) Azure
2 91 (35.55%) AWS
3 41 (16.02%) GCP
4 31 (12.11%) Entra ID
5 23 (8.98%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.86%) Azure Sentinel
6 15 (5.86%) SaaS
7 13 (5.08%) PaaS
8 11 (4.30%) IaaS
9 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (3.91%) OpenShift
10 9 (3.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 8 (3.13%) AWS KMS
11 8 (3.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.95%) GitHub
13 4 (1.56%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 61 (23.83%) Firewall
2 52 (20.31%) Network Security
3 23 (8.98%) VPN
4 18 (7.03%) WAN
5 17 (6.64%) DNS
6 15 (5.86%) LAN
7 14 (5.47%) SD-WAN
8 13 (5.08%) BGP
9 12 (4.69%) DHCP
10 11 (4.30%) OSPF
10 11 (4.30%) TCP/IP
11 9 (3.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (2.34%) BIG-IP
12 6 (2.34%) NGFW
12 6 (2.34%) SSL
12 6 (2.34%) VXLAN
13 5 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (1.95%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (1.95%) IPsec
13 5 (1.95%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.95%) Metadata
2 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.39%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.39%) Power BI
2 1 (0.39%) Redis
2 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (4.69%) GitLab
2 7 (2.73%) JIRA
3 5 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.17%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.78%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.39%) Git
6 1 (0.39%) MLflow
6 1 (0.39%) SonarQube
General
1 71 (27.73%) Social Skills
2 58 (22.66%) Finance
3 32 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 24 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.86%) Banking
6 14 (5.47%) Financial Institution
7 13 (5.08%) Legal
8 9 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.34%) Military
10 6 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.56%) Law
12 3 (1.17%) Marketing
13 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.39%) Electronics
14 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 169 (66.02%) Architect
2 133 (51.95%) Security Architect
3 32 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 26 (10.16%) Security Engineer
5 21 (8.20%) Consultant
6 20 (7.81%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 19 (7.42%) Network Architect
8 16 (6.25%) Security Consultant
9 15 (5.86%) Security Solutions Architect
10 12 (4.69%) Senior
11 11 (4.30%) Azure Architect
12 10 (3.91%) Network Security Architect
13 9 (3.52%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
14 8 (3.13%) Analyst
14 8 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
14 8 (3.13%) Senior Architect
15 7 (2.73%) AWS Architect
15 7 (2.73%) Senior Security Architect
15 7 (2.73%) Technical Architect
16 6 (2.34%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.34%) OAuth
2 5 (1.95%) REST
3 4 (1.56%) OpenID
3 4 (1.56%) SAML
4 3 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.17%) Kafka
4 3 (1.17%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.17%) Middleware
4 3 (1.17%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.17%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.78%) JWT
5 2 (0.78%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.78%) Visualforce
6 1 (0.39%) ADO
6 1 (0.39%) JSSE
6 1 (0.39%) SOAP
6 1 (0.39%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.39%) Web Services
6 1 (0.39%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.11%) Security Posture
2 24 (9.38%) Cloud Native
3 16 (6.25%) PKI
4 14 (5.47%) Data Centre
5 13 (5.08%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (4.69%) Onboarding
7 11 (4.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (4.30%) Management Information System
8 9 (3.52%) Product Ownership
9 8 (3.13%) Cloud Security Posture
9 8 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (3.13%) Public Cloud
9 8 (3.13%) Taxonomies
10 7 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (2.73%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.73%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.95%) NHS
12 4 (1.56%) IoT
12 4 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.59%) Windows
2 9 (3.52%) Linux
3 8 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.95%) Unix
5 2 (0.78%) Android
5 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (35.94%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (30.47%) Cloud Security
3 64 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 59 (23.05%) SIEM
5 55 (21.48%) Zero Trust
6 49 (19.14%) CI/CD
6 49 (19.14%) Incident Response
7 42 (16.41%) TOGAF
8 41 (16.02%) Roadmaps
9 37 (14.45%) DevSecOps
10 36 (14.06%) Identity Access Management
11 35 (13.67%) DevOps
11 35 (13.67%) Infrastructure as Code
12 34 (13.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 31 (12.11%) Migration
14 30 (11.72%) Information Security
15 27 (10.55%) Data Loss Prevention
16 26 (10.16%) AI
16 26 (10.16%) Threat Detection
16 26 (10.16%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.98%) Python
2 12 (4.69%) Kusto Query Language
3 10 (3.91%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.34%) Bash
4 6 (2.34%) SQL
5 4 (1.56%) Java
6 3 (1.17%) Apex Code
6 3 (1.17%) Go
6 3 (1.17%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.78%) C
7 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.78%) Swift
8 1 (0.39%) Bicep
8 1 (0.39%) C-shell
8 1 (0.39%) Korn
8 1 (0.39%) ProC
8 1 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 71 (27.73%) Security Cleared
2 64 (25.00%) CISSP
3 47 (18.36%) SC Cleared
4 30 (11.72%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (11.33%) CISM
6 25 (9.77%) AWS Certification
7 20 (7.81%) Degree
8 18 (7.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 18 (7.03%) CCSP
9 16 (6.25%) Azure Certification
9 16 (6.25%) DV Cleared
10 13 (5.08%) CCIE
10 13 (5.08%) CCNP
11 11 (4.30%) CEH
12 6 (2.34%) CompTIA CySA+
12 6 (2.34%) JNCIE
12 6 (2.34%) JNCIP
12 6 (2.34%) OSCP
12 6 (2.34%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (1.95%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (30.47%) NIST
2 70 (27.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (16.41%) GDPR
4 26 (10.16%) PCI DSS
5 22 (8.59%) NCSC
6 9 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (3.13%) EU AI Act
7 8 (3.13%) PSD2
8 6 (2.34%) QA
9 5 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.95%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.95%) GRC
10 4 (1.56%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.56%) JSP 440
11 3 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.17%) COBIT
11 3 (1.17%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 16 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.13%) Docker
2 8 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (3.13%) VMware NSX
3 6 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.78%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.39%) RACF
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (13.28%) Terraform
2 29 (11.33%) Kubernetes
3 24 (9.38%) Ansible
4 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.13%) SCCM
6 6 (2.34%) Fluentd
6 6 (2.34%) WSUS
7 5 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.17%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.17%) Grafana
9 2 (0.78%) Argo
9 2 (0.78%) CASB
9 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.39%) Istio
10 1 (0.39%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 55 (21.48%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.38%) Cisco
3 22 (8.59%) Splunk
4 15 (5.86%) Fortinet
5 13 (5.08%) Palo Alto
6 12 (4.69%) CyberArk
6 12 (4.69%) Darktrace
6 12 (4.69%) F5
6 12 (4.69%) VMware
6 12 (4.69%) Zscaler
7 10 (3.91%) CheckPoint
8 8 (3.13%) Juniper
9 7 (2.73%) Cribl.io
9 7 (2.73%) Sparx
10 6 (2.34%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.34%) Sophos
11 5 (1.95%) Google
11 5 (1.95%) Meraki
11 5 (1.95%) SAP
11 5 (1.95%) ServiceNow