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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 262 217
Rank change year-on-year +33 -45 +65
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 449 233 404
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 0.96% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.05% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 152 256
10th Percentile £458 £534 £500
25th Percentile £522 £600 £604
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £763 £801
90th Percentile £822 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £622 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.93% -3.57% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 17
10th Percentile £57.60 £59.25 -
25th Percentile £83.00 £60.75 £81.88
Median hourly rate £84.00 £73.46 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year +14.36% -16.01% +6.66%
75th Percentile - £86.43 £87.53
90th Percentile £105.72 £89.23 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £73.60 £87.46
% change year-on-year +14.13% -15.85% +18.19%

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 34,571 22,170 31,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 91.23% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,077 14,511 20,880
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.70% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,146 929 2,248
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.50 £12.91
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.65 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.47% -20.36% -2.25%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.40 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +8 211 £648 -4.07% 62
North of England +5 82 £634 +12.67% 21
South East -53 62 £575 -8.00% 23
North West +11 54 £621 -7.45% 19
South West -16 30 £575 -14.81% 9
Midlands -43 28 £525 -26.32% 13
Yorkshire -30 25 £663 +20.45% 2
West Midlands -46 22 £525 -26.32% 9
East of England -35 8 £710 -8.39% 10
North East -16 4 £498 +3.22%
East Midlands - 4 £438 - 3
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 (3.12%) Confluence
2 9 (2.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.67%) Camunda
4 2 (0.45%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.22%) Appian
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.11%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.22%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.22%) Summit
3 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 194 (43.21%) Azure
2 162 (36.08%) AWS
3 64 (14.25%) GCP
4 61 (13.59%) Entra ID
5 28 (6.24%) SaaS
6 25 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (4.68%) PaaS
8 20 (4.45%) IaaS
9 19 (4.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 15 (3.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (3.12%) Serverless
12 12 (2.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 12 (2.67%) GitHub
13 11 (2.45%) AWS KMS
14 10 (2.23%) OpenShift
14 10 (2.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
16 7 (1.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 98 (21.83%) Network Security
2 61 (13.59%) Firewall
3 16 (3.56%) WAN
4 15 (3.34%) LAN
4 15 (3.34%) SD-WAN
5 14 (3.12%) VPN
6 12 (2.67%) DHCP
7 11 (2.45%) IPsec
8 10 (2.23%) SSL
9 8 (1.78%) BGP
9 8 (1.78%) DNS
9 8 (1.78%) OSPF
10 6 (1.34%) BIG-IP
10 6 (1.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 6 (1.34%) HTTPS
10 6 (1.34%) Kerberos
10 6 (1.34%) NGFW
10 6 (1.34%) Reverse Proxy
10 6 (1.34%) Wireless
11 5 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.34%) Metadata
2 6 (1.34%) Power BI
3 5 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.11%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.11%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.45%) Big Data
5 2 (0.45%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.45%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.45%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.45%) MySQL
5 2 (0.45%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.45%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 14 (3.12%) JIRA
2 7 (1.56%) GitLab
3 6 (1.34%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.89%) Git
4 4 (0.89%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.45%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.45%) Snyk
6 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.22%) ERwin
6 1 (0.22%) Hudson
General
1 101 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 90 (20.04%) Finance
3 60 (13.36%) Public Sector
4 29 (6.46%) Banking
5 21 (4.68%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.12%) Financial Institution
8 13 (2.90%) Military
9 12 (2.67%) Legal
10 10 (2.23%) Aerospace
11 9 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.00%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.11%) Law
14 4 (0.89%) Aviation
14 4 (0.89%) Local Government
15 3 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.67%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.67%) Retail
15 3 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 263 (58.57%) Architect
2 191 (42.54%) Security Architect
3 47 (10.47%) Security Engineer
4 36 (8.02%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 36 (8.02%) Lead
5 30 (6.68%) Senior
6 28 (6.24%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (5.79%) Consultant
8 23 (5.12%) Cloud Architect
9 20 (4.45%) Technical Architect
10 18 (4.01%) Security Consultant
11 15 (3.34%) Project Manager
11 15 (3.34%) Security Specialist
12 14 (3.12%) Network Architect
13 13 (2.90%) Lead Architect
14 11 (2.45%) Migration Manager
14 11 (2.45%) Migration Project Manager
14 11 (2.45%) Network Security Architect
14 11 (2.45%) Security Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.23%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.23%) OAuth
2 14 (3.12%) OAuth2
2 14 (3.12%) OpenID
3 12 (2.67%) SAML
4 10 (2.23%) SailPoint
5 9 (2.00%) REST
6 8 (1.78%) 802.1X
7 5 (1.11%) LangChain
7 5 (1.11%) PyTorch
7 5 (1.11%) scikit-learn
7 5 (1.11%) Web Services
7 5 (1.11%) XACML
8 4 (0.89%) ADO
8 4 (0.89%) J2EE
8 4 (0.89%) JSP
8 4 (0.89%) JWT
9 3 (0.67%) .NET
9 3 (0.67%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.67%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.03%) Cloud Native
2 49 (10.91%) Security Posture
3 29 (6.46%) Operational Technology
4 19 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 19 (4.23%) PKI
5 17 (3.79%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.45%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.23%) Cloud Security Posture
9 9 (2.00%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.00%) IoT
9 9 (2.00%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.78%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 7 (1.56%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.34%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.34%) SCADA
13 5 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.24%) Windows
2 22 (4.90%) Linux
3 11 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.00%) Unix
5 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.45%) Android
6 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (32.07%) Cybersecurity
2 143 (31.85%) Threat Modelling
3 114 (25.39%) Cloud Security
4 109 (24.28%) Zero Trust
5 99 (22.05%) CI/CD
6 83 (18.49%) SIEM
7 76 (16.93%) DevOps
8 73 (16.26%) DevSecOps
9 72 (16.04%) Vulnerability Management
10 71 (15.81%) Risk Management
11 65 (14.48%) TOGAF
12 64 (14.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 63 (14.03%) Identity Access Management
14 60 (13.36%) Architectural Patterns
14 60 (13.36%) SABSA
15 57 (12.69%) Agile
16 53 (11.80%) Roadmaps
16 53 (11.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 51 (11.36%) SDLC
18 47 (10.47%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.69%) Python
2 19 (4.23%) SQL
3 18 (4.01%) Java
4 17 (3.79%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.00%) Bash
6 8 (1.78%) Bicep
7 4 (0.89%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.89%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.67%) Go
9 2 (0.45%) C
9 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.45%) Ruby
9 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.45%) Swift
10 1 (0.22%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.22%) C-shell
10 1 (0.22%) Korn
10 1 (0.22%) ProC
Qualifications
1 159 (35.41%) Security Cleared
2 107 (23.83%) CISSP
3 103 (22.94%) SC Cleared
4 51 (11.36%) CISM
5 45 (10.02%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (8.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 36 (8.02%) DV Cleared
7 32 (7.13%) Degree
8 28 (6.24%) AWS Certification
9 21 (4.68%) GIAC
10 20 (4.45%) CCSP
11 17 (3.79%) Azure Certification
12 13 (2.90%) PMI Certification
12 13 (2.90%) PMP
12 13 (2.90%) SANS
13 10 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (2.23%) CESG Certified Professional
14 9 (2.00%) CEH
14 9 (2.00%) CRISC
15 7 (1.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (27.84%) NIST
2 102 (22.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (11.80%) GDPR
4 39 (8.69%) NCSC
5 30 (6.68%) PCI DSS
6 19 (4.23%) NIST 800
7 18 (4.01%) GRC
8 13 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (2.00%) QA
9 9 (2.00%) SLA
10 7 (1.56%) COBIT
10 7 (1.56%) HIPAA
10 7 (1.56%) JSP 440
11 6 (1.34%) ISO 31000
11 6 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.34%) SOC 2
12 5 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.89%) RMADS
14 3 (0.67%) DICOM
14 3 (0.67%) HL7
System Software
1 40 (8.91%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.90%) Docker
3 10 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.00%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.11%) RACF
5 5 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.67%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) IAG
7 1 (0.22%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (9.35%) Terraform
2 36 (8.02%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.01%) Ansible
4 14 (3.12%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.89%) CASB
7 4 (0.89%) SCCM
7 4 (0.89%) WSUS
8 3 (0.67%) Argo
9 2 (0.45%) Grafana
9 2 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.22%) Istio
10 1 (0.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.22%) Packer
10 1 (0.22%) QRadar
10 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.57%) CyberArk
3 18 (4.01%) Splunk
4 17 (3.79%) Cisco
4 17 (3.79%) Zscaler
5 16 (3.56%) VMware
6 12 (2.67%) Google
7 11 (2.45%) Okta
8 10 (2.23%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.00%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.78%) ForeScout
10 8 (1.78%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.78%) SAP
11 7 (1.56%) F5
11 7 (1.56%) Oracle
11 7 (1.56%) Sparx
11 7 (1.56%) Tenable
12 6 (1.34%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.34%) Juniper
13 5 (1.11%) OpenAI