Security Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Security Technical Architect
UK > England

The median Security Technical Architect daily rate in England is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 514 565
Rank change year-on-year -20 +51 +168
Contract jobs requiring a Security Technical Architect 6 7 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.020% 0.022% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.024% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 7
10th Percentile £446 £526 £490
25th Percentile £481 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -9.78% +2.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £583 £597 £688
90th Percentile £608 £700 £763
UK median daily rate £519 £725 £675
% change year-on-year -28.45% +7.41% +5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 27,142 28,971 37,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 93.00% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,434 17,700 25,988
10th Percentile £281 £300 £299
25th Percentile £404 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £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 1,605 1,092 1,424
10th Percentile £14.07 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%
75th Percentile £51.65 £66.15 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +53.98%

Security Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Technical Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Security Technical Architect job vacancy trend in England

Security Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Technical Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Technical Architect job vacancies in England

Security Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Technical Architect in England over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Technical Architect in England

Security Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Technical Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Technical Architect job vacancies in England

Security Technical Architect
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 Technical Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +4 3 £600 +21.21% 3
London +9 2 £468 -33.21% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £538 -
North of England - 1 £538 -
Security Technical Architect
UK

Security Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Security Technical Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Security Technical Architect in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (16.67%) Application Security
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
3 1 (16.67%) McAfee
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Qualys
3 1 (16.67%) Reverse Proxy

Security Technical Architect Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Reverse Proxy
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (16.67%) Application Security
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
2 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM
2 1 (16.67%) SOAR
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) McAfee
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Qualys