Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Essex

Security Architecture
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.31% - 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% - 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.09%
75th Percentile £675 - £738
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £600 - £675
% change year-on-year - - -15.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 245 105 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 74.92% 93.75% 84.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 49 53
10th Percentile £300 £199 £194
25th Percentile £350 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £550
90th Percentile £600 £528 £599
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 29 32
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £15.78
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.87 £28.44
Median hourly rate £20.26 £21.00 £72.75
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -71.13% +43.87%
75th Percentile £40.09 £50.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.00 £84.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Essex

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Security Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £650 -
Security Architecture
East of England

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC