Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Security Architect
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Security Architect daily rate in Hertfordshire is £688, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.36% - 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £626 - -
25th Percentile £647 - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile £722 - £713
90th Percentile £739 - -
East of England median daily rate £613 £500 £675
% change year-on-year +22.50% -25.93% -18.18%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 766 311 755
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 84.97% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 151 305
10th Percentile £200 £225 £240
25th Percentile £413 £425 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +20.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £575
90th Percentile £750 £675 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £489 £442
% change year-on-year +2.19% +10.70% -6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 83 294
10th Percentile £16.00 £20.13 £27.20
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.45 £43.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £71.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £81.01 £73.68
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% +10.19%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Hertfordshire

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Stevenage - 1 - - 1
Watford - 1 £625 - 3
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £750 -
Security Architect
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 2026, Security 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Compliance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) IFS
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SABSA
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) RMADS
1 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) IFS