Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Security Architect
West London > Hillingdon

The median Security Architect daily rate in Hillingdon is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 2.01% 2.25% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 3.03% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £550 £456 -
25th Percentile £588 £464 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £483 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.72% - -
75th Percentile £825 £504 -
90th Percentile £930 £515 -
West London median daily rate £850 £483 £686
% change year-on-year +76.17% -29.69% -16.82%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hillingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hillingdon. 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 Hillingdon with a recognized job title 135 66 70
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 74.16% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 43 55
10th Percentile £412 £176 £250
25th Percentile £463 £350 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £775 £456 £581
90th Percentile £878 £500 £650
West London median daily rate £520 £425 £495
% change year-on-year +22.35% -14.14% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £14.80 £25.00 £34.63
25th Percentile £16.71 £25.01 £41.33
Median hourly rate £20.93 £25.11 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -54.34% +100.00%
75th Percentile £25.36 £41.35 £78.75
90th Percentile £27.39 £47.13 £91.50
West London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.04 £30.59
% change year-on-year +59.76% -18.15% -52.94%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

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

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Hillingdon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Hillingdon over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Hillingdon

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 13 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
West Drayton - 1 £1,000 -
Heathrow - 1 £650 -
Security Architect
West London

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

For the 6 months to 13 August 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 Hillingdon region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (33.33%) BigQuery
2 1 (33.33%) CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) SABSA
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Snowflake

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) BigQuery
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) SABSA
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST