Security Architect Contract Job Trends in the Home Counties

Security Architect
South East > Home Counties

As of 19 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Architect daily rate in the Home Counties.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Home Counties 14.29% - 6.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £663 £650 £675
% change year-on-year +1.92% -3.70% +3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Home Counties

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Home Counties. 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 the Home Counties with a recognized job title 7 4 15
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile £569 - £356
25th Percentile £597 £225 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £250 £550
Median % change year-on-year +157.60% -54.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £897 £275 -
90th Percentile £1,049 - £600
South East median daily rate £500 £509 £510
% change year-on-year -1.67% -0.29% +2.00%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

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 the Home Counties.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in the Home Counties

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the Home Counties.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the Home Counties

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Home Counties

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, 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 Home Counties region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST