AWS Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect)
England > London

The median Security Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Security Architect) daily rate in London is £725, 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 363 376 423
Rank change year-on-year +13 +47 +154
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Security Architect 8 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.058% 0.032% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.034% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £639 £715 £636
25th Percentile £663 £738 £653
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £775 £713
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +8.77% -8.06%
75th Percentile £788 £813 £778
90th Percentile £805 £835 £784
England median daily rate £738 £600 £675
% change year-on-year +22.92% -11.11% -12.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,869 14,724 19,083
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 93.99% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,538 9,507 13,876
10th Percentile £333 £338 £344
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 153 219
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.30
25th Percentile £21.75 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -3.23% +19.23%
75th Percentile £47.50 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.31 £80.75 £74.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%

AWS Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

AWS Security Architect job vacancy trend in London

AWS Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Security Architect job vacancies in London

AWS Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for AWS Security Architect in London

AWS Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Security Architect within the London 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
Central London - 4 £700 - 6
AWS Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, AWS 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 London region featuring AWS Security Architect in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) AWS
2 7 (87.50%) Cloud Security
3 4 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (37.50%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (37.50%) NIST
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
4 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (37.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (25.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
5 2 (25.00%) AWS CloudTrail
5 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (25.00%) Terraform
6 1 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
6 1 (12.50%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (12.50%) Ansible
6 1 (12.50%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (12.50%) Azure
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (12.50%) CISM

AWS Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 8 (100.00%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 2 (25.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 2 (25.00%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (12.50%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) CSOC
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cloud Security
2 4 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (37.50%) Network Segmentation
3 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) SIEM
5 1 (12.50%) SOAR
5 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CISM
3 1 (12.50%) CISSP
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) SANS
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Terraform
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Splunk