DevSecOps Architect Contract Job Trends in London

DevSecOps Architect
England > London

The median DevSecOps Architect daily rate in London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 - 380
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Contract jobs requiring a DevSecOps Architect 10 0 15
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.049% - 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% - 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - £761
25th Percentile £650 - £761
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £774
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.92%
75th Percentile £725 - £786
90th Percentile £756 - £787
England median daily rate £656 - £774
% change year-on-year - - +19.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,957 12,509 15,235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.15% 92.73% 93.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,241 8,350 10,001
10th Percentile £361 £332 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £667 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 413 204 177
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.00 £17.40
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.69 £24.15
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.14 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.16% -19.61% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.92 £78.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.71% -4.44%

DevSecOps Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DevSecOps Architect job vacancy trend in London

DevSecOps Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DevSecOps Architect job vacancies in London

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 2026, DevSecOps 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 DevSecOps Architect in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) DevSecOps
2 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (10.00%) AI
5 1 (10.00%) Application Security
5 1 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (10.00%) AWS
5 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
5 1 (10.00%) Azure
5 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (10.00%) Data Security
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
5 1 (10.00%) HTML
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
5 1 (10.00%) Microservices
5 1 (10.00%) Network Security
5 1 (10.00%) OWASP
5 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) RBAC

DevSecOps 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 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) DevSecOps
2 5 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
3 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (10.00%) Application Security
4 1 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Microservices
4 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) RBAC
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) SBOM
4 1 (10.00%) Secrets Management
4 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes