Enterprise Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Enterprise Security Architect
England > London

The median Enterprise Security Architect daily rate in London is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 340 387
Rank change year-on-year -55 +47 +78
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Security Architect 10 10 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.056% 0.080% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.086% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 8
10th Percentile £810 £624 £579
25th Percentile - £663 £746
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £675 £770
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -12.34% +6.21%
75th Percentile - £688 £773
90th Percentile - £698 £780
England median daily rate £900 £675 £735
% change year-on-year +33.33% -8.16% +1.38%

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 16,664 11,670 16,335
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 93.28% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,050 7,988 11,809
10th Percentile £352 £344 £325
25th Percentile £430 £427 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £756 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -2.01% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 143 318
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.42 £20.07
Median hourly rate £38.29 £34.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.62% +23.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £46.05
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £65.32
England median hourly rate £45.59 £30.00 £36.92
% change year-on-year +51.95% -18.73% -17.54%

Enterprise Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Enterprise Security Architect job vacancy trend in London

Enterprise Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Enterprise Security Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 May 2026, Enterprise 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 Enterprise Security Architect in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) AI
1 8 (80.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (10.00%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (10.00%) CISSP
5 1 (10.00%) Claude Code
5 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) EU AI Act
5 1 (10.00%) GDPR
5 1 (10.00%) LLM
5 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 1 (10.00%) NIST
5 1 (10.00%) SABSA
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
5 1 (10.00%) Use Case
5 1 (10.00%) Zero Trust

Enterprise 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 1 (10.00%) Anthropic Claude
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Claude Code
General
1 7 (70.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (10.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) AI
1 8 (80.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) LLM
5 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 1 (10.00%) SABSA
5 1 (10.00%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
5 1 (10.00%) Use Case
5 1 (10.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (10.00%) CISSP
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) EU AI Act
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) NIST