Lead Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Lead Security Architect
England > London

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 369 397
Rank change year-on-year -11 +28 +164
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 1 12 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.079% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.084% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £588 £686
25th Percentile - £617 £701
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £715 £732
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.26% -8.56%
75th Percentile - £903 £743
90th Percentile - £944 -
England median daily rate £700 £703 £743
% change year-on-year -0.36% -5.45% +14.31%

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 13,157 14,282 17,864
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 93.50% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 9,248 12,923
10th Percentile £340 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 154 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.65 £17.95
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £56.63 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Lead Security Architect job vacancy trend in London

Lead Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Lead 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 Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture

Lead 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST