Lead Security Architect Contracts in London

Lead Security Architect
England > London

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in London is £710, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 393 472
Rank change year-on-year +59 +79 +125
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 9 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.074% 0.046% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.049% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile £633 £650 £706
25th Percentile £663 £725 £719
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 £745 £743
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% +0.27% -9.94%
75th Percentile £763 - £889
90th Percentile £830 - £956
England median daily rate £693 £735 £711
% change year-on-year -5.78% +3.34% +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 11,435 16,438 23,998
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 93.64% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,726 11,848 17,497
10th Percentile £349 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 327 279
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £17.88
25th Percentile £24.42 £20.22 £22.57
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.81 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% -22.75% +2.86%
75th Percentile £50.25 £46.68 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.65 £67.40 £80.45
England median hourly rate £29.30 £39.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.82% -12.22% +88.21%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Lead Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Security Architect in London

Lead Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Security Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for Lead Security Architect in London

Lead Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Security Architect in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Security Architect in London

Lead 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 Lead Security Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 - 1 £710 - 1
Lead Security Architect
England

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, Lead Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Confluence
3 3 (33.33%) JIRA
3 3 (33.33%) Network Security
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 3 (33.33%) Google
3 3 (33.33%) GCP
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) AWS
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) OWASP
5 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance
5 1 (11.11%) Azure
5 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
5 1 (11.11%) Time Management
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) CISSP
5 1 (11.11%) PMP
5 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) GCP
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Application Security
3 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Design Patterns
3 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps
3 1 (11.11%) Domain Models
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CREST Certified
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (11.11%) ISSAP
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GRC
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
1 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow