Network Security Architect Contracts in London

Network Security Architect
England > London

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 387 481
Rank change year-on-year +50 +94 +84
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 16 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.022% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.024% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 8
10th Percentile £588 - £544
25th Percentile £612 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £745 £638
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +16.86% +5.59%
75th Percentile £723 - £656
90th Percentile £756 - £690
England median daily rate £675 £748 £625
% change year-on-year -9.70% +19.60% +4.17%

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £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 £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Network Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Architect in London

Network Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security Architect in London

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Architect in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Architect in London

Network 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 Network Security Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 3 £756 - 5
Network Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network 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 Network Security Architect in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) Firewall
2 10 (62.50%) Network Security
3 8 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 8 (50.00%) DNS
4 6 (37.50%) Cisco
4 6 (37.50%) NIST
5 4 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
5 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) VPN
5 4 (25.00%) Azure
5 4 (25.00%) Tufin
5 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 4 (25.00%) AlgoSec
6 3 (18.75%) AWS
6 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 3 (18.75%) WAN
6 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (18.75%) Public Cloud
6 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
6 3 (18.75%) SD-WAN
6 3 (18.75%) GRC
6 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
6 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
6 3 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto
7 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (12.50%) GCP
7 2 (12.50%) Ericsson

Network 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 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (81.25%) Firewall
2 10 (62.50%) Network Security
3 8 (50.00%) DNS
4 4 (25.00%) VPN
5 3 (18.75%) SD-WAN
5 3 (18.75%) WAN
6 2 (12.50%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (12.50%) Wireless
7 1 (6.25%) BGP
7 1 (6.25%) OSPF
7 1 (6.25%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
7 1 (6.25%) tcpdump
7 1 (6.25%) VLAN
7 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (6.25%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
1 3 (18.75%) Public Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) PKI
3 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
1 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
2 3 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (12.50%) Agile
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 2 (12.50%) Network Design
3 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (6.25%) Data Security
4 1 (6.25%) DevOps
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
4 1 (6.25%) SIEM
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Use Case
4 1 (6.25%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (12.50%) CCIE
3 1 (6.25%) CCIE Security
3 1 (6.25%) CCNP
3 1 (6.25%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) OSCP
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) NIST
2 3 (18.75%) GRC
3 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) CASB
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 6 (37.50%) Cisco
3 4 (25.00%) AlgoSec
3 4 (25.00%) Tufin
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
5 2 (12.50%) Ericsson
5 2 (12.50%) Google
5 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto
6 1 (6.25%) Meraki
6 1 (6.25%) SAP
6 1 (6.25%) VMware