Network Security Architect Contracts in London

Network Security Architect
England > London

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in London is £596, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 379 449
Rank change year-on-year +28 +70 +148
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 13 4 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.096% 0.025% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.026% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 10
10th Percentile £490 - £590
25th Percentile £508 - £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 £500 £638
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% -21.57% -10.78%
75th Percentile £723 - £669
90th Percentile £756 - £726
England median daily rate £675 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -10.71%

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 12,605 15,202 22,076
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.07% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,486 10,678 16,198
10th Percentile £325 £350 £357
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 198 233
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.98 £22.00 £22.90
Median hourly rate £29.07 £33.29 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% -11.24% +15.03%
75th Percentile £49.81 £54.69 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.88 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -43.94% +8.43% +61.60%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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
West London - 2 £483 -
Central London - 2 £756 -
Network Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 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 10 (76.92%) Firewall
2 9 (69.23%) Fortinet
2 9 (69.23%) Network Security
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco
4 5 (38.46%) DNS
4 5 (38.46%) NIST
5 4 (30.77%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (30.77%) VPN
5 4 (30.77%) Tufin
5 4 (30.77%) AlgoSec
5 4 (30.77%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (23.08%) Public Cloud
6 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
6 3 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
7 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
7 2 (15.38%) GCP
7 2 (15.38%) Google
7 2 (15.38%) PKI
7 2 (15.38%) Agile
7 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (15.38%) Finance
7 2 (15.38%) Migration
7 2 (15.38%) CCIE
7 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (15.38%) Ericsson
7 2 (15.38%) LAN
7 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi

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 (15.38%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) Firewall
2 9 (69.23%) Network Security
3 5 (38.46%) DNS
4 4 (30.77%) VPN
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (15.38%) LAN
5 2 (15.38%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
5 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (15.38%) Wireless
6 1 (7.69%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.69%) tcpdump
6 1 (7.69%) VLAN
6 1 (7.69%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
1 3 (23.08%) Public Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Network Segmentation
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
2 3 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Network Design
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Fintech
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Security Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) SIEM
4 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) User Experience
4 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CCIE
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) CCIE Security
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) CASB
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Fortinet
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco
3 4 (30.77%) AlgoSec
3 4 (30.77%) Tufin
4 2 (15.38%) Ericsson
4 2 (15.38%) Google
5 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
5 1 (7.69%) SAP
5 1 (7.69%) VMware