Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £645, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 196 199
Rank change year-on-year -32 +3 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 181 159 202
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.02% 1.27% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.36% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 113 146
10th Percentile £463 £550 £550
25th Percentile £513 £603 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £675 £735
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -8.16% +5.00%
75th Percentile £775 £763 £780
90th Percentile £830 £823 £825
England median daily rate £635 £673 £700
% change year-on-year -5.65% -3.86% -

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 16,451 11,727 16,626
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 93.48% 93.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,958 8,033 12,023
10th Percentile £350 £341 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 143 336
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £23.90 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% +22.26% -20.54%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.78 £36.31
% change year-on-year +52.70% -15.22% -19.32%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in London

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in London

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 Security Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. 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 38 £600 -8.40% 2
South London -16 2 £810 - 6
East London -4 1 £775 - 7
West London -18 1 £1,000 - 8
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2026, 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 91 (50.28%) Security Architecture
2 71 (39.23%) Security Cleared
3 57 (31.49%) Cloud Security
4 56 (30.94%) SC Cleared
5 55 (30.39%) Azure
6 50 (27.62%) AWS
7 49 (27.07%) Threat Modelling
8 45 (24.86%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (22.10%) Network Security
10 39 (21.55%) CISSP
11 30 (16.57%) Zero Trust
12 28 (15.47%) Architectural Patterns
13 27 (14.92%) GCP
13 27 (14.92%) Information Security
14 25 (13.81%) TOGAF
15 24 (13.26%) Application Security
15 24 (13.26%) DevSecOps
16 23 (12.71%) CI/CD
16 23 (12.71%) Risk Management
17 22 (12.15%) NIST
18 21 (11.60%) Cisco Certification
19 20 (11.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 20 (11.05%) Vulnerability Management
20 18 (9.94%) CISM
20 18 (9.94%) Data Protection
20 18 (9.94%) Identity Access Management
20 18 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 16 (8.84%) AI
21 16 (8.84%) SABSA
21 16 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.10%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 55 (30.39%) Azure
2 50 (27.62%) AWS
3 27 (14.92%) GCP
4 10 (5.52%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.42%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 8 (4.42%) AWS KMS
5 8 (4.42%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (3.31%) SaaS
6 6 (3.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (2.76%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.10%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.10%) PaaS
9 2 (1.10%) Serverless
10 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 40 (22.10%) Network Security
2 14 (7.73%) Firewall
3 7 (3.87%) LAN
3 7 (3.87%) WAN
4 6 (3.31%) VPN
5 4 (2.21%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.66%) BGP
6 3 (1.66%) BIG-IP
6 3 (1.66%) OSPF
7 2 (1.10%) DMZ
7 2 (1.10%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (1.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (1.10%) Intranet
8 1 (0.55%) 3G
8 1 (0.55%) 3GPP
8 1 (0.55%) 4G
8 1 (0.55%) 5G
8 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.10%) Big Data
2 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.55%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.21%) Snyk
2 1 (0.55%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.55%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.55%) GitLab
2 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 35 (19.34%) Public Sector
2 32 (17.68%) Finance
3 28 (15.47%) Social Skills
4 17 (9.39%) Banking
5 11 (6.08%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.31%) Legal
8 5 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.21%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.10%) Law
11 1 (0.55%) Aviation
11 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.55%) Retail
11 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.76%) J2EE
1 5 (2.76%) JSP
2 2 (1.10%) OAuth
2 2 (1.10%) OpenID
2 2 (1.10%) SAML
3 1 (0.55%) JAAS
3 1 (0.55%) JSSE
3 1 (0.55%) JWT
3 1 (0.55%) Middleware
3 1 (0.55%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.55%) React
3 1 (0.55%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.39%) Security Posture
2 15 (8.29%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.08%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.42%) AI Agents
5 5 (2.76%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.76%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.76%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.21%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.10%) PKI
8 2 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.55%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.55%) NHS
9 1 (0.55%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.66%) Linux
1 3 (1.66%) Windows
2 1 (0.55%) Unix
2 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (50.28%) Security Architecture
2 57 (31.49%) Cloud Security
3 49 (27.07%) Threat Modelling
4 45 (24.86%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (16.57%) Zero Trust
6 28 (15.47%) Architectural Patterns
7 27 (14.92%) Information Security
8 25 (13.81%) TOGAF
9 24 (13.26%) Application Security
9 24 (13.26%) DevSecOps
10 23 (12.71%) CI/CD
10 23 (12.71%) Risk Management
11 20 (11.05%) Vulnerability Management
12 18 (9.94%) Data Protection
12 18 (9.94%) Identity Access Management
12 18 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (8.84%) AI
13 16 (8.84%) SABSA
13 16 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (8.29%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.42%) Java
2 2 (1.10%) Python
2 2 (1.10%) SQL
3 1 (0.55%) C
3 1 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.55%) ProC
3 1 (0.55%) RPG
Qualifications
1 71 (39.23%) Security Cleared
2 56 (30.94%) SC Cleared
3 39 (21.55%) CISSP
4 21 (11.60%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (9.94%) CISM
6 15 (8.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (6.08%) CCSP
8 9 (4.97%) AWS Certification
9 8 (4.42%) Degree
10 6 (3.31%) GIAC
11 5 (2.76%) CCNP
12 4 (2.21%) CISA
12 4 (2.21%) SANS
13 3 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.66%) CCIE
13 3 (1.66%) CEH
13 3 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.66%) OSCP
14 2 (1.10%) CCSE
14 2 (1.10%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.15%) NIST
2 20 (11.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (8.29%) NCSC
4 14 (7.73%) GDPR
5 8 (4.42%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.76%) GRC
7 3 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.66%) IFRS
7 3 (1.66%) IFRS 9
8 2 (1.10%) COBIT
8 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.10%) EU AI Act
8 2 (1.10%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.55%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 3 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.55%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 10 (5.52%) Terraform
2 7 (3.87%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.66%) Ansible
4 2 (1.10%) QRadar
5 1 (0.55%) SELinux
5 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (8.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.42%) Splunk
2 8 (4.42%) Zscaler
3 7 (3.87%) Cisco
4 5 (2.76%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.21%) Okta
5 4 (2.21%) Qualys
5 4 (2.21%) Tenable
6 3 (1.66%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.66%) F5
6 3 (1.66%) Google
7 2 (1.10%) Cribl.io
7 2 (1.10%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.10%) Juniper
7 2 (1.10%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.10%) Remedy
7 2 (1.10%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.55%) Netlify
8 1 (0.55%) Sparx