Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 243 220
Rank change year-on-year -12 -23 +81
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 126 133 176
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.88% 0.90% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.96% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 81 129
10th Percentile £475 £525 £545
25th Percentile £559 £600 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £700
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -1.79% -
75th Percentile £750 £800 £775
90th Percentile £800 £900 £825
England median daily rate £650 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £81.63 - -
25th Percentile £82.19 - -
Median hourly rate £88.75 - -
75th Percentile £94.69 - -
90th Percentile £94.88 - -
England median hourly rate £86.25 £73.31 £78.74
% change year-on-year +17.65% -6.90% +12.49%

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 13,243 13,839 17,255
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 93.46% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,772 8,936 12,466
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £793 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 152 218
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.95 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.82 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.15
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.22% +38.46%

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 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 -6 19 £681 -0.95% 18
West London - 3 £515 - 1
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, 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 78 (61.90%) Security Architecture
2 49 (38.89%) Azure
3 44 (34.92%) AWS
4 39 (30.95%) Cloud Security
5 37 (29.37%) Cybersecurity
6 35 (27.78%) Security Cleared
7 30 (23.81%) SC Cleared
8 29 (23.02%) Network Security
9 26 (20.63%) Firewall
10 23 (18.25%) Incident Response
10 23 (18.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 23 (18.25%) NIST
11 21 (16.67%) Microsoft
11 21 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
12 20 (15.87%) TOGAF
13 18 (14.29%) DevSecOps
13 18 (14.29%) Zero Trust
14 17 (13.49%) CISSP
14 17 (13.49%) Identity Access Management
14 17 (13.49%) IT Strategy
14 17 (13.49%) SIEM
14 17 (13.49%) Vulnerability Management
15 16 (12.70%) SABSA
15 16 (12.70%) Technology Strategy
16 15 (11.90%) GCP
16 15 (11.90%) Risk Management
16 15 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 14 (11.11%) GDPR
18 13 (10.32%) CI/CD
18 13 (10.32%) Information Security

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 2 (1.59%) Confluence
2 1 (0.79%) nginx
2 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 49 (38.89%) Azure
2 44 (34.92%) AWS
3 15 (11.90%) GCP
4 7 (5.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 6 (4.76%) AWS KMS
5 6 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (3.97%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.17%) PaaS
7 4 (3.17%) SaaS
8 3 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.59%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.59%) IaaS
10 1 (0.79%) Akamai
10 1 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.79%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.79%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 29 (23.02%) Network Security
2 26 (20.63%) Firewall
3 7 (5.56%) LAN
3 7 (5.56%) WAN
4 6 (4.76%) NGFW
4 6 (4.76%) VPN
5 5 (3.97%) SD-WAN
6 3 (2.38%) SSL
6 3 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.59%) BGP
7 2 (1.59%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.59%) OSPF
7 2 (1.59%) S/MIME
7 2 (1.59%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.79%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.79%) HSRP
8 1 (0.79%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.59%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 34 (26.98%) Finance
2 23 (18.25%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 13 (10.32%) Banking
5 8 (6.35%) Financial Institution
6 6 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.97%) Legal
8 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.79%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.97%) OpenID
1 5 (3.97%) SAML
2 2 (1.59%) .NET
2 2 (1.59%) OAuth
2 2 (1.59%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.79%) JAAS
3 1 (0.79%) JSSE
3 1 (0.79%) Middleware
3 1 (0.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.94%) Security Posture
2 8 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.56%) PKI
4 6 (4.76%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.97%) Taxonomies
6 4 (3.17%) NHS
6 4 (3.17%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.38%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.79%) Clustering
9 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.79%) Robotics
9 1 (0.79%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.17%) Windows
2 3 (2.38%) Linux
3 2 (1.59%) Unix
3 2 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (61.90%) Security Architecture
2 39 (30.95%) Cloud Security
3 37 (29.37%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (18.25%) Incident Response
5 21 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
6 20 (15.87%) TOGAF
7 18 (14.29%) DevSecOps
7 18 (14.29%) Zero Trust
8 17 (13.49%) Identity Access Management
8 17 (13.49%) IT Strategy
8 17 (13.49%) SIEM
8 17 (13.49%) Vulnerability Management
9 16 (12.70%) SABSA
9 16 (12.70%) Technology Strategy
10 15 (11.90%) Risk Management
10 15 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (10.32%) CI/CD
11 13 (10.32%) Information Security
11 13 (10.32%) Migration
11 13 (10.32%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.97%) Python
2 4 (3.17%) Java
3 1 (0.79%) Bash
3 1 (0.79%) C
3 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.79%) ProC
3 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 30 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 17 (13.49%) CISSP
4 11 (8.73%) Degree
5 10 (7.94%) AWS Certification
6 6 (4.76%) CISM
7 5 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (2.38%) CCSP
9 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.59%) GIAC
10 2 (1.59%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.79%) CCSE
11 1 (0.79%) ISSAP
11 1 (0.79%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.79%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.79%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (18.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 23 (18.25%) NIST
2 14 (11.11%) GDPR
3 10 (7.94%) PCI DSS
4 7 (5.56%) NCSC
5 5 (3.97%) EU AI Act
6 4 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.38%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.79%) GRC
8 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (9.52%) Terraform
2 4 (3.17%) Ansible
3 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.32%) Splunk
3 10 (7.94%) Cisco
3 10 (7.94%) CyberArk
4 8 (6.35%) Darktrace
5 6 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.97%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.97%) Zscaler
7 3 (2.38%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.38%) F5
7 3 (2.38%) Google
8 2 (1.59%) Arista
8 2 (1.59%) Aruba
8 2 (1.59%) Juniper
8 2 (1.59%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.79%) McAfee
9 1 (0.79%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.79%) Oracle
9 1 (0.79%) Remedy
9 1 (0.79%) Trend Micro