Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £634, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 186 215
Rank change year-on-year -21 +29 0
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 219 184 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.16% 1.48% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.58% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 126 148
10th Percentile £481 £543 £519
25th Percentile £513 £613 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £675 £745
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% -9.40% +6.43%
75th Percentile £775 £775 £800
90th Percentile £900 £800 £853
England median daily rate £650 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -

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 17,583 11,612 16,630
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 93.47% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,593 7,879 11,938
10th Percentile £358 £340 £325
25th Percentile £435 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 169 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £19.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.25 £32.89 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% +18.27% -24.37%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £46.05
90th Percentile £78.88 £65.00 £66.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.53
% change year-on-year +56.52% -27.26% -12.17%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -14 36 £600 -10.78% 2
South London -9 2 £810 +8.00%
East London - 2 £763 - 1
West London -24 1 £1,000 - 2
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 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.

1 113 (51.60%) Security Architecture
2 87 (39.73%) Security Cleared
3 70 (31.96%) Cloud Security
4 68 (31.05%) SC Cleared
5 67 (30.59%) Cybersecurity
6 65 (29.68%) Azure
7 62 (28.31%) Threat Modelling
8 58 (26.48%) AWS
9 50 (22.83%) CISSP
10 44 (20.09%) Network Security
11 37 (16.89%) Architectural Patterns
12 36 (16.44%) GCP
13 31 (14.16%) Application Security
13 31 (14.16%) NIST
13 31 (14.16%) Risk Management
13 31 (14.16%) TOGAF
14 30 (13.70%) Zero Trust
15 29 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (12.79%) Information Security
17 27 (12.33%) Roadmaps
17 27 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 26 (11.87%) Data Protection
19 25 (11.42%) CISM
19 25 (11.42%) DevOps
19 25 (11.42%) Vulnerability Management
20 24 (10.96%) DevSecOps
21 23 (10.50%) Identity Access Management
21 23 (10.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
22 22 (10.05%) AI
23 21 (9.59%) CI/CD

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 4 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 65 (29.68%) Azure
2 58 (26.48%) AWS
3 36 (16.44%) GCP
4 12 (5.48%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (5.48%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.74%) SaaS
6 5 (2.28%) Amazon EKS
6 5 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.83%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (1.83%) AWS Control Tower
7 4 (1.83%) AWS KMS
8 3 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.91%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (0.91%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.91%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.91%) OCI
9 2 (0.91%) Serverless
10 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 44 (20.09%) Network Security
2 17 (7.76%) Firewall
3 6 (2.74%) LAN
3 6 (2.74%) VPN
3 6 (2.74%) WAN
4 4 (1.83%) NGFW
5 3 (1.37%) Intranet
5 3 (1.37%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.91%) 4G
6 2 (0.91%) 5G
6 2 (0.91%) BGP
6 2 (0.91%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.91%) DMZ
6 2 (0.91%) Internet
6 2 (0.91%) IPsec
6 2 (0.91%) OSPF
6 2 (0.91%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.46%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.91%) Big Data
2 1 (0.46%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.46%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Snyk
2 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.46%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.46%) GitLab
2 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.46%) JIRA
General
1 42 (19.18%) Public Sector
2 39 (17.81%) Social Skills
3 37 (16.89%) Finance
4 22 (10.05%) Banking
5 15 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.65%) Legal
8 7 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.83%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.83%) Retail
10 3 (1.37%) Law
11 2 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.91%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.46%) Aviation
12 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Local Government
12 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.28%) J2EE
1 5 (2.28%) JSP
2 4 (1.83%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (1.37%) HTML
3 3 (1.37%) OAuth
3 3 (1.37%) REST
4 1 (0.46%) JWT
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.46%) React
4 1 (0.46%) SAML
4 1 (0.46%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.42%) Security Posture
2 23 (10.50%) Cloud Native
3 15 (6.85%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.57%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.74%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.83%) CMDB
6 4 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.83%) Genomics
6 4 (1.83%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.37%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.37%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.37%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.91%) NHS
8 2 (0.91%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.20%) Linux
2 6 (2.74%) Windows
3 5 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.83%) Alpine Linux
4 4 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.83%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.46%) Unix
5 1 (0.46%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (51.60%) Security Architecture
2 70 (31.96%) Cloud Security
3 67 (30.59%) Cybersecurity
4 62 (28.31%) Threat Modelling
5 37 (16.89%) Architectural Patterns
6 31 (14.16%) Application Security
6 31 (14.16%) Risk Management
6 31 (14.16%) TOGAF
7 30 (13.70%) Zero Trust
8 29 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (12.79%) Information Security
10 27 (12.33%) Roadmaps
10 27 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (11.87%) Data Protection
12 25 (11.42%) DevOps
12 25 (11.42%) Vulnerability Management
13 24 (10.96%) DevSecOps
14 23 (10.50%) Identity Access Management
15 22 (10.05%) AI
16 21 (9.59%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.11%) Java
2 6 (2.74%) Python
3 5 (2.28%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.83%) Bicep
5 3 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.91%) SQL
7 1 (0.46%) RPG
Qualifications
1 87 (39.73%) Security Cleared
2 68 (31.05%) SC Cleared
3 50 (22.83%) CISSP
4 25 (11.42%) CISM
5 21 (9.59%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (7.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (5.02%) CCSP
8 10 (4.57%) GIAC
9 9 (4.11%) AWS Certification
10 8 (3.65%) CISA
11 7 (3.20%) DV Cleared
11 7 (3.20%) SANS
12 6 (2.74%) ISSAP
13 5 (2.28%) CEH
13 5 (2.28%) OSCP
14 4 (1.83%) CCNP
14 4 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.83%) CRISC
14 4 (1.83%) Degree
14 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.16%) NIST
2 23 (10.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (8.68%) NCSC
4 14 (6.39%) GDPR
5 9 (4.11%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.20%) GRC
7 6 (2.74%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.83%) COBIT
9 3 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (1.37%) IFRS
9 3 (1.37%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.91%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.91%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.91%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.46%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 4 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 12 (5.48%) Terraform
2 10 (4.57%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.65%) Ansible
4 2 (0.91%) QRadar
4 2 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.46%) SELinux
Vendors
1 16 (7.31%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.94%) Splunk
3 9 (4.11%) Cisco
3 9 (4.11%) Google
4 8 (3.65%) Okta
4 8 (3.65%) Palo Alto
4 8 (3.65%) Qualys
4 8 (3.65%) Tenable
4 8 (3.65%) Zscaler
5 6 (2.74%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (2.28%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.83%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.83%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.83%) Rapid7
8 3 (1.37%) TOWER Software
9 2 (0.91%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.91%) Cribl.io
9 2 (0.91%) F5
10 1 (0.46%) Netlify
10 1 (0.46%) OpenAI