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 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 210 201
Rank change year-on-year -33 -9 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 172 139 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.02% 1.10% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.18% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 110 149
10th Percentile £463 £550 £550
25th Percentile £513 £613 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £800 £780
90th Percentile £800 £864 £825
England median daily rate £625 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £84.50 £73.31 £87.00
% change year-on-year +15.26% -15.74% +23.84%

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 15,647 11,822 16,839
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 93.64% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,492 8,101 12,161
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £428 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 150 341
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.19 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -21.66%
75th Percentile £60.50 £51.80 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £41.86 £34.31 £32.50
% change year-on-year +22.01% +5.55% -24.14%

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 April 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 April 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 -2 36 £625 -7.75% 15
South London -14 2 £810 -
West London -20 2 £831 - 3
East London +2 1 £775 - 2
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 April 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 (52.91%) Security Architecture
2 77 (44.77%) Security Cleared
3 61 (35.47%) SC Cleared
4 58 (33.72%) Azure
4 58 (33.72%) Cloud Security
5 51 (29.65%) AWS
6 48 (27.91%) Threat Modelling
7 46 (26.74%) Cybersecurity
8 40 (23.26%) Network Security
9 39 (22.67%) CISSP
10 31 (18.02%) GCP
11 29 (16.86%) Zero Trust
12 27 (15.70%) Risk Management
12 27 (15.70%) TOGAF
13 24 (13.95%) Architectural Patterns
13 24 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 23 (13.37%) DevSecOps
15 21 (12.21%) CI/CD
15 21 (12.21%) Information Security
15 21 (12.21%) NIST
16 20 (11.63%) Application Security
17 19 (11.05%) Cisco Certification
17 19 (11.05%) CISM
17 19 (11.05%) SABSA
18 18 (10.47%) Identity Access Management
19 17 (9.88%) Data Protection
19 17 (9.88%) GDPR
19 17 (9.88%) Vulnerability Management
20 16 (9.30%) AI
20 16 (9.30%) Incident Response

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 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (33.72%) Azure
2 51 (29.65%) AWS
3 31 (18.02%) GCP
4 9 (5.23%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (5.23%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 8 (4.65%) AWS KMS
6 7 (4.07%) SaaS
7 5 (2.91%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.74%) PaaS
10 2 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.16%) Serverless
11 1 (0.58%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 40 (23.26%) Network Security
2 14 (8.14%) Firewall
3 9 (5.23%) WAN
4 7 (4.07%) LAN
4 7 (4.07%) VPN
5 5 (2.91%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.33%) BGP
6 4 (2.33%) OSPF
7 3 (1.74%) BIG-IP
8 2 (1.16%) DMZ
8 2 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (1.16%) Intranet
8 2 (1.16%) NGFW
9 1 (0.58%) 3G
9 1 (0.58%) DHCP
9 1 (0.58%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.58%) Internet
9 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.58%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.74%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.16%) Big Data
3 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Snyk
2 1 (0.58%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.58%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.58%) GitLab
2 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 36 (20.93%) Public Sector
2 35 (20.35%) Finance
3 30 (17.44%) Social Skills
4 14 (8.14%) Banking
5 8 (4.65%) Legal
6 7 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.33%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.16%) Law
11 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.58%) Police
11 1 (0.58%) Retail
11 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.74%) J2EE
1 3 (1.74%) JSP
1 3 (1.74%) OpenID
1 3 (1.74%) SAML
2 2 (1.16%) OAuth
3 1 (0.58%) JAAS
3 1 (0.58%) JSSE
3 1 (0.58%) JWT
3 1 (0.58%) Middleware
3 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.58%) React
3 1 (0.58%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.30%) Security Posture
2 12 (6.98%) Management Information System
3 10 (5.81%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.49%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.91%) Private Cloud
5 5 (2.91%) Taxonomies
6 4 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.33%) PKI
7 3 (1.74%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.58%) SCADA
9 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.74%) Linux
1 3 (1.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.58%) Unix
2 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.58%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (52.91%) Security Architecture
2 58 (33.72%) Cloud Security
3 48 (27.91%) Threat Modelling
4 46 (26.74%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (16.86%) Zero Trust
6 27 (15.70%) Risk Management
6 27 (15.70%) TOGAF
7 24 (13.95%) Architectural Patterns
8 23 (13.37%) DevSecOps
9 21 (12.21%) CI/CD
9 21 (12.21%) Information Security
10 20 (11.63%) Application Security
11 19 (11.05%) SABSA
12 18 (10.47%) Identity Access Management
13 17 (9.88%) Data Protection
13 17 (9.88%) Vulnerability Management
14 16 (9.30%) AI
14 16 (9.30%) Incident Response
15 15 (8.72%) SIEM
15 15 (8.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.49%) Java
2 2 (1.16%) Python
2 2 (1.16%) SQL
3 1 (0.58%) C
3 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.58%) ProC
3 1 (0.58%) RPG
Qualifications
1 77 (44.77%) Security Cleared
2 61 (35.47%) SC Cleared
3 39 (22.67%) CISSP
4 19 (11.05%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (11.05%) CISM
5 15 (8.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 11 (6.40%) CCSP
7 10 (5.81%) Degree
8 9 (5.23%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.49%) GIAC
10 3 (1.74%) CCIE
10 3 (1.74%) CCNP
10 3 (1.74%) CEH
10 3 (1.74%) CISA
10 3 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.74%) SANS
11 2 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.16%) JNCIE
11 2 (1.16%) JNCIP
11 2 (1.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (12.21%) NIST
3 17 (9.88%) GDPR
4 16 (9.30%) NCSC
5 10 (5.81%) PCI DSS
6 7 (4.07%) EU AI Act
7 3 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.74%) GRC
8 2 (1.16%) COBIT
8 2 (1.16%) IFRS
8 2 (1.16%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.58%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.58%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 10 (5.81%) Terraform
2 7 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.58%) SELinux
4 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.23%) Cisco
2 9 (5.23%) Splunk
2 9 (5.23%) Zscaler
3 5 (2.91%) Palo Alto
4 4 (2.33%) CheckPoint
4 4 (2.33%) F5
4 4 (2.33%) Okta
4 4 (2.33%) Qualys
4 4 (2.33%) Tenable
5 3 (1.74%) Google
5 3 (1.74%) Juniper
6 2 (1.16%) Arista
6 2 (1.16%) Aruba
6 2 (1.16%) Cribl.io
6 2 (1.16%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.16%) LogRhythm
6 2 (1.16%) Remedy
6 2 (1.16%) ServiceNow