Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 250 229
Rank change year-on-year +4 -21 +101
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 136 140 208
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.96% 0.89% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.95% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 84 159
10th Percentile £500 £500 £524
25th Percentile £600 £545 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £666 £675
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -1.30% -3.57%
75th Percentile £775 £800 £750
90th Percentile £800 £900 £788
England median daily rate £675 £669 £675
% change year-on-year +0.90% -0.89% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £81.63 - -
25th Percentile £82.19 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £88.75 - £65.00
75th Percentile £94.69 - £72.50
90th Percentile £94.88 - -
England median hourly rate £88.75 - £75.67
% change year-on-year - - +8.10%

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 13,031 14,720 18,583
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 93.72% 93.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,630 9,533 13,448
10th Percentile £335 £340 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £794 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.43% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 160 217
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.10
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.33 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.78 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% +3.22% +3.80%
75th Percentile £49.75 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.20 £80.79 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +41.17%

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 25 November 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 25 November 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 +2 18 £700 -6.67% 5
West London - 3 £515 -
South London - 1 - -
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 November 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 76 (55.88%) Security Architecture
2 52 (38.24%) Cybersecurity
3 51 (37.50%) Azure
4 50 (36.76%) AWS
5 45 (33.09%) Cloud Security
6 34 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 29 (21.32%) SIEM
8 28 (20.59%) SC Cleared
9 26 (19.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 26 (19.12%) NIST
10 25 (18.38%) Firewall
10 25 (18.38%) Incident Response
10 25 (18.38%) Microsoft
10 25 (18.38%) Network Security
11 23 (16.91%) CISSP
12 22 (16.18%) Splunk
12 22 (16.18%) Threat Modelling
13 20 (14.71%) DevSecOps
14 19 (13.97%) Identity Access Management
14 19 (13.97%) Vulnerability Management
15 18 (13.24%) TOGAF
16 17 (12.50%) CI/CD
16 17 (12.50%) GDPR
16 17 (12.50%) IT Strategy
16 17 (12.50%) Risk Management
16 17 (12.50%) SABSA
16 17 (12.50%) Security Operations
17 16 (11.76%) GCP
17 16 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
18 15 (11.03%) 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 3 (2.21%) Confluence
2 1 (0.74%) IBM Transformation Extender
2 1 (0.74%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 51 (37.50%) Azure
2 50 (36.76%) AWS
3 16 (11.76%) GCP
4 14 (10.29%) SaaS
5 9 (6.62%) Amazon EC2
5 9 (6.62%) Amazon S3
5 9 (6.62%) Amazon SQS
6 6 (4.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 6 (4.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (3.68%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.94%) AWS KMS
8 4 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.94%) PaaS
9 3 (2.21%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (2.21%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.21%) GitHub
9 3 (2.21%) IaaS
10 2 (1.47%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (18.38%) Firewall
1 25 (18.38%) Network Security
2 6 (4.41%) NGFW
3 3 (2.21%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.21%) SSL
3 3 (2.21%) VPN
4 2 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (1.47%) LAN
4 2 (1.47%) S/MIME
4 2 (1.47%) WAN
4 2 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.74%) DHCP
5 1 (0.74%) DNS
5 1 (0.74%) HSRP
5 1 (0.74%) HTTP
5 1 (0.74%) InfiniBand
5 1 (0.74%) Internet
5 1 (0.74%) IPsec
5 1 (0.74%) OSPF
5 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.47%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.74%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.21%) JIRA
2 2 (1.47%) Git
2 2 (1.47%) GitLab
General
1 41 (30.15%) Finance
2 24 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.50%) Banking
4 14 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.62%) Financial Institution
6 8 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.68%) Legal
9 4 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Military
12 1 (0.74%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.74%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.68%) OpenID
1 5 (3.68%) SAML
2 3 (2.21%) .NET
3 2 (1.47%) OAuth
3 2 (1.47%) OAuth2
3 2 (1.47%) Web Services
4 1 (0.74%) React
4 1 (0.74%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.82%) Management Information System
1 12 (8.82%) Security Posture
2 11 (8.09%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.62%) CSOC
3 9 (6.62%) PKI
3 9 (6.62%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (5.15%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.41%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.68%) NHS
6 5 (3.68%) Taxonomies
7 4 (2.94%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.21%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.47%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.15%) Windows
2 4 (2.94%) Linux
2 4 (2.94%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.47%) Unix
3 2 (1.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (55.88%) Security Architecture
2 52 (38.24%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (33.09%) Cloud Security
4 29 (21.32%) SIEM
5 25 (18.38%) Incident Response
6 22 (16.18%) Threat Modelling
7 20 (14.71%) DevSecOps
8 19 (13.97%) Identity Access Management
8 19 (13.97%) Vulnerability Management
9 18 (13.24%) TOGAF
10 17 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 17 (12.50%) IT Strategy
10 17 (12.50%) Risk Management
10 17 (12.50%) SABSA
10 17 (12.50%) Security Operations
11 16 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
12 15 (11.03%) Information Security
12 15 (11.03%) Migration
12 15 (11.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (9.56%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.41%) Python
2 3 (2.21%) Java
3 2 (1.47%) Bash
3 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.74%) PHP
4 1 (0.74%) R
4 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 28 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 23 (16.91%) CISSP
4 10 (7.35%) Degree
5 8 (5.88%) CISM
6 7 (5.15%) AWS Certification
7 6 (4.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.94%) CCSP
9 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.21%) GIAC
9 3 (2.21%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.74%) CASP
11 1 (0.74%) CEH
11 1 (0.74%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.74%) ISSAP
11 1 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (19.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 26 (19.12%) NIST
2 17 (12.50%) GDPR
3 13 (9.56%) PCI DSS
4 8 (5.88%) NCSC
5 5 (3.68%) EU AI Act
6 4 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (2.94%) HIPAA
7 3 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.47%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.74%) GRC
9 1 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.74%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (6.62%) Terraform
2 2 (1.47%) Ansible
2 2 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.74%) SELinux
3 1 (0.74%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 25 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 22 (16.18%) Splunk
3 10 (7.35%) CyberArk
4 8 (5.88%) Darktrace
5 6 (4.41%) Cisco
5 6 (4.41%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.94%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.94%) Google
7 2 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.47%) F5
7 2 (1.47%) Saba
8 1 (0.74%) Arista
8 1 (0.74%) Aruba
8 1 (0.74%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.74%) Cribl.io
8 1 (0.74%) Mellanox
8 1 (0.74%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.74%) Sparx
8 1 (0.74%) Thycotic
8 1 (0.74%) Zscaler