Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 224 234
Rank change year-on-year -16 +10 -26
Contract Security Architect jobs 255 152 154
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.25% 1.11% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 1.20% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 102 89
10th Percentile £513 £513 £500
25th Percentile £556 £622 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £738 £775 £823
90th Percentile £900 £800 £913
England median daily rate £618 £675 £688
% change year-on-year -8.44% -1.82% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £88.75 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £95.00 -
% change year-on-year -26.32% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
30 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in London matching a recognised job title 18,888 12,638 14,788
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.75% 92.50% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,315 8,388 9,570
10th Percentile £363 £331 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 221 164
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.08 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.50 £24.06
Median hourly rate £41.00 £26.78 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.10% -29.53% -6.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.57 £80.75
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -39.40% -9.55%

Security Architect Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Security Architect job postings 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 Security Architect jobs in London over the 6 months to 30 October 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 Security Architect jobs within the London region over the 6 months to 30 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Central London -19 27 £625 -10.71% 16
South London -3 7 £650 -13.33%
West London -13 4 £750 +45.63% 5
East London - 3 £750 - 1
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 October 2026, Security Architect contract job ads cited 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 Security Architect job ads across the London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Architecture53.3%136
2Security Cleared46.7%119
3SC Cleared36.5%93
4Cybersecurity31.4%80
5Azure29.4%75
6Cloud Security28.2%72
7Threat Modelling25.9%66
8AWS25.1%64
9CISSP20.8%53
10NIST18.0%46
11GCP16.1%41
12Stakeholder Management15.7%40
13Network Security15.3%39
13Risk Management15.3%39
13Roadmaps15.3%39
13TOGAF15.3%39
17Identity Access Management14.9%38
17ISO/IEC 2700114.9%38
19Zero Trust13.3%34
20CISM12.5%32
20Information Security12.5%32
22AI12.2%31
23Architectural Patterns11.0%28
23Data Protection11.0%28
23DevOps11.0%28
26Microsoft10.6%27
26Stakeholder Engagement10.6%27
28SABSA10.2%26
29NCSC9.8%25
30DV Cleared9.0%23

Security Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Enterprise Security Architect9.8%25
2Artificial Intelligence Architect9.4%24
2Enterprise Architect9.4%24
4Cybersecurity Architect8.2%21
5Senior Security Architect7.1%18
6Network Security Architect6.3%16
7Cloud Architect4.3%11
8AWS Architect3.1%8
8Information Security Architect3.1%8
10AWS Security Architect2.7%7
10Cloud Security Architect2.7%7
10Lead Security Architect2.7%7
10Senior Enterprise Architect2.7%7
14Principal Security Architect2.4%6
15Salesforce Architect2.0%5
16DevSecOps Architect1.6%4
16Security Technical Architect1.6%4
18Applications Architect1.2%3
18CyberArk Architect1.2%3
18Security Solutions Architect1.2%3
35 Security Architect jobs in London