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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 202 231
Rank change year-on-year -10 +29 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 260 161 166
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.30% 1.22% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 1.31% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 105 108
10th Percentile £503 £513 £500
25th Percentile £561 £600 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £738
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -8.47% +5.36%
75th Percentile £788 £775 £788
90th Percentile £900 £800 £858
England median daily rate £625 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +2.34%

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 18,724 12,266 15,102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 92.83% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,111 8,233 10,330
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
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 £656 £675 £685
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 206 188
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.04 £17.76
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -9.50% -8.47%
75th Percentile £62.84 £50.56 £55.25
90th Percentile £80.38 £66.54 £72.81
England median hourly rate £42.58 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +69.28% -45.54% +5.29%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -7 37 £613 -8.58% 8
West London -17 4 £750 +55.44% 5
East London - 4 £750 - 2
South London -11 3 £650 -13.33% 4
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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.

1 141 (54.23%) Security Architecture
2 93 (35.77%) Security Cleared
3 82 (31.54%) Azure
4 81 (31.15%) Cloud Security
5 79 (30.38%) Threat Modelling
6 78 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
7 68 (26.15%) AWS
8 67 (25.77%) SC Cleared
9 56 (21.54%) CISSP
10 49 (18.85%) GCP
11 48 (18.46%) NIST
12 44 (16.92%) Network Security
13 40 (15.38%) Information Security
14 39 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
14 39 (15.00%) Roadmaps
15 38 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
16 37 (14.23%) Risk Management
17 36 (13.85%) Identity Access Management
17 36 (13.85%) TOGAF
18 35 (13.46%) AI
19 34 (13.08%) Data Protection
20 33 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 32 (12.31%) Zero Trust
22 31 (11.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
23 30 (11.54%) SABSA
24 29 (11.15%) CISM
25 28 (10.77%) Risk Assessment
26 27 (10.38%) DevOps
27 25 (9.62%) Microsoft
28 24 (9.23%) Enterprise Architecture

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 (0.77%) SAS
2 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 82 (31.54%) Azure
2 68 (26.15%) AWS
3 49 (18.85%) GCP
4 15 (5.77%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.46%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.08%) SaaS
7 4 (1.54%) AWS Control Tower
7 4 (1.54%) GitHub
8 3 (1.15%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.15%) OCI
9 2 (0.77%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.77%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.77%) AWS KMS
9 2 (0.77%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.77%) Cloudflare
9 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.77%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (16.92%) Network Security
2 19 (7.31%) Firewall
3 6 (2.31%) 4G
3 6 (2.31%) VPN
4 5 (1.92%) WAN
5 4 (1.54%) 5G
5 4 (1.54%) Intranet
5 4 (1.54%) LAN
5 4 (1.54%) NGFW
5 4 (1.54%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (1.15%) IPsec
7 2 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.77%) Internet
8 1 (0.38%) IPFIX
8 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.38%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.77%) Big Data
2 1 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.77%) GitLab
2 2 (0.77%) JIRA
3 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.38%) Snyk
General
1 51 (19.62%) Social Skills
2 41 (15.77%) Finance
3 30 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 26 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (8.85%) Banking
6 14 (5.38%) Legal
7 9 (3.46%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.69%) Police
10 6 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.54%) Law
11 4 (1.54%) Local Government
11 4 (1.54%) Retail
12 2 (0.77%) Aviation
12 2 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.77%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.00%) Terraform
2 8 (3.08%) OAuth
3 4 (1.54%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (1.54%) Jakarta EE
3 4 (1.54%) JSP
3 4 (1.54%) REST
4 3 (1.15%) HTML
4 3 (1.15%) OpenID
4 3 (1.15%) SAML
5 2 (0.77%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.38%) JWT
6 1 (0.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.31%) Cloud Native
2 31 (11.92%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.85%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.69%) Enterprise Cloud
5 7 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.31%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.54%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.54%) CMDB
8 4 (1.54%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.54%) Genomics
8 4 (1.54%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.15%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.69%) Linux
2 5 (1.92%) Windows
2 5 (1.92%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.54%) Alpine Linux
3 4 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.54%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (54.23%) Security Architecture
2 81 (31.15%) Cloud Security
3 79 (30.38%) Threat Modelling
4 78 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (15.38%) Information Security
6 39 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 39 (15.00%) Roadmaps
7 38 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 37 (14.23%) Risk Management
9 36 (13.85%) Identity Access Management
9 36 (13.85%) TOGAF
10 35 (13.46%) AI
11 34 (13.08%) Data Protection
12 33 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 32 (12.31%) Zero Trust
14 30 (11.54%) SABSA
15 28 (10.77%) Risk Assessment
16 27 (10.38%) DevOps
17 24 (9.23%) Enterprise Architecture
18 23 (8.85%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.08%) Python
2 7 (2.69%) Java
3 6 (2.31%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.92%) Bicep
5 3 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.38%) Bash
6 1 (0.38%) R
6 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (35.77%) Security Cleared
2 67 (25.77%) SC Cleared
3 56 (21.54%) CISSP
4 29 (11.15%) CISM
5 21 (8.08%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 10 (3.85%) SANS
9 8 (3.08%) AWS Certification
9 8 (3.08%) CISA
9 8 (3.08%) ISSAP
10 7 (2.69%) GIAC
11 6 (2.31%) CCSP
11 6 (2.31%) CRISC
12 5 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.92%) OSCP
13 4 (1.54%) CEH
14 3 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (1.15%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (18.46%) NIST
2 31 (11.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (7.31%) NCSC
4 13 (5.00%) GDPR
5 10 (3.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 9 (3.46%) GRC
6 9 (3.46%) NIST 800
7 8 (3.08%) Government Security Classifications
7 8 (3.08%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (1.54%) COBIT
10 3 (1.15%) IFRS
10 3 (1.15%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.77%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.77%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.77%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.38%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.38%) QA
12 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (1.92%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.92%) Docker
2 3 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.31%) Ansible
3 4 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (0.77%) QRadar
5 1 (0.38%) CASB
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.15%) Google
3 11 (4.23%) Palo Alto
4 9 (3.46%) CrowdStrike
4 9 (3.46%) Splunk
5 8 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.69%) Cisco
6 7 (2.69%) Tenable
7 6 (2.31%) Fortinet
7 6 (2.31%) Okta
7 6 (2.31%) Qualys
8 4 (1.54%) Rapid7
8 4 (1.54%) VMware
8 4 (1.54%) Zscaler
9 3 (1.15%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.15%) IFS
9 3 (1.15%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.15%) TOWER Software
10 2 (0.77%) Dell
10 2 (0.77%) FireEye