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 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 212 228
Rank change year-on-year -13 +16 -16
Contract Security Architect jobs 260 160 157
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 1.20% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.29% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 108 91
10th Percentile £513 £513 £500
25th Percentile £556 £613 £587
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £715
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -5.59% +2.14%
75th Percentile £738 £775 £823
90th Percentile £900 £800 £900
England median daily rate £622 £675 £693
% change year-on-year -7.93% -2.53% +2.59%
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
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in London matching a recognised job title 18,995 12,383 14,947
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.85% 92.56% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,338 8,242 9,687
10th Percentile £363 £333 £349
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 215 167
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.00 £23.98
Median hourly rate £41.00 £26.50 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.72% -31.17% -4.94%
75th Percentile £64.44 £48.75 £59.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.73 £80.30
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -7.49%

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 23 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 23 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 -18 28 £638 -4.85% 38
South London -2 7 £650 -13.33%
West London -21 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 23 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 Architecture52.7%137
2Security Cleared45.8%119
3SC Cleared35.8%93
4Cybersecurity30.0%78
5Azure29.2%76
6Cloud Security27.3%71
7Threat Modelling25.4%66
8AWS25.0%65
9CISSP19.6%51
10NIST18.1%47
11GCP15.8%41
11Roadmaps15.8%41
11Stakeholder Management15.8%41
14Network Security15.0%39
15ISO/IEC 2700114.6%38
15TOGAF14.6%38
17Identity Access Management14.2%37
17Risk Management14.2%37
19AI12.7%33
19Zero Trust12.7%33
21CISM12.3%32
22Architectural Patterns11.5%30
22Information Security11.5%30
24Data Protection10.8%28
24DevOps10.8%28
24Microsoft10.8%28
24Stakeholder Engagement10.8%28
28Enterprise Architecture9.6%25
28NCSC9.6%25
28SABSA9.6%25

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 Architect10.4%27
2Enterprise Architect10.0%26
3Artificial Intelligence Architect9.2%24
4Cybersecurity Architect8.1%21
5Senior Security Architect6.9%18
6Network Security Architect6.5%17
7Cloud Architect4.6%12
8Cloud Security Architect3.1%8
9AWS Architect2.7%7
9Information Security Architect2.7%7
9Lead Security Architect2.7%7
9Senior Enterprise Architect2.7%7
13AWS Security Architect2.3%6
14Principal Security Architect1.9%5
14Salesforce Architect1.9%5
16DevSecOps Architect1.5%4
16Security Technical Architect1.5%4
18Applications Architect1.2%3
18CyberArk Architect1.2%3
18GCP Architect1.2%3
227 Security Architect jobs in London