Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £688, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 232 217
Rank change year-on-year +9 -15 +120
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 150 152 224
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.08% 0.97% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.03% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 90 171
10th Percentile £509 £500 £550
25th Percentile £624 £563 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% - -
75th Percentile £775 £823 £775
90th Percentile £800 £913 £800
England median daily rate £675 £688 £675
% change year-on-year -1.82% +1.85% -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 £90.00 - £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 12,869 14,724 19,083
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 93.99% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,538 9,507 13,876
10th Percentile £333 £338 £344
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 153 219
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.30
25th Percentile £21.75 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -3.23% +19.23%
75th Percentile £47.50 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.31 £80.75 £74.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%

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 8 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 8 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 +3 20 £700 -15.15% 30
West London - 3 £515 -
South London - 2 £750 -
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 79 (52.67%) Security Architecture
2 66 (44.00%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (40.00%) AWS
4 54 (36.00%) Azure
5 45 (30.00%) Cloud Security
6 43 (28.67%) Security Cleared
7 42 (28.00%) SIEM
8 39 (26.00%) SC Cleared
9 33 (22.00%) Splunk
10 29 (19.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 29 (19.33%) NIST
11 27 (18.00%) Firewall
11 27 (18.00%) Security Operations
12 26 (17.33%) SaaS
13 24 (16.00%) CISSP
13 24 (16.00%) Incident Response
13 24 (16.00%) Microsoft
13 24 (16.00%) Threat Modelling
14 23 (15.33%) Network Security
14 23 (15.33%) Use Case
15 21 (14.00%) SOAR
15 21 (14.00%) Vulnerability Management
16 20 (13.33%) DevSecOps
16 20 (13.33%) GCP
16 20 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
17 19 (12.67%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (12.67%) Amazon S3
17 19 (12.67%) Amazon SQS
17 19 (12.67%) Risk Management
18 18 (12.00%) GDPR

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 (2.00%) Confluence
2 1 (0.67%) IBM Transformation Extender
2 1 (0.67%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 60 (40.00%) AWS
2 54 (36.00%) Azure
3 26 (17.33%) SaaS
4 20 (13.33%) GCP
5 19 (12.67%) Amazon EC2
5 19 (12.67%) Amazon S3
5 19 (12.67%) Amazon SQS
6 6 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.67%) IaaS
8 3 (2.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 3 (2.00%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (2.00%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.00%) GitHub
8 3 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.00%) PaaS
8 3 (2.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.33%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.67%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 27 (18.00%) Firewall
2 23 (15.33%) Network Security
3 6 (4.00%) NGFW
4 3 (2.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.00%) SSL
4 3 (2.00%) VPN
5 2 (1.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.33%) LAN
5 2 (1.33%) S/MIME
5 2 (1.33%) WAN
5 2 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.67%) DHCP
6 1 (0.67%) DNS
6 1 (0.67%) HSRP
6 1 (0.67%) HTTP
6 1 (0.67%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.67%) Internet
6 1 (0.67%) IPsec
6 1 (0.67%) OSPF
6 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.33%) BigQuery
1 2 (1.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.00%) JIRA
2 2 (1.33%) Git
2 2 (1.33%) GitLab
General
1 44 (29.33%) Finance
2 23 (15.33%) Social Skills
3 21 (14.00%) Public Sector
4 18 (12.00%) Banking
5 17 (11.33%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (6.00%) Financial Institution
7 8 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.33%) Legal
9 4 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.67%) Military
10 3 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.67%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.67%) Marketing
12 1 (0.67%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.67%) OpenID
1 4 (2.67%) SAML
2 3 (2.00%) .NET
3 2 (1.33%) OAuth
3 2 (1.33%) OAuth2
3 2 (1.33%) Web Services
4 1 (0.67%) React
4 1 (0.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.00%) Onboarding
2 19 (12.67%) CSOC
2 19 (12.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (8.67%) Security Posture
4 11 (7.33%) Management Information System
5 9 (6.00%) PKI
6 7 (4.67%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.33%) NHS
7 5 (3.33%) Taxonomies
8 3 (2.00%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.00%) Cyberattack
8 3 (2.00%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.00%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.33%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.33%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.67%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.00%) Windows
2 6 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.33%) Linux
4 2 (1.33%) Unix
4 2 (1.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (52.67%) Security Architecture
2 66 (44.00%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (30.00%) Cloud Security
4 42 (28.00%) SIEM
5 27 (18.00%) Security Operations
6 24 (16.00%) Incident Response
6 24 (16.00%) Threat Modelling
7 23 (15.33%) Use Case
8 21 (14.00%) SOAR
8 21 (14.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 20 (13.33%) DevSecOps
9 20 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
10 19 (12.67%) Risk Management
11 18 (12.00%) SABSA
11 18 (12.00%) TOGAF
12 17 (11.33%) IT Strategy
13 16 (10.67%) Information Security
13 16 (10.67%) Technology Strategy
14 15 (10.00%) Migration
15 14 (9.33%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.00%) Python
2 3 (2.00%) Java
3 2 (1.33%) Bash
3 2 (1.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.67%) PHP
4 1 (0.67%) R
4 1 (0.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (28.67%) Security Cleared
2 39 (26.00%) SC Cleared
3 24 (16.00%) CISSP
4 9 (6.00%) Degree
5 8 (5.33%) CISM
6 6 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.67%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.67%) CCSP
7 4 (2.67%) GIAC
8 3 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.00%) CREST Certified
8 3 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.33%) CASP
9 2 (1.33%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.33%) CSSLP
9 2 (1.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (1.33%) ISSAP
9 2 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.67%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (19.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 29 (19.33%) NIST
2 18 (12.00%) GDPR
3 12 (8.00%) PCI DSS
4 9 (6.00%) NCSC
5 6 (4.00%) HIPAA
6 5 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.33%) EU AI Act
7 3 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.33%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (1.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.67%) GRC
9 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 8 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.00%) Terraform
2 2 (1.33%) Ansible
2 2 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.33%) SELinux
2 2 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.67%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 33 (22.00%) Splunk
2 24 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.67%) CyberArk
4 8 (5.33%) Darktrace
5 6 (4.00%) Cisco
5 6 (4.00%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.67%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.67%) Google
7 2 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.33%) ESRI
7 2 (1.33%) F5
7 2 (1.33%) IBM
7 2 (1.33%) Saba
8 1 (0.67%) Arista
8 1 (0.67%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.67%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.67%) Mellanox
8 1 (0.67%) Sparx
8 1 (0.67%) Thycotic
8 1 (0.67%) Zscaler