Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £634, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 209 206
Rank change year-on-year -29 -3 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 172 151 203
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.98% 1.19% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.27% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 111 145
10th Percentile £463 £550 £550
25th Percentile £513 £613 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £761 £788 £780
90th Percentile £815 £838 £825
England median daily rate £628 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.04% -3.57% -

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 16,214 11,884 16,538
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 93.47% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,805 8,148 11,949
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 142 342
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.02 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.88 £64.95
England median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.88% -7.14% -22.22%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -1 37 £575 -17.86%
South London -17 2 £810 -
East London -2 1 £775 - 1
West London -27 1 £1,000 - 2
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 April 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 87 (50.58%) Security Architecture
2 72 (41.86%) Security Cleared
3 56 (32.56%) SC Cleared
4 55 (31.98%) Cloud Security
5 52 (30.23%) Azure
6 48 (27.91%) AWS
7 44 (25.58%) Cybersecurity
7 44 (25.58%) Threat Modelling
8 39 (22.67%) Network Security
9 38 (22.09%) CISSP
10 29 (16.86%) Zero Trust
11 28 (16.28%) Information Security
12 27 (15.70%) GCP
13 25 (14.53%) DevSecOps
14 24 (13.95%) Architectural Patterns
14 24 (13.95%) TOGAF
15 23 (13.37%) Application Security
15 23 (13.37%) CI/CD
16 22 (12.79%) Risk Management
17 21 (12.21%) NIST
18 20 (11.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 19 (11.05%) Cisco Certification
20 18 (10.47%) CISM
21 17 (9.88%) Identity Access Management
21 17 (9.88%) Vulnerability Management
22 16 (9.30%) Data Protection
22 16 (9.30%) SABSA
22 16 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 15 (8.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
23 15 (8.72%) NCSC

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 4 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 52 (30.23%) Azure
2 48 (27.91%) AWS
3 27 (15.70%) GCP
4 9 (5.23%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 8 (4.65%) AWS KMS
5 8 (4.65%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (4.07%) SaaS
7 6 (3.49%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (2.91%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.74%) PaaS
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.16%) Serverless
12 1 (0.58%) ChatGPT
12 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 39 (22.67%) Network Security
2 14 (8.14%) Firewall
3 8 (4.65%) WAN
4 7 (4.07%) LAN
5 6 (3.49%) VPN
6 5 (2.91%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.74%) BGP
7 3 (1.74%) BIG-IP
7 3 (1.74%) OSPF
8 2 (1.16%) DMZ
8 2 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (1.16%) Intranet
9 1 (0.58%) 3G
9 1 (0.58%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.58%) 4G
9 1 (0.58%) 5G
9 1 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.58%) LTE
9 1 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.16%) Big Data
2 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Snyk
2 1 (0.58%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.58%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.58%) GitLab
2 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 36 (20.93%) Public Sector
2 31 (18.02%) Finance
3 27 (15.70%) Social Skills
4 17 (9.88%) Banking
5 8 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.33%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.74%) Legal
9 2 (1.16%) Law
10 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.58%) Police
10 1 (0.58%) Retail
10 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.91%) J2EE
1 5 (2.91%) JSP
2 3 (1.74%) OpenID
2 3 (1.74%) SAML
3 2 (1.16%) OAuth
4 1 (0.58%) JAAS
4 1 (0.58%) JSSE
4 1 (0.58%) JWT
4 1 (0.58%) Middleware
4 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.58%) React
4 1 (0.58%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.14%) Security Posture
2 13 (7.56%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.40%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.91%) AI Agents
4 5 (2.91%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.91%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.91%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.74%) PKI
7 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.58%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.58%) NHS
8 1 (0.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.74%) Linux
1 3 (1.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.58%) Unix
2 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.58%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (50.58%) Security Architecture
2 55 (31.98%) Cloud Security
3 44 (25.58%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (25.58%) Threat Modelling
4 29 (16.86%) Zero Trust
5 28 (16.28%) Information Security
6 25 (14.53%) DevSecOps
7 24 (13.95%) Architectural Patterns
7 24 (13.95%) TOGAF
8 23 (13.37%) Application Security
8 23 (13.37%) CI/CD
9 22 (12.79%) Risk Management
10 17 (9.88%) Identity Access Management
10 17 (9.88%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (9.30%) Data Protection
11 16 (9.30%) SABSA
11 16 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (8.14%) Incident Response
12 14 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (7.56%) AI
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.65%) Java
2 2 (1.16%) Python
2 2 (1.16%) SQL
3 1 (0.58%) C
3 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.58%) ProC
3 1 (0.58%) RPG
Qualifications
1 72 (41.86%) Security Cleared
2 56 (32.56%) SC Cleared
3 38 (22.09%) CISSP
4 19 (11.05%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (10.47%) CISM
6 15 (8.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (6.40%) CCSP
8 9 (5.23%) AWS Certification
8 9 (5.23%) Degree
9 6 (3.49%) GIAC
10 4 (2.33%) CISA
10 4 (2.33%) SANS
11 3 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.74%) CCIE
11 3 (1.74%) CCNP
11 3 (1.74%) CEH
11 3 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.74%) OSCP
12 2 (1.16%) CCSE
12 2 (1.16%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.21%) NIST
2 20 (11.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (8.72%) NCSC
4 14 (8.14%) GDPR
5 8 (4.65%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.91%) GRC
7 2 (1.16%) COBIT
7 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.16%) EU AI Act
7 2 (1.16%) IFRS
7 2 (1.16%) IFRS 9
7 2 (1.16%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.58%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 2 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.58%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 10 (5.81%) Terraform
2 7 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.58%) SELinux
4 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (7.56%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.65%) Splunk
2 8 (4.65%) Zscaler
3 7 (4.07%) Cisco
4 6 (3.49%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.33%) Okta
5 4 (2.33%) Qualys
5 4 (2.33%) Tenable
6 3 (1.74%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.74%) F5
6 3 (1.74%) Google
7 2 (1.16%) Cribl.io
7 2 (1.16%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.16%) Juniper
7 2 (1.16%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.16%) Remedy
7 2 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.58%) Netlify
8 1 (0.58%) Sparx