Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £645, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 215 203
Rank change year-on-year -27 -12 +72
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 158 140 199
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.99% 1.04% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.11% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 98 150
10th Percentile £463 £550 £519
25th Percentile £531 £613 £617
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £750 £800 £779
90th Percentile £775 £900 £825
England median daily rate £630 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £81.63 - -
25th Percentile £82.19 - -
Median hourly rate £88.75 - -
75th Percentile £94.69 - -
90th Percentile £94.88 - -
England median hourly rate £86.25 £73.31 £83.77
% change year-on-year +17.65% -12.48% +19.66%

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 14,699 12,578 16,979
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.64% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,859 8,208 12,273
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.01%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 144 334
10th Percentile £18.14 £21.22 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.55 £24.66 £19.01
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year - +22.81% -18.57%
75th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.65 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £34.52
% change year-on-year -2.78% +4.30% -13.71%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 30 £700 +3.70% 12
West London -16 2 £831 - 1
South London - 2 £810 - 1
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 February 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 81 (51.27%) Security Architecture
2 68 (43.04%) Security Cleared
3 59 (37.34%) SC Cleared
4 57 (36.08%) Azure
5 56 (35.44%) AWS
6 51 (32.28%) Cloud Security
7 41 (25.95%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (24.68%) Network Security
9 37 (23.42%) Threat Modelling
10 30 (18.99%) CISSP
11 29 (18.35%) TOGAF
12 26 (16.46%) DevSecOps
12 26 (16.46%) Firewall
12 26 (16.46%) Zero Trust
13 25 (15.82%) Identity Access Management
14 24 (15.19%) Incident Response
14 24 (15.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 24 (15.19%) Risk Management
14 24 (15.19%) Vulnerability Management
15 22 (13.92%) GCP
15 22 (13.92%) SIEM
16 21 (13.29%) CI/CD
17 20 (12.66%) Microsoft
17 20 (12.66%) NIST
18 18 (11.39%) SABSA
19 16 (10.13%) Information Security
20 15 (9.49%) Application Security
20 15 (9.49%) Cisco Certification
20 15 (9.49%) CISM
20 15 (9.49%) 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 4 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.27%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 57 (36.08%) Azure
2 56 (35.44%) AWS
3 22 (13.92%) GCP
4 9 (5.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 8 (5.06%) AWS KMS
6 7 (4.43%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (4.43%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.16%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (3.16%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.53%) SaaS
9 3 (1.90%) PaaS
10 2 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.27%) Serverless
11 1 (0.63%) AWS Control Tower
11 1 (0.63%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 39 (24.68%) Network Security
2 26 (16.46%) Firewall
3 9 (5.70%) VPN
3 9 (5.70%) WAN
4 7 (4.43%) LAN
5 5 (3.16%) NGFW
5 5 (3.16%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.53%) BGP
6 4 (2.53%) OSPF
7 3 (1.90%) BIG-IP
7 3 (1.90%) SSL
8 2 (1.27%) DMZ
8 2 (1.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (1.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (1.27%) S/MIME
8 2 (1.27%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.63%) 4G
9 1 (0.63%) HSRP
9 1 (0.63%) LTE
9 1 (0.63%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.90%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Snyk
2 2 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.63%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 33 (20.89%) Public Sector
2 32 (20.25%) Finance
3 27 (17.09%) Social Skills
4 11 (6.96%) Banking
5 7 (4.43%) Financial Institution
6 6 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.16%) Legal
8 4 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.90%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Law
11 1 (0.63%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Police
11 1 (0.63%) Retail
11 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.16%) OpenID
1 5 (3.16%) SAML
2 3 (1.90%) OAuth
2 3 (1.90%) OAuth2
3 2 (1.27%) .NET
4 1 (0.63%) J2EE
4 1 (0.63%) JAAS
4 1 (0.63%) JSP
4 1 (0.63%) JSSE
4 1 (0.63%) JWT
4 1 (0.63%) Middleware
4 1 (0.63%) React
4 1 (0.63%) REST
4 1 (0.63%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.96%) Management Information System
1 11 (6.96%) Security Posture
2 8 (5.06%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.43%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.43%) PKI
4 6 (3.80%) Private Cloud
4 6 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.16%) Taxonomies
6 4 (2.53%) NHS
6 4 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.90%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.63%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.63%) IoT
9 1 (0.63%) SCADA
9 1 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.16%) Linux
1 5 (3.16%) Windows
2 2 (1.27%) Unix
2 2 (1.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (51.27%) Security Architecture
2 51 (32.28%) Cloud Security
3 41 (25.95%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (23.42%) Threat Modelling
5 29 (18.35%) TOGAF
6 26 (16.46%) DevSecOps
6 26 (16.46%) Zero Trust
7 25 (15.82%) Identity Access Management
8 24 (15.19%) Incident Response
8 24 (15.19%) Risk Management
8 24 (15.19%) Vulnerability Management
9 22 (13.92%) SIEM
10 21 (13.29%) CI/CD
11 18 (11.39%) SABSA
12 16 (10.13%) Information Security
13 15 (9.49%) Application Security
13 15 (9.49%) Migration
13 15 (9.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (8.86%) Roadmaps
15 13 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.80%) Java
1 6 (3.80%) Python
2 2 (1.27%) SQL
3 1 (0.63%) Bash
3 1 (0.63%) C
3 1 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.63%) ProC
3 1 (0.63%) R
3 1 (0.63%) RPG
Qualifications
1 68 (43.04%) Security Cleared
2 59 (37.34%) SC Cleared
3 30 (18.99%) CISSP
4 15 (9.49%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (9.49%) CISM
5 13 (8.23%) Degree
6 12 (7.59%) AWS Certification
7 11 (6.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 10 (6.33%) CCSP
9 5 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (3.16%) GIAC
10 3 (1.90%) CCIE
10 3 (1.90%) CCNP
10 3 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.27%) CCSE
11 2 (1.27%) CSSLP
11 2 (1.27%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.27%) JNCIE
11 2 (1.27%) JNCIP
11 2 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (15.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (12.66%) NIST
3 15 (9.49%) GDPR
4 13 (8.23%) NCSC
5 10 (6.33%) PCI DSS
6 5 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.16%) EU AI Act
7 4 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.27%) GRC
8 2 (1.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (8.86%) Terraform
2 8 (5.06%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.16%) Ansible
4 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.63%) SELinux
Vendors
1 20 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.86%) Splunk
3 10 (6.33%) Cisco
4 8 (5.06%) Zscaler
5 6 (3.80%) CyberArk
5 6 (3.80%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.16%) F5
7 4 (2.53%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.53%) Darktrace
8 3 (1.90%) Cribl.io
8 3 (1.90%) Google
8 3 (1.90%) Juniper
8 3 (1.90%) Okta
8 3 (1.90%) Qualys
8 3 (1.90%) Tenable
9 2 (1.27%) Aruba
9 2 (1.27%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.27%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.27%) Remedy
9 2 (1.27%) ServiceNow