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 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 214 234
Rank change year-on-year -5 +20 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 263 163 163
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.28% 1.22% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 1.32% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 110 93
10th Percentile £513 £513 £500
25th Percentile £556 £613 £600
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 £885
England median daily rate £622 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.93% -3.57% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £88.75 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 -
% change year-on-year -22.22% - -

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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 19,058 12,391 15,104
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 92.55% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,335 8,277 9,836
10th Percentile £363 £335 £341
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 £664 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 210 171
10th Percentile £16.75 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.50 £23.98
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.20 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -25.48% -9.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £49.13 £59.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.75 £80.00
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -6.89%

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 16 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 IT jobs citing Security Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Central London -17 28 £638 -6.93% 36
South London -5 7 £650 -13.33%
West London -21 4 £750 +45.63% 8
East London - 3 £750 - 2
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Architecture52.1%137
2Security Cleared45.2%119
3SC Cleared35.4%93
4Cybersecurity30.0%79
5Azure29.3%77
6Cloud Security27.8%73
7AWS25.5%67
7Threat Modelling25.5%67
9CISSP19.4%51
10NIST17.5%46
11Roadmaps16.0%42
11Stakeholder Management16.0%42
13GCP15.2%40
13Network Security15.2%40
15Identity Access Management14.4%38
15ISO/IEC 2700114.4%38
15TOGAF14.4%38
18Risk Management14.1%37
19Zero Trust12.9%34
20AI12.5%33
21Architectural Patterns12.2%32
21CISM12.2%32
23Information Security11.4%30
24Stakeholder Engagement11.0%29
25Data Protection10.6%28
25DevOps10.6%28
25Microsoft10.6%28
28Enterprise Architecture10.3%27
29NCSC9.5%25
29SABSA9.5%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 Architect10.6%28
2Enterprise Architect10.3%27
3Artificial Intelligence Architect8.7%23
4Cybersecurity Architect8.4%22
5Senior Security Architect6.8%18
6Network Security Architect6.5%17
7Cloud Architect4.6%12
8AWS Architect3.0%8
8Cloud Security Architect3.0%8
10AWS Security Architect2.7%7
10Information Security Architect2.7%7
10Lead Security Architect2.7%7
10Senior Enterprise Architect2.7%7
14Principal Security Architect1.9%5
14Salesforce Architect1.9%5
16DevSecOps Architect1.5%4
16GCP Architect1.5%4
16Security Technical Architect1.5%4
19Applications Architect1.1%3
19CyberArk Architect1.1%3
225 Security Architect jobs in London