Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £662, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 236 224
Rank change year-on-year -14 -12 +104
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 131 138 200
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.92% 0.88% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.94% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 83 151
10th Percentile £473 £500 £525
25th Percentile £581 £550 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £662 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £770 £800 £770
90th Percentile £800 £900 £800
England median daily rate £662 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -1.93% - -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
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 £87.50 - £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 13,154 14,645 18,088
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 93.65% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,738 9,514 13,071
10th Percentile £338 £338 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -2.60%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £761 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.05% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 154 210
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £21.81
Median hourly rate £27.86 £35.75 £36.31
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% -1.53% +3.73%
75th Percentile £54.06 £53.75 £59.69
90th Percentile £74.75 £80.75 £73.66
England median hourly rate £25.74 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.91% -17.22% +38.46%

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 3 December 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 3 December 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 0 17 £700 +7.69% 6
West London - 3 £515 -
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 December 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 76 (58.02%) Security Architecture
2 47 (35.88%) AWS
2 47 (35.88%) Azure
3 45 (34.35%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (33.59%) Cloud Security
5 30 (22.90%) Security Cleared
6 26 (19.85%) Firewall
7 25 (19.08%) SC Cleared
8 24 (18.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (18.32%) Microsoft
8 24 (18.32%) Network Security
8 24 (18.32%) NIST
8 24 (18.32%) SIEM
9 23 (17.56%) Incident Response
10 21 (16.03%) Threat Modelling
11 20 (15.27%) CISSP
12 18 (13.74%) DevSecOps
12 18 (13.74%) Splunk
12 18 (13.74%) TOGAF
12 18 (13.74%) Vulnerability Management
13 17 (12.98%) IT Strategy
14 16 (12.21%) GDPR
14 16 (12.21%) Identity Access Management
14 16 (12.21%) Risk Management
14 16 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (12.21%) Technology Strategy
15 15 (11.45%) CI/CD
15 15 (11.45%) GCP
15 15 (11.45%) Migration
15 15 (11.45%) SABSA

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 (2.29%) Confluence
2 1 (0.76%) IBM Transformation Extender
2 1 (0.76%) SAS
2 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 47 (35.88%) AWS
1 47 (35.88%) Azure
2 15 (11.45%) GCP
3 10 (7.63%) SaaS
4 6 (4.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 6 (4.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (3.82%) Amazon S3
5 5 (3.82%) Amazon SQS
6 4 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (3.05%) AWS KMS
6 4 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.05%) PaaS
7 3 (2.29%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (2.29%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.29%) IaaS
8 2 (1.53%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (1.53%) GitHub
9 1 (0.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 26 (19.85%) Firewall
2 24 (18.32%) Network Security
3 6 (4.58%) NGFW
4 4 (3.05%) SD-WAN
4 4 (3.05%) VPN
5 3 (2.29%) LAN
5 3 (2.29%) SSL
5 3 (2.29%) WAN
6 2 (1.53%) BGP
6 2 (1.53%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.53%) OSPF
6 2 (1.53%) S/MIME
6 2 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.76%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.76%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.76%) HSRP
7 1 (0.76%) IPsec
7 1 (0.76%) VRRP
7 1 (0.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.76%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.53%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) Git
2 1 (0.76%) GitLab
General
1 41 (31.30%) Finance
2 26 (19.85%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.21%) Banking
4 11 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.87%) Financial Institution
6 6 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.82%) Legal
8 4 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Military
10 1 (0.76%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.82%) OpenID
1 5 (3.82%) SAML
2 3 (2.29%) .NET
3 2 (1.53%) OAuth
3 2 (1.53%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.76%) Middleware
4 1 (0.76%) React
4 1 (0.76%) REST
4 1 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.40%) Management Information System
1 11 (8.40%) Security Posture
2 8 (6.11%) PKI
3 7 (5.34%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.34%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.58%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.82%) CSOC
5 5 (3.82%) NHS
5 5 (3.82%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (3.82%) Taxonomies
6 4 (3.05%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.29%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.29%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.53%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.53%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.76%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.58%) Windows
2 3 (2.29%) Linux
2 3 (2.29%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.53%) Unix
3 2 (1.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (58.02%) Security Architecture
2 45 (34.35%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (33.59%) Cloud Security
4 24 (18.32%) SIEM
5 23 (17.56%) Incident Response
6 21 (16.03%) Threat Modelling
7 18 (13.74%) DevSecOps
7 18 (13.74%) TOGAF
7 18 (13.74%) Vulnerability Management
8 17 (12.98%) IT Strategy
9 16 (12.21%) Identity Access Management
9 16 (12.21%) Risk Management
9 16 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (12.21%) Technology Strategy
10 15 (11.45%) CI/CD
10 15 (11.45%) Migration
10 15 (11.45%) SABSA
11 13 (9.92%) Information Security
11 13 (9.92%) Security Operations
12 12 (9.16%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.34%) Python
2 4 (3.05%) Java
3 2 (1.53%) Bash
3 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.76%) C
4 1 (0.76%) PHP
4 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.76%) ProC
4 1 (0.76%) R
4 1 (0.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (22.90%) Security Cleared
2 25 (19.08%) SC Cleared
3 20 (15.27%) CISSP
4 10 (7.63%) Degree
5 7 (5.34%) AWS Certification
5 7 (5.34%) CISM
6 6 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.29%) CCSP
8 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.53%) GIAC
9 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.76%) CCSE
10 1 (0.76%) CEH
10 1 (0.76%) ISSAP
10 1 (0.76%) JNCIE
10 1 (0.76%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (18.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (18.32%) NIST
2 16 (12.21%) GDPR
3 13 (9.92%) PCI DSS
4 6 (4.58%) NCSC
5 5 (3.82%) EU AI Act
6 4 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.05%) HIPAA
7 3 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.76%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.76%) GRC
8 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (8.40%) Terraform
2 3 (2.29%) Ansible
3 2 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.76%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 24 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.74%) Splunk
3 10 (7.63%) CyberArk
4 8 (6.11%) Darktrace
5 6 (4.58%) Cisco
5 6 (4.58%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.05%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.05%) Google
7 3 (2.29%) F5
8 2 (1.53%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.53%) Juniper
8 2 (1.53%) Oracle
8 2 (1.53%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.76%) Arista
9 1 (0.76%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.76%) ESRI
9 1 (0.76%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.76%) IBM
9 1 (0.76%) Remedy
9 1 (0.76%) Saba