Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £644, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 231 201
Rank change year-on-year -19 -30 +74
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 148 134 202
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.96% 1.00% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.07% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 93 152
10th Percentile £463 £550 £519
25th Percentile £542 £613 £618
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £750 £799 £775
90th Percentile £784 £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 14,261 12,530 17,199
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 93.61% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,512 8,078 12,404
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £787
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 139 338
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.95 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.02 £24.66 £19.10
Median hourly rate £34.75 £36.50 £28.88
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% +26.41% -17.50%
75th Percentile £59.79 £53.75 £49.68
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.47 £66.30
England median hourly rate £31.65 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.57% - -12.01%

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 17 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 17 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 -2 28 £700 +3.70% 12
South London - 2 £810 - 1
West London -20 1 £662 - 1
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 79 (53.38%) Security Architecture
2 60 (40.54%) Security Cleared
3 55 (37.16%) Azure
4 54 (36.49%) SC Cleared
5 51 (34.46%) AWS
6 47 (31.76%) Cloud Security
7 41 (27.70%) Cybersecurity
8 38 (25.68%) Network Security
9 36 (24.32%) Threat Modelling
10 28 (18.92%) TOGAF
11 26 (17.57%) CISSP
11 26 (17.57%) Firewall
11 26 (17.57%) Zero Trust
12 24 (16.22%) Incident Response
12 24 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 23 (15.54%) Risk Management
14 22 (14.86%) Identity Access Management
14 22 (14.86%) NIST
14 22 (14.86%) Vulnerability Management
15 21 (14.19%) DevSecOps
15 21 (14.19%) Microsoft
16 20 (13.51%) GCP
17 19 (12.84%) SIEM
18 18 (12.16%) SABSA
19 17 (11.49%) CI/CD
20 16 (10.81%) GDPR
20 16 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 15 (10.14%) Migration
22 14 (9.46%) Architectural Patterns
22 14 (9.46%) Data Protection

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 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.03%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 55 (37.16%) Azure
2 51 (34.46%) AWS
3 20 (13.51%) GCP
4 8 (5.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 7 (4.73%) AWS KMS
6 6 (4.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (3.38%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.70%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.03%) PaaS
9 3 (2.03%) SaaS
10 2 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.35%) Serverless
11 1 (0.68%) AWS Control Tower
11 1 (0.68%) AWS Direct Connect
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 38 (25.68%) Network Security
2 26 (17.57%) Firewall
3 9 (6.08%) VPN
3 9 (6.08%) WAN
4 7 (4.73%) LAN
5 5 (3.38%) NGFW
5 5 (3.38%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.70%) BGP
6 4 (2.70%) OSPF
7 3 (2.03%) BIG-IP
7 3 (2.03%) SSL
8 2 (1.35%) DMZ
8 2 (1.35%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (1.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (1.35%) S/MIME
8 2 (1.35%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.68%) 4G
9 1 (0.68%) HSRP
9 1 (0.68%) LTE
9 1 (0.68%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.35%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.68%) GitLab
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 29 (19.59%) Public Sector
2 28 (18.92%) Finance
3 24 (16.22%) Social Skills
4 10 (6.76%) Banking
5 6 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.38%) Financial Institution
6 5 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.38%) Legal
7 4 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Law
10 1 (0.68%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.68%) Police
10 1 (0.68%) Retail
10 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.38%) OpenID
1 5 (3.38%) SAML
2 3 (2.03%) OAuth
2 3 (2.03%) OAuth2
3 2 (1.35%) .NET
4 1 (0.68%) J2EE
4 1 (0.68%) JAAS
4 1 (0.68%) JSP
4 1 (0.68%) JSSE
4 1 (0.68%) JWT
4 1 (0.68%) Middleware
4 1 (0.68%) React
4 1 (0.68%) REST
4 1 (0.68%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.76%) Security Posture
2 9 (6.08%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.73%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.73%) PKI
4 6 (4.05%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.05%) Private Cloud
4 6 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.38%) NHS
5 5 (3.38%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.38%) Taxonomies
6 4 (2.70%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.35%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.68%) IoT
9 1 (0.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.38%) Linux
1 5 (3.38%) Windows
2 2 (1.35%) Unix
2 2 (1.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (53.38%) Security Architecture
2 47 (31.76%) Cloud Security
3 41 (27.70%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (24.32%) Threat Modelling
5 28 (18.92%) TOGAF
6 26 (17.57%) Zero Trust
7 24 (16.22%) Incident Response
8 23 (15.54%) Risk Management
9 22 (14.86%) Identity Access Management
9 22 (14.86%) Vulnerability Management
10 21 (14.19%) DevSecOps
11 19 (12.84%) SIEM
12 18 (12.16%) SABSA
13 17 (11.49%) CI/CD
14 16 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (10.14%) Migration
16 14 (9.46%) Architectural Patterns
16 14 (9.46%) Data Protection
16 14 (9.46%) Information Security
16 14 (9.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.05%) Java
1 6 (4.05%) Python
2 2 (1.35%) SQL
3 1 (0.68%) Bash
3 1 (0.68%) C
3 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.68%) ProC
3 1 (0.68%) R
3 1 (0.68%) RPG
Qualifications
1 60 (40.54%) Security Cleared
2 54 (36.49%) SC Cleared
3 26 (17.57%) CISSP
4 13 (8.78%) Degree
5 12 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (7.43%) CISM
7 10 (6.76%) AWS Certification
8 8 (5.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (4.73%) CCSP
10 5 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (3.38%) GIAC
11 3 (2.03%) CCIE
11 3 (2.03%) CCNP
11 3 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (1.35%) CCSE
12 2 (1.35%) CSSLP
12 2 (1.35%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.35%) JNCIE
12 2 (1.35%) JNCIP
12 2 (1.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (14.86%) NIST
3 16 (10.81%) GDPR
4 13 (8.78%) NCSC
5 10 (6.76%) PCI DSS
6 6 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (3.38%) EU AI Act
8 2 (1.35%) GRC
8 2 (1.35%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (8.78%) Terraform
2 5 (3.38%) Ansible
2 5 (3.38%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.68%) SELinux
Vendors
1 21 (14.19%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.11%) Splunk
3 10 (6.76%) Cisco
4 8 (5.41%) Zscaler
5 7 (4.73%) CyberArk
5 7 (4.73%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.38%) Darktrace
6 5 (3.38%) F5
7 4 (2.70%) CheckPoint
8 3 (2.03%) Cribl.io
8 3 (2.03%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.03%) Google
8 3 (2.03%) Juniper
9 2 (1.35%) Arista
9 2 (1.35%) Aruba
9 2 (1.35%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.35%) Remedy
9 2 (1.35%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.68%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.68%) Extreme Networks