Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 202 216
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 266 175 173
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.32% 1.29% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 1.39% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 116 109
10th Percentile £497 £513 £500
25th Percentile £525 £588 £654
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £675 £750
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £788 £775 £823
90th Percentile £900 £800 £890
England median daily rate £650 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +1.82%

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 18,802 12,610 15,273
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 92.99% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,272 8,525 10,790
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
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 £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 204 199
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.45
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.98 £22.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -9.28% -11.81%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.13 £54.38
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +67.54% -42.22% +4.65%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 +3 40 £600 -10.45% 12
East London - 4 £750 - 2
West London -17 3 £900 +86.53% 7
South London -19 2 £810 +8.00%
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 August 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.

1 134 (50.38%) Security Architecture
2 102 (38.35%) Security Cleared
3 87 (32.71%) Azure
4 84 (31.58%) Cloud Security
5 79 (29.70%) AWS
6 76 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
6 76 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 76 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
7 58 (21.80%) CISSP
8 52 (19.55%) GCP
8 52 (19.55%) Network Security
9 43 (16.17%) Architectural Patterns
10 41 (15.41%) NIST
10 41 (15.41%) TOGAF
11 38 (14.29%) Information Security
11 38 (14.29%) Roadmaps
12 37 (13.91%) Identity Access Management
13 36 (13.53%) AI
13 36 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
14 35 (13.16%) Risk Management
14 35 (13.16%) Zero Trust
15 34 (12.78%) Data Protection
16 33 (12.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 31 (11.65%) Application Security
17 31 (11.65%) CISM
18 28 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
18 28 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 28 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
18 28 (10.53%) SABSA
19 27 (10.15%) DevSecOps

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 2 (0.75%) SAS
1 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (32.71%) Azure
2 79 (29.70%) AWS
3 52 (19.55%) GCP
4 16 (6.02%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.01%) SaaS
7 3 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (1.13%) Anthropic Claude
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Control Tower
7 3 (1.13%) AWS KMS
7 3 (1.13%) GitHub
7 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.13%) OCI
8 2 (0.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (0.75%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.75%) Cloudflare
8 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.75%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 52 (19.55%) Network Security
2 20 (7.52%) Firewall
3 7 (2.63%) 4G
3 7 (2.63%) VPN
4 6 (2.26%) WAN
5 5 (1.88%) 5G
5 5 (1.88%) LAN
5 5 (1.88%) NGFW
5 5 (1.88%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (1.50%) Intranet
7 3 (1.13%) IPsec
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.75%) Internet
8 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.38%) 3G
9 1 (0.38%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.38%) IPFIX
9 1 (0.38%) OSPF
9 1 (0.38%) SNMP
9 1 (0.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.75%) Big Data
1 2 (0.75%) Metadata
2 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (1.50%) Snyk
2 3 (1.13%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 51 (19.17%) Social Skills
2 45 (16.92%) Finance
3 40 (15.04%) Public Sector
4 24 (9.02%) Banking
5 22 (8.27%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (4.89%) Legal
7 9 (3.38%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.01%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.26%) Police
10 5 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.88%) Retail
11 4 (1.50%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.50%) Law
11 4 (1.50%) Local Government
12 3 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.38%) Aviation
14 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.88%) OAuth
2 4 (1.50%) Azure Blueprints
2 4 (1.50%) Jakarta EE
2 4 (1.50%) JSP
3 3 (1.13%) HTML
3 3 (1.13%) REST
4 2 (0.75%) SAML
5 1 (0.38%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.38%) OpenID
5 1 (0.38%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.03%) Cloud Native
2 31 (11.65%) Security Posture
3 16 (6.02%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.51%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.63%) Enterprise Cloud
5 7 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.88%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.88%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.50%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (1.50%) CMDB
7 4 (1.50%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.50%) Genomics
7 4 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.50%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.13%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.26%) Linux
2 4 (1.50%) Alpine Linux
2 4 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (1.50%) Ubuntu
2 4 (1.50%) Windows
2 4 (1.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (50.38%) Security Architecture
2 84 (31.58%) Cloud Security
3 76 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 76 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
4 43 (16.17%) Architectural Patterns
5 41 (15.41%) TOGAF
6 38 (14.29%) Information Security
6 38 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 37 (13.91%) Identity Access Management
8 36 (13.53%) AI
8 36 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 35 (13.16%) Risk Management
9 35 (13.16%) Zero Trust
10 34 (12.78%) Data Protection
11 33 (12.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (11.65%) Application Security
13 28 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
13 28 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
13 28 (10.53%) SABSA
14 27 (10.15%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.63%) Java
1 7 (2.63%) Python
2 5 (1.88%) Bicep
2 5 (1.88%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.38%) R
4 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (38.35%) Security Cleared
2 76 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 58 (21.80%) CISSP
4 31 (11.65%) CISM
5 21 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (6.77%) DV Cleared
7 16 (6.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (4.14%) AWS Certification
8 11 (4.14%) CCSP
9 8 (3.01%) CISA
9 8 (3.01%) SANS
10 7 (2.63%) GIAC
11 6 (2.26%) ISSAP
12 5 (1.88%) CEH
12 5 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.88%) OSCP
13 4 (1.50%) CCNP
13 4 (1.50%) CRISC
13 4 (1.50%) Degree
13 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.41%) NIST
2 28 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (7.14%) NCSC
4 14 (5.26%) GDPR
5 10 (3.76%) PCI DSS
6 9 (3.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 8 (3.01%) NIST 800
8 7 (2.63%) Government Security Classifications
8 7 (2.63%) GRC
9 4 (1.50%) COBIT
9 4 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (1.13%) EU AI Act
10 3 (1.13%) IFRS
10 3 (1.13%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 5 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.50%) Docker
3 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 13 (4.89%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.51%) Terraform
3 6 (2.26%) Ansible
4 2 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (0.75%) QRadar
4 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (8.65%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.89%) Google
3 12 (4.51%) Splunk
4 11 (4.14%) Palo Alto
5 9 (3.38%) Okta
5 9 (3.38%) Tenable
6 8 (3.01%) Cisco
6 8 (3.01%) Qualys
7 7 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (2.63%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.26%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.88%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.50%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.50%) Rapid7
11 3 (1.13%) OpenAI
11 3 (1.13%) TOWER Software
11 3 (1.13%) VMware
12 2 (0.75%) FireEye
13 1 (0.38%) New Relic
13 1 (0.38%) Sonatype