Security Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 170 202
Rank change year-on-year -33 +32 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 231 187 206
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.21% 1.48% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.58% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 129 149
10th Percentile £491 £534 £519
25th Percentile £524 £613 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £745
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -9.40% +6.43%
75th Percentile £775 £775 £788
90th Percentile £900 £800 £852
England median daily rate £650 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -

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 17,759 11,801 16,542
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 93.46% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,738 7,991 11,887
10th Percentile £358 £338 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £682
90th Percentile £763 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 176 321
10th Percentile £18.61 £19.33 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.94 £20.02
Median hourly rate £41.00 £33.45 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.59% +21.62% -25.21%
75th Percentile £63.21 £50.56 £46.48
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.38 £67.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.50
% change year-on-year +56.52% -27.22% -9.47%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -6 36 £600 -10.78% 4
South London -19 2 £810 +8.00%
East London - 2 £763 - 2
West London -27 1 £1,000 - 1
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 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.

1 116 (50.22%) Security Architecture
2 90 (38.96%) Security Cleared
3 74 (32.03%) Cloud Security
4 73 (31.60%) Azure
5 71 (30.74%) Cybersecurity
6 70 (30.30%) SC Cleared
6 70 (30.30%) Threat Modelling
7 68 (29.44%) AWS
8 51 (22.08%) CISSP
9 46 (19.91%) Network Security
10 42 (18.18%) GCP
11 39 (16.88%) Architectural Patterns
12 33 (14.29%) NIST
12 33 (14.29%) TOGAF
13 32 (13.85%) Risk Management
14 31 (13.42%) Application Security
15 30 (12.99%) Identity Access Management
15 30 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 29 (12.55%) Zero Trust
17 28 (12.12%) Information Security
17 28 (12.12%) Roadmaps
18 27 (11.69%) AI
19 26 (11.26%) Data Protection
19 26 (11.26%) DevOps
20 25 (10.82%) CISM
20 25 (10.82%) DevSecOps
20 25 (10.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 25 (10.82%) Vulnerability Management
21 23 (9.96%) CI/CD

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 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 73 (31.60%) Azure
2 68 (29.44%) AWS
3 42 (18.18%) GCP
4 12 (5.19%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (5.19%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.03%) SaaS
6 5 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
6 5 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.73%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (1.73%) AWS Control Tower
7 4 (1.73%) AWS KMS
8 3 (1.30%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.30%) GitHub
8 3 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.87%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (0.87%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.87%) OCI
9 2 (0.87%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 46 (19.91%) Network Security
2 17 (7.36%) Firewall
3 6 (2.60%) VPN
4 4 (1.73%) 4G
4 4 (1.73%) NGFW
5 3 (1.30%) 5G
5 3 (1.30%) Intranet
5 3 (1.30%) LAN
5 3 (1.30%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (1.30%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.30%) WAN
6 2 (0.87%) BGP
6 2 (0.87%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.87%) DMZ
6 2 (0.87%) Internet
6 2 (0.87%) IPsec
6 2 (0.87%) OSPF
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.43%) VLAN
7 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.87%) Big Data
2 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.43%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Snyk
2 3 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.87%) GitLab
4 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 42 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 41 (17.75%) Social Skills
3 38 (16.45%) Finance
4 24 (10.39%) Banking
5 16 (6.93%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.46%) Legal
8 4 (1.73%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.73%) Retail
9 3 (1.30%) Law
9 3 (1.30%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.43%) Aviation
11 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.43%) Local Government
11 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.16%) J2EE
1 5 (2.16%) JSP
2 4 (1.73%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (1.30%) HTML
3 3 (1.30%) OAuth
3 3 (1.30%) REST
4 1 (0.43%) JWT
4 1 (0.43%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.43%) React
4 1 (0.43%) SAML
4 1 (0.43%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.26%) Security Posture
2 24 (10.39%) Cloud Native
3 15 (6.49%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.33%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.73%) CMDB
6 4 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.73%) Genomics
6 4 (1.73%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.30%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.30%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.87%) NHS
8 2 (0.87%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.46%) Linux
2 6 (2.60%) Windows
3 5 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.73%) Alpine Linux
4 4 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.73%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.43%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (50.22%) Security Architecture
2 74 (32.03%) Cloud Security
3 71 (30.74%) Cybersecurity
4 70 (30.30%) Threat Modelling
5 39 (16.88%) Architectural Patterns
6 33 (14.29%) TOGAF
7 32 (13.85%) Risk Management
8 31 (13.42%) Application Security
9 30 (12.99%) Identity Access Management
9 30 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (12.55%) Zero Trust
11 28 (12.12%) Information Security
11 28 (12.12%) Roadmaps
12 27 (11.69%) AI
13 26 (11.26%) Data Protection
13 26 (11.26%) DevOps
14 25 (10.82%) DevSecOps
14 25 (10.82%) Vulnerability Management
15 23 (9.96%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.90%) Java
2 7 (3.03%) Python
3 5 (2.16%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.73%) Bicep
5 3 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.87%) SQL
7 1 (0.43%) R
7 1 (0.43%) RPG
Qualifications
1 90 (38.96%) Security Cleared
2 70 (30.30%) SC Cleared
3 51 (22.08%) CISSP
4 25 (10.82%) CISM
5 22 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (7.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (5.19%) CCSP
8 10 (4.33%) AWS Certification
8 10 (4.33%) GIAC
9 8 (3.46%) CISA
10 7 (3.03%) SANS
11 6 (2.60%) DV Cleared
11 6 (2.60%) ISSAP
12 5 (2.16%) CEH
12 5 (2.16%) OSCP
13 4 (1.73%) CCNP
13 4 (1.73%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.73%) CRISC
13 4 (1.73%) Degree
13 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.29%) NIST
2 25 (10.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (9.09%) NCSC
4 15 (6.49%) GDPR
5 9 (3.90%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.03%) GRC
7 6 (2.60%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.73%) COBIT
8 4 (1.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.30%) IFRS
9 3 (1.30%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.87%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.87%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.87%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.43%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 4 (1.73%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.87%) Docker
3 1 (0.43%) Varnish
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (5.63%) Terraform
2 12 (5.19%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.46%) Ansible
4 2 (0.87%) QRadar
4 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.43%) SELinux
Vendors
1 17 (7.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.63%) Splunk
3 9 (3.90%) Google
4 8 (3.46%) Okta
4 8 (3.46%) Palo Alto
4 8 (3.46%) Qualys
4 8 (3.46%) Tenable
5 7 (3.03%) Cisco
6 6 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.16%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.73%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.73%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.73%) Rapid7
9 3 (1.30%) TOWER Software
10 2 (0.87%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.87%) Cribl.io
10 2 (0.87%) F5
11 1 (0.43%) Broadcom
11 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow