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 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 215 207
Rank change year-on-year -20 -8 +65
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 172 138 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.02% 1.09% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.16% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 110 149
10th Percentile £463 £550 £550
25th Percentile £513 £613 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £800 £780
90th Percentile £800 £864 £825
England median daily rate £628 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -7.04% -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 £85.00 £73.31 £87.00
% change year-on-year +15.95% -15.74% +23.84%

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 15,566 11,900 16,836
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 93.60% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,413 8,153 12,158
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 150 341
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.19 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £62.13 £51.80 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £41.26 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +19.58% +6.15% -23.53%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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 37 £638 -5.90% 15
West London -18 2 £831 - 3
South London - 2 £810 -
East London +1 1 £775 - 2
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 March 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 92 (53.49%) Security Architecture
2 75 (43.60%) Security Cleared
3 60 (34.88%) Azure
3 60 (34.88%) Cloud Security
3 60 (34.88%) SC Cleared
4 53 (30.81%) AWS
5 47 (27.33%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (26.16%) Threat Modelling
7 42 (24.42%) Network Security
8 40 (23.26%) CISSP
9 31 (18.02%) GCP
10 29 (16.86%) TOGAF
10 29 (16.86%) Zero Trust
11 26 (15.12%) Risk Management
12 25 (14.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 24 (13.95%) DevSecOps
14 22 (12.79%) Information Security
14 22 (12.79%) NIST
15 21 (12.21%) Application Security
15 21 (12.21%) Architectural Patterns
15 21 (12.21%) CI/CD
15 21 (12.21%) SABSA
16 20 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
16 20 (11.63%) CISM
16 20 (11.63%) Identity Access Management
17 18 (10.47%) Data Protection
17 18 (10.47%) GDPR
18 17 (9.88%) Incident Response
18 17 (9.88%) Microsoft
18 17 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 60 (34.88%) Azure
2 53 (30.81%) AWS
3 31 (18.02%) GCP
4 9 (5.23%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (5.23%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 8 (4.65%) AWS KMS
6 7 (4.07%) SaaS
7 5 (2.91%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.74%) PaaS
10 2 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.16%) Serverless
11 1 (0.58%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 42 (24.42%) Network Security
2 14 (8.14%) Firewall
3 9 (5.23%) WAN
4 7 (4.07%) LAN
4 7 (4.07%) VPN
5 5 (2.91%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.33%) BGP
6 4 (2.33%) OSPF
7 3 (1.74%) BIG-IP
8 2 (1.16%) DMZ
8 2 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (1.16%) Intranet
8 2 (1.16%) NGFW
9 1 (0.58%) 5G
9 1 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.58%) HSRP
9 1 (0.58%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.58%) LTE
9 1 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.74%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.16%) Big Data
3 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Snyk
2 1 (0.58%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.58%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.58%) GitLab
2 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 37 (21.51%) Finance
2 36 (20.93%) Public Sector
3 30 (17.44%) Social Skills
4 14 (8.14%) Banking
5 7 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.91%) Legal
8 4 (2.33%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.16%) Law
10 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.58%) Police
10 1 (0.58%) Retail
10 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.74%) J2EE
1 3 (1.74%) JSP
1 3 (1.74%) OpenID
1 3 (1.74%) SAML
2 2 (1.16%) OAuth
3 1 (0.58%) JAAS
3 1 (0.58%) JSSE
3 1 (0.58%) JWT
3 1 (0.58%) Middleware
3 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.58%) React
3 1 (0.58%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.30%) Security Posture
2 10 (5.81%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.49%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.49%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.91%) Private Cloud
4 5 (2.91%) Taxonomies
5 4 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.33%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.33%) PKI
6 3 (1.74%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.58%) NHS
8 1 (0.58%) SCADA
8 1 (0.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.74%) Linux
1 3 (1.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.58%) Unix
2 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.58%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (53.49%) Security Architecture
2 60 (34.88%) Cloud Security
3 47 (27.33%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (26.16%) Threat Modelling
5 29 (16.86%) TOGAF
5 29 (16.86%) Zero Trust
6 26 (15.12%) Risk Management
7 24 (13.95%) DevSecOps
8 22 (12.79%) Information Security
9 21 (12.21%) Application Security
9 21 (12.21%) Architectural Patterns
9 21 (12.21%) CI/CD
9 21 (12.21%) SABSA
10 20 (11.63%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (10.47%) Data Protection
12 17 (9.88%) Incident Response
12 17 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (9.30%) AI
13 16 (9.30%) SIEM
14 15 (8.72%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.49%) Java
2 2 (1.16%) Python
2 2 (1.16%) SQL
3 1 (0.58%) C
3 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.58%) ProC
3 1 (0.58%) RPG
Qualifications
1 75 (43.60%) Security Cleared
2 60 (34.88%) SC Cleared
3 40 (23.26%) CISSP
4 20 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (11.63%) CISM
5 16 (9.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 11 (6.40%) CCSP
6 11 (6.40%) Degree
7 10 (5.81%) AWS Certification
8 6 (3.49%) GIAC
9 4 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.74%) CCIE
10 3 (1.74%) CCNP
10 3 (1.74%) CEH
10 3 (1.74%) CISA
10 3 (1.74%) SANS
11 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.16%) CCSE
11 2 (1.16%) JNCIE
11 2 (1.16%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (12.79%) NIST
3 18 (10.47%) GDPR
4 16 (9.30%) NCSC
5 11 (6.40%) PCI DSS
6 7 (4.07%) EU AI Act
7 4 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.74%) GRC
9 2 (1.16%) COBIT
10 1 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.58%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 11 (6.40%) Terraform
2 7 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.58%) SELinux
4 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (9.88%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.81%) Cisco
2 10 (5.81%) Splunk
3 9 (5.23%) Zscaler
4 6 (3.49%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.33%) CheckPoint
5 4 (2.33%) F5
5 4 (2.33%) Okta
5 4 (2.33%) Qualys
5 4 (2.33%) Tenable
6 3 (1.74%) Google
6 3 (1.74%) Juniper
7 2 (1.16%) Arista
7 2 (1.16%) Aruba
7 2 (1.16%) Cribl.io
7 2 (1.16%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.16%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.16%) Remedy
7 2 (1.16%) ServiceNow