Security Architect Contracts in London

Security Architect
England > London

The median Security Architect daily rate in London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 199 237
Rank change year-on-year +1 +38 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 159 202 291
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.27% 1.13% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.22% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 146 215
10th Percentile £550 £550 £543
25th Percentile £603 £650 £637
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £735 £700
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +5.00% +2.19%
75th Percentile £763 £780 £800
90th Percentile £823 £825 £838
England median daily rate £673 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.86% - +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
England median hourly rate £79.16 £87.46 £70.00
% change year-on-year -9.50% +24.94% -

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in London

Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architect 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 1 May 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 +9 27 £655 +0.77% 10
South London +8 2 - -
West London +8 1 - - 1
East London +7 1 - - 2
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 78 (49.06%) Security Architecture
2 64 (40.25%) NIST
3 58 (36.48%) Azure
4 48 (30.19%) Cloud Security
5 44 (27.67%) Security Cleared
6 41 (25.79%) CISSP
7 39 (24.53%) SC Cleared
8 37 (23.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 36 (22.64%) Firewall
10 33 (20.75%) AWS
10 33 (20.75%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (20.75%) Identity Access Management
10 33 (20.75%) Social Skills
11 31 (19.50%) Finance
12 28 (17.61%) Network Security
12 28 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (16.98%) Risk Management
13 27 (16.98%) SABSA
14 26 (16.35%) CISM
14 26 (16.35%) Microsoft
15 25 (15.72%) Public Sector
16 24 (15.09%) Threat Modelling
17 23 (14.47%) GCP
18 22 (13.84%) Vulnerability Management
19 20 (12.58%) GDPR
20 19 (11.95%) Security Posture
20 19 (11.95%) Information Security
21 18 (11.32%) SIEM
21 18 (11.32%) DevSecOps
22 17 (10.69%) GRC

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.14%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.89%) Aladdin
2 3 (1.89%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 58 (36.48%) Azure
2 33 (20.75%) AWS
3 23 (14.47%) GCP
4 9 (5.66%) OCI
4 9 (5.66%) SaaS
5 8 (5.03%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.14%) GitHub
8 4 (2.52%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.89%) IaaS
9 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.89%) Serverless
10 2 (1.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.26%) Amazon Macie
10 2 (1.26%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (1.26%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.63%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 36 (22.64%) Firewall
2 28 (17.61%) Network Security
3 10 (6.29%) DNS
4 9 (5.66%) VPN
5 8 (5.03%) SD-WAN
5 8 (5.03%) WAN
6 4 (2.52%) BGP
6 4 (2.52%) OSPF
6 4 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.89%) NGFW
8 2 (1.26%) DMZ
8 2 (1.26%) HTTP
8 2 (1.26%) IPsec
8 2 (1.26%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (1.26%) SAN
8 2 (1.26%) Wireless
9 1 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.63%) tcpdump
9 1 (0.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.52%) GIS
2 2 (1.26%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.63%) Big Data
3 1 (0.63%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) Git
General
1 33 (20.75%) Social Skills
2 31 (19.50%) Finance
3 25 (15.72%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.55%) Banking
6 8 (5.03%) Legal
7 5 (3.14%) Law
8 4 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.26%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.29%) SAML
2 9 (5.66%) OAuth
3 8 (5.03%) OpenID
4 5 (3.14%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (2.52%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.26%) .NET
6 2 (1.26%) React
6 2 (1.26%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.63%) LDAP
7 1 (0.63%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.95%) Security Posture
2 9 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.03%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.40%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.14%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.14%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.52%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.52%) PKI
7 3 (1.89%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.89%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.26%) Blog
8 2 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.26%) IoT
8 2 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.63%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.63%) Life Science
9 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.03%) Windows
2 5 (3.14%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.52%) Linux
4 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (49.06%) Security Architecture
2 48 (30.19%) Cloud Security
3 33 (20.75%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (20.75%) Identity Access Management
4 28 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (16.98%) Risk Management
5 27 (16.98%) SABSA
6 24 (15.09%) Threat Modelling
7 22 (13.84%) Vulnerability Management
8 19 (11.95%) Information Security
9 18 (11.32%) DevSecOps
9 18 (11.32%) SIEM
10 17 (10.69%) TOGAF
11 16 (10.06%) Application Security
11 16 (10.06%) Risk Assessment
12 15 (9.43%) Data Loss Prevention
12 15 (9.43%) DevOps
12 15 (9.43%) Incident Response
13 14 (8.81%) Roadmaps
14 13 (8.18%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.55%) Python
2 8 (5.03%) Java
3 5 (3.14%) Bash
3 5 (3.14%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.26%) PHP
4 2 (1.26%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.63%) C
5 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (27.67%) Security Cleared
2 41 (25.79%) CISSP
3 39 (24.53%) SC Cleared
4 26 (16.35%) CISM
5 12 (7.55%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (7.55%) Degree
6 10 (6.29%) Azure Certification
7 9 (5.66%) CISA
7 9 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.40%) CRISC
9 6 (3.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (3.77%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.77%) OCP
9 6 (3.77%) Oracle Certification
10 5 (3.14%) GIAC
11 4 (2.52%) CCNP
11 4 (2.52%) CCSK
11 4 (2.52%) SANS
12 2 (1.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (40.25%) NIST
2 37 (23.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (12.58%) GDPR
4 17 (10.69%) GRC
5 13 (8.18%) PCI DSS
6 11 (6.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 9 (5.66%) HIPAA
7 9 (5.66%) NIST 800
8 6 (3.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (2.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (1.26%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.63%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.63%) FISMA
11 1 (0.63%) NCSC
11 1 (0.63%) PSD2
System Software
1 10 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.26%) IAG
3 2 (1.26%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.52%) SCCM
3 4 (2.52%) Terraform
4 3 (1.89%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.26%) Nagios
6 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.63%) CASB
6 1 (0.63%) Grafana
6 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.55%) Google
2 12 (7.55%) ServiceNow
3 11 (6.92%) Fortinet
4 10 (6.29%) Oracle
5 8 (5.03%) Palo Alto
6 7 (4.40%) Cisco
7 6 (3.77%) Zscaler
8 5 (3.14%) Qualys
8 5 (3.14%) SAP
8 5 (3.14%) Tufin
9 4 (2.52%) AlgoSec
9 4 (2.52%) ESRI
9 4 (2.52%) Meraki
9 4 (2.52%) Okta
9 4 (2.52%) Ping Identity
10 2 (1.26%) Ariba
10 2 (1.26%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.26%) Ericsson
10 2 (1.26%) Snow