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 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 208 222
Rank change year-on-year +33 +14 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 186 205 294
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.44% 1.17% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.25% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 145 220
10th Percentile £532 £519 £525
25th Percentile £613 £650 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% -1.06%
75th Percentile £775 £788 £800
90th Percentile £800 £850 £838
England median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £78.50
England median hourly rate £100.00 £87.46 £70.00
% change year-on-year +14.34% +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 12,044 16,404 23,985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.88% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,141 11,758 17,511
10th Percentile £335 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 316 271
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.23 £20.17 £22.95
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -26.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £50.50 £45.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.18 £39.55 £43.93
% change year-on-year -28.75% -9.97% +75.72%

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 July 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 July 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 +14 30 £673 -3.93% 16
South London - 4 £750 -
West London +6 1 - - 4
Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 July 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 87 (46.77%) Security Architecture
2 69 (37.10%) Azure
2 69 (37.10%) NIST
3 64 (34.41%) Security Cleared
4 58 (31.18%) AWS
4 58 (31.18%) Cybersecurity
5 57 (30.65%) SC Cleared
5 57 (30.65%) Cloud Security
6 48 (25.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 46 (24.73%) SIEM
8 44 (23.66%) CISSP
9 38 (20.43%) Identity Access Management
10 36 (19.35%) Firewall
10 36 (19.35%) Finance
11 35 (18.82%) Public Sector
12 32 (17.20%) Risk Management
12 32 (17.20%) Microsoft
13 31 (16.67%) SABSA
14 29 (15.59%) Vulnerability Management
14 29 (15.59%) SaaS
14 29 (15.59%) Social Skills
15 28 (15.05%) Threat Modelling
15 28 (15.05%) Network Security
16 27 (14.52%) GCP
17 26 (13.98%) Information Security
18 25 (13.44%) Security Operations
18 25 (13.44%) GDPR
19 24 (12.90%) SOAR
20 23 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
20 23 (12.37%) CISM

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 7 (3.76%) Confluence
2 1 (0.54%) IBM Transformation Extender
2 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.54%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.54%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (37.10%) Azure
2 58 (31.18%) AWS
3 29 (15.59%) SaaS
4 27 (14.52%) GCP
5 19 (10.22%) Amazon EC2
5 19 (10.22%) Amazon S3
5 19 (10.22%) Amazon SQS
6 10 (5.38%) OCI
7 8 (4.30%) Entra ID
7 8 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (3.23%) IaaS
9 5 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.61%) GitHub
11 2 (1.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.08%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (1.08%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.08%) Azure Stack
11 2 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 36 (19.35%) Firewall
2 28 (15.05%) Network Security
3 10 (5.38%) DNS
4 8 (4.30%) SD-WAN
4 8 (4.30%) VPN
4 8 (4.30%) WAN
5 3 (1.61%) HTTP
6 2 (1.08%) DMZ
6 2 (1.08%) IPsec
6 2 (1.08%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (1.08%) SAN
6 2 (1.08%) Wireless
7 1 (0.54%) BGP
7 1 (0.54%) OSPF
7 1 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.54%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.54%) VLAN
7 1 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.23%) GIS
2 1 (0.54%) Big Data
2 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.54%) Metadata
2 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.30%) JIRA
2 2 (1.08%) Git
2 2 (1.08%) GitLab
2 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (19.35%) Finance
2 35 (18.82%) Public Sector
3 29 (15.59%) Social Skills
4 22 (11.83%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (9.14%) Banking
6 8 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.30%) Legal
7 5 (2.69%) Law
8 4 (2.15%) Military
8 4 (2.15%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.61%) Marketing
10 2 (1.08%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.54%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.38%) SAML
2 9 (4.84%) OAuth
3 8 (4.30%) OpenID
4 5 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.61%) .NET
5 3 (1.61%) React
5 3 (1.61%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.08%) Web Services
7 1 (0.54%) LDAP
7 1 (0.54%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.75%) Security Posture
2 19 (10.22%) CSOC
2 19 (10.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 18 (9.68%) Onboarding
4 13 (6.99%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.84%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.23%) PKI
7 5 (2.69%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.15%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.61%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.61%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.08%) Blog
10 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.54%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.54%) IoT
11 1 (0.54%) Smart Meter
11 1 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.53%) Windows
2 9 (4.84%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.23%) Linux
4 2 (1.08%) VMS
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (46.77%) Security Architecture
2 58 (31.18%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (30.65%) Cloud Security
4 46 (24.73%) SIEM
5 38 (20.43%) Identity Access Management
6 32 (17.20%) Risk Management
7 31 (16.67%) SABSA
8 29 (15.59%) Vulnerability Management
9 28 (15.05%) Threat Modelling
10 26 (13.98%) Information Security
11 25 (13.44%) Security Operations
12 24 (12.90%) SOAR
13 23 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (12.37%) Use Case
14 21 (11.29%) DevSecOps
15 20 (10.75%) Data Loss Prevention
16 18 (9.68%) DevOps
16 18 (9.68%) Incident Response
16 18 (9.68%) TOGAF
17 17 (9.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.53%) Python
2 9 (4.84%) Java
3 7 (3.76%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.23%) Bash
5 3 (1.61%) PHP
5 3 (1.61%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.08%) SQL
7 1 (0.54%) C
Qualifications
1 64 (34.41%) Security Cleared
2 57 (30.65%) SC Cleared
3 44 (23.66%) CISSP
4 23 (12.37%) CISM
5 12 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (5.91%) Degree
7 10 (5.38%) Azure Certification
8 9 (4.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (4.30%) CISA
9 8 (4.30%) GIAC
10 7 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (3.23%) OCP
11 6 (3.23%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (2.69%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.69%) SANS
13 4 (2.15%) CCSK
13 4 (2.15%) CRISC
13 4 (2.15%) PMP
14 3 (1.61%) CEH
14 3 (1.61%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (37.10%) NIST
2 48 (25.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (13.44%) GDPR
4 18 (9.68%) PCI DSS
5 11 (5.91%) GRC
6 10 (5.38%) HIPAA
6 10 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (3.76%) NIST 800
8 6 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (2.69%) NCSC
10 4 (2.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.08%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.54%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.54%) FISMA
12 1 (0.54%) PSD2
System Software
1 14 (7.53%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.08%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.69%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (2.69%) Terraform
2 3 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.08%) SCCM
3 2 (1.08%) SELinux
4 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.54%) CASB
4 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.54%) Grafana
4 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.54%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 32 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.37%) Splunk
3 12 (6.45%) Oracle
4 11 (5.91%) Google
5 8 (4.30%) Fortinet
5 8 (4.30%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.76%) Cisco
7 6 (3.23%) ESRI
8 5 (2.69%) Tufin
9 4 (2.15%) AlgoSec
9 4 (2.15%) CyberArk
9 4 (2.15%) Okta
9 4 (2.15%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.15%) Ping Identity
9 4 (2.15%) Qualys
9 4 (2.15%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (1.61%) SAP
11 2 (1.08%) Ariba
11 2 (1.08%) IBM