Security Architecture Contracts in London

Security Architecture
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 221 267
Rank change year-on-year -6 +46 +34
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 126 174 245
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.00% 0.98% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.10% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 141 169
10th Percentile £560 £500 £500
25th Percentile £613 £613 £620
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £798 £780 £788
90th Percentile £864 £838 £875
England median daily rate £675 £725 £700
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £50.36 - -
25th Percentile £57.28 - £91.25
Median hourly rate £73.60 - £92.50
75th Percentile £80.80 - £93.75
90th Percentile £82.24 - -
England median hourly rate £73.46 £87.46 £82.00
% change year-on-year -16.01% +6.66% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architecture in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Architecture in London

Security Architecture
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 Architecture 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 -4 17 £700 -3.45% 6
South London +11 5 £450 -
East London +10 3 £675 -12.34% 3
West London +10 1 - - 8
Security Architecture
England

Security Architecture
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 3 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.17%) SAP GRC
3 3 (2.38%) Aladdin
4 2 (1.59%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 56 (44.44%) Azure
2 37 (29.37%) AWS
3 15 (11.90%) GCP
4 11 (8.73%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.56%) SaaS
6 6 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (4.76%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.97%) Serverless
8 4 (3.17%) AWS KMS
8 4 (3.17%) GitHub
8 4 (3.17%) IaaS
9 3 (2.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.38%) AWS CloudTrail
9 3 (2.38%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.59%) Amazon Macie
10 2 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.59%) PaaS
11 1 (0.79%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.63%) Firewall
2 18 (14.29%) Network Security
3 12 (9.52%) DNS
4 10 (7.94%) SD-WAN
4 10 (7.94%) WAN
5 8 (6.35%) VPN
6 7 (5.56%) TCP/IP
7 4 (3.17%) DHCP
7 4 (3.17%) HTTP
8 3 (2.38%) SMTP
9 2 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (1.59%) IPsec
10 1 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.79%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.79%) NAS
10 1 (0.79%) SAN
10 1 (0.79%) SSL
10 1 (0.79%) tcpdump
10 1 (0.79%) Wireless
10 1 (0.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.17%) GIS
2 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.79%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.79%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (3.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
2 1 (0.79%) Maven
General
1 32 (25.40%) Finance
2 28 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.32%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.14%) Legal
5 6 (4.76%) Banking
6 4 (3.17%) Law
6 4 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.38%) Retail
8 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Police
8 2 (1.59%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (72.22%) Architect
2 78 (61.90%) Security Architect
3 17 (13.49%) Senior
4 14 (11.11%) Senior Architect
4 14 (11.11%) Senior Security Architect
4 14 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (7.14%) Azure Architect
5 9 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
5 9 (7.14%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 7 (5.56%) Lead
6 7 (5.56%) Security Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Technical Architect
8 5 (3.97%) Consultant
8 5 (3.97%) IT Architect
8 5 (3.97%) IT Security Architect
9 4 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.17%) Lead Architect
9 4 (3.17%) Lead Security Architect
9 4 (3.17%) Network Architect
9 4 (3.17%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.97%) Node.js
1 5 (3.97%) React
2 4 (3.17%) GraphQL
3 3 (2.38%) REST
3 3 (2.38%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.59%) OAuth
4 2 (1.59%) OpenID
4 2 (1.59%) SAML
5 1 (0.79%) .NET
5 1 (0.79%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.79%) JBoss Seam
5 1 (0.79%) JSON
5 1 (0.79%) LDAP
5 1 (0.79%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.79%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.79%) SOAP
5 1 (0.79%) Spring
5 1 (0.79%) Web Services
5 1 (0.79%) XACML
5 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.90%) Security Posture
2 9 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 6 (4.76%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.97%) PKI
5 4 (3.17%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.17%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.17%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (2.38%) IVR
6 3 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.59%) IoT
8 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.70%) Windows
2 11 (8.73%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.59%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Unix
4 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 33 (26.19%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (23.02%) Risk Management
4 26 (20.63%) Information Security
4 26 (20.63%) SABSA
5 25 (19.84%) SIEM
6 24 (19.05%) Threat Modelling
7 22 (17.46%) Identity Access Management
7 22 (17.46%) Vulnerability Management
8 19 (15.08%) Application Security
9 18 (14.29%) Incident Response
10 15 (11.90%) TOGAF
11 13 (10.32%) DevOps
11 13 (10.32%) Security Operations
12 12 (9.52%) Data Loss Prevention
13 11 (8.73%) Business Strategy
13 11 (8.73%) ITIL
13 11 (8.73%) Penetration Testing
13 11 (8.73%) Roadmaps
14 10 (7.94%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.32%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.56%) Python
3 4 (3.17%) Bash
4 3 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.59%) Java
5 2 (1.59%) SQL
6 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.79%) PHP
6 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (26.19%) CISSP
2 31 (24.60%) Security Cleared
3 25 (19.84%) SC Cleared
4 20 (15.87%) CISM
5 15 (11.90%) Degree
6 10 (7.94%) AWS Certification
6 10 (7.94%) CISA
7 9 (7.14%) Azure Certification
7 9 (7.14%) CRISC
8 7 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (4.76%) GIAC
10 5 (3.97%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (3.17%) CCSK
11 4 (3.17%) PMP
11 4 (3.17%) SANS
12 3 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (2.38%) CEH
12 3 (2.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (42.06%) NIST
2 30 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (16.67%) GDPR
4 12 (9.52%) GRC
5 10 (7.94%) NIST 800
5 10 (7.94%) PCI DSS
6 6 (4.76%) HIPAA
7 4 (3.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.79%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.79%) FISMA
10 1 (0.79%) NCSC
10 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.17%) IAG
2 4 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.59%) Docker
4 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.79%) RACF
4 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (3.17%) Terraform
4 3 (2.38%) SCCM
4 3 (2.38%) WSUS
5 2 (1.59%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.79%) Ansible
6 1 (0.79%) Argo
6 1 (0.79%) CASB
6 1 (0.79%) Cilium
6 1 (0.79%) Grafana
6 1 (0.79%) Packer
6 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 29 (23.02%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.97%) Google
2 5 (3.97%) SAP
3 4 (3.17%) ESRI
3 4 (3.17%) Rapid7
4 3 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (2.38%) Genesys
4 3 (2.38%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.38%) Sophos
4 3 (2.38%) Zscaler
5 2 (1.59%) BiZZdesign
5 2 (1.59%) Cisco
5 2 (1.59%) Darktrace
5 2 (1.59%) Databricks
5 2 (1.59%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.79%) Ariba
6 1 (0.79%) Dell
6 1 (0.79%) EMC
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle
6 1 (0.79%) Remedy