Senior Security Architect Contracts in London

Senior Security Architect
England > London

The median Senior Security Architect daily rate in London is £788, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 359 433
Rank change year-on-year +10 +74 +153
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Architect 26 17 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.10% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.11% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 27
10th Percentile £611 - £590
25th Percentile £699 £775 £684
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £788 £780 £750
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -1.32%
75th Percentile £800 - £800
90th Percentile £863 £831 -
England median daily rate £750 £780 £750
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -0.66%

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 12,674 15,337 22,789
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 94.20% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,579 10,876 16,694
10th Percentile £326 £346 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 199 243
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.80 £18.55
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.00 £23.88
Median hourly rate £29.54 £33.07 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -11.81% +12.78%
75th Percentile £50.50 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Senior Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Architect in London

Senior Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Architect in London

Senior Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Security Architect in London over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Architect in London

Senior 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 Senior Security Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 4 August 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 -2 4 £744 -9.88%
Senior Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, Senior 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 Senior Security Architect in the job title.

1 18 (69.23%) Security Architecture
2 12 (46.15%) CISSP
3 11 (42.31%) Finance
4 10 (38.46%) Threat Modelling
5 9 (34.62%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (34.62%) NIST
6 8 (30.77%) Data Loss Prevention
6 8 (30.77%) SIEM
6 8 (30.77%) Windows
7 7 (26.92%) Cloud Security
8 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 6 (23.08%) Architectural Design
8 6 (23.08%) Windows Server
8 6 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (23.08%) SABSA
8 6 (23.08%) Banking
8 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
8 6 (23.08%) Azure
8 6 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (19.23%) AWS
9 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
9 5 (19.23%) CISM
9 5 (19.23%) Identity Access Management
10 4 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (15.38%) GDPR
10 4 (15.38%) Application Security
10 4 (15.38%) Firewall
10 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
10 4 (15.38%) Management Information System

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) AWS
3 3 (11.54%) SaaS
4 2 (7.69%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.85%) IaaS
5 1 (3.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) DNS
2 3 (11.54%) VPN
3 2 (7.69%) Network Security
3 2 (7.69%) SAN
4 1 (3.85%) HTTP
General
1 11 (42.31%) Finance
2 6 (23.08%) Banking
3 3 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) .NET
1 1 (3.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.69%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.85%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 3 (11.54%) Linux
4 1 (3.85%) Unix
4 1 (3.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Security Architecture
2 10 (38.46%) Threat Modelling
3 9 (34.62%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (30.77%) Data Loss Prevention
4 8 (30.77%) SIEM
5 7 (26.92%) Cloud Security
6 6 (23.08%) Architectural Design
6 6 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
6 6 (23.08%) SABSA
6 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 5 (19.23%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (15.38%) Application Security
9 3 (11.54%) Information Security
9 3 (11.54%) Network Segmentation
9 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (11.54%) Strategic Roadmap
9 3 (11.54%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Bash
1 1 (3.85%) Java
1 1 (3.85%) PHP
1 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.85%) Python
1 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) CISSP
2 5 (19.23%) CISM
2 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
3 4 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) CCSK
4 3 (11.54%) CISA
4 3 (11.54%) CRISC
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 3 (11.54%) GIAC
4 3 (11.54%) SANS
5 1 (3.85%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (34.62%) NIST
2 6 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (15.38%) GDPR
4 3 (11.54%) NIST 800
5 2 (7.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (3.85%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) AlgoSec
1 3 (11.54%) Cisco
1 3 (11.54%) Fortinet
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.54%) Tufin
2 1 (3.85%) Trend Micro