Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Luton

Security Architect
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Security Architect daily rate in Luton is £95, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -11
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.36% - 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% - 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £690
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £95 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile - - £710
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £520 - £631
% change year-on-year - - -27.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - -
75th Percentile £105.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £103.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 137 74 167
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 84.09% 93.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 37 117
10th Percentile £313 £121 £374
25th Percentile £406 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £586 £675 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £510 £514 £508
% change year-on-year -0.83% +1.33% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 4
10th Percentile £62.98 £20.26 £29.75
25th Percentile £80.00 £45.38 £44.38
Median hourly rate £82.25 £55.65 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.80% +1.18% -3.93%
75th Percentile £91.50 £65.80 £58.88
90th Percentile - £68.00 £61.35
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +45.45% - -1.48%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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 Luton.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Luton

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Luton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Luton

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

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Luton region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE Security
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE Security
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler
75 Security Architect jobs in England