Senior Security Architect Contract Job Trends in the Midlands
Senior Security Architect
England > Midlands
The median Senior Security Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 196 | 152 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -44 | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Architect | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands | 0.020% | 0.072% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.023% | 0.080% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £563 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £581 | £744 | £800 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.88% | -7.06% | +14.29% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title | 4,442 | 2,497 | 2,471 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 89.23% | 89.47% | 92.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,410 | 1,642 | 1,536 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £225 | £229 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £360 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £486 | £463 | £492 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.08% | -5.90% | +3.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £656 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 466 | 176 | 99 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.11 | £13.62 | £12.58 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.60 | £17.45 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.50 | £24.67 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.85% | +9.64% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £33.75 | £30.47 | £32.91 |
| 90th Percentile | £55.00 | £50.00 | £50.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.71 | £25.15 | £43.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.84% | -41.51% | -6.28% |
Senior Security Architect Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Security Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Senior Security Architect Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Security Architect job vacancies in the Midlands.
Senior Security Architect Contract Job Locations in the Midlands
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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £575 | - | 1 |
| Senior Security Architect England |
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Senior Security Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands
For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, Senior 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Security Architect in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Active Directory | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | API Integration | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Application Security | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Architecture Governance | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS Certification | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Business Continuity | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CISM | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CISSP | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Computer Science | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cryptography | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Protection | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Degree | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Disaster Recovery | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Enterprise Architecture | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | High Availability | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Identity Access Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | ISO/IEC 27001 | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Key Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Knowledge Transfer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Linux | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Microsoft | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Migration | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | NIST | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | PowerShell | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | REST | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Risk Assessment | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Risk Management | 100.0% | 1 |
Senior Security Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
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