Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Security Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Security Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £593, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 39 52
Rank change year-on-year -8 +13 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 6 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.25% 0.95% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.99% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £525 - £543
25th Percentile £543 - £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £600 £603
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% -0.41% -
75th Percentile £635 - £629
90th Percentile £644 - £636
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £593 £600 £603
% change year-on-year -1.25% -0.41% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 455 202 465
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 95.73% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 150 352
10th Percentile £305 £259 £275
25th Percentile £402 £388 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.41% - -
75th Percentile £589 £589 £598
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £481 £493
% change year-on-year +3.90% -2.28% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 4 32
10th Percentile £15.47 £13.65 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.13 £17.91
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -16.26% +18.47%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.88 £27.75
90th Percentile £39.63 £55.15 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.08 £38.25 £22.87
% change year-on-year -34.44% +67.27% +34.51%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Milton Keynes

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 1 March 2026, 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Service Design
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment

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

General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Service Design
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared