Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Security Architecture
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 30 39
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 13 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 4.09% 0.52% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.73% 0.69% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 1
10th Percentile £612 - -
25th Percentile £618 £710 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £647 £720 £900
Median % change year-on-year -10.17% -20.00% +63.64%
75th Percentile £681 £730 -
90th Percentile £777 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £671 £705 £700
% change year-on-year -4.79% +0.71% +8.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 227 144 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 71.38% 75.00% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 87 91
10th Percentile £362 £373 £400
25th Percentile £461 £442 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £560
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -4.02% +12.00%
75th Percentile £625 £581 £675
90th Percentile £686 £640 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £540 £582
% change year-on-year +1.85% -7.22% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 27 84
10th Percentile £15.72 £25.15 £51.06
25th Percentile £48.16 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.82% -0.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £61.50 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £41.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +15.85% -28.51% +9.24%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Security Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 26 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Portsmouth

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Security Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) GitHub
2 2 (15.38%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) GitLab
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Architect
1 11 (84.62%) Security Architect
2 7 (53.85%) Lead
2 7 (53.85%) Lead Architect
2 7 (53.85%) Lead Security Architect
3 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) CI/CD
1 12 (92.31%) DevSecOps
1 12 (92.31%) Machine Learning
2 10 (76.92%) AI
2 10 (76.92%) Roadmaps
2 10 (76.92%) TOGAF
3 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (69.23%) Risk Management
3 9 (69.23%) SBOM
4 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (46.15%) Use Case
6 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
6 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
6 4 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (23.08%) DevOps
7 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (15.38%) Agile
8 2 (15.38%) Data Science
8 2 (15.38%) Logistics
8 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) CISSP
3 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
3 9 (69.23%) TOGAF Certification
4 6 (46.15%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (7.69%) CCSK
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Def Stans
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (15.38%) Ansible
2 2 (15.38%) Terraform