Cybersecurity Architect Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cybersecurity Architect
England > South East

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in the South East is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 170 174
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +80
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 6 11 38
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.26% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.28% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 24
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £400 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £495 £725
Median % change year-on-year +8.28% -31.72% +1.75%
75th Percentile £573 £500 £838
90th Percentile £596 £583 -
England median daily rate £600 £700 £725
% change year-on-year -14.29% -3.45% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £73.19
25th Percentile £82.50 - £74.69
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £75.67
75th Percentile £87.50 - £79.39
90th Percentile - - £84.11
England median hourly rate £87.50 - £75.67

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,259 3,910 5,211
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 92.24% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,113 2,339 3,506
10th Percentile £204 £250 £210
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -0.98% +2.50%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £614
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 232 253
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.74 £27.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.79 £58.17 £51.90
Median % change year-on-year -64.26% +12.09% +66.61%
75th Percentile £50.00 £74.03 £67.50
90th Percentile £71.35 £75.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.94 £45.88
% change year-on-year -41.43% -6.41% +60.98%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the South East

Cybersecurity Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the South East

Cybersecurity Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Berkshire +11 6 £536 +34.00%
Thames Valley +3 6 £536 +19.78%
Cybersecurity Architect
England

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Cybersecurity 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 South East region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 2 (33.33%) CISSP
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (33.33%) Data Lineage
4 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
4 2 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) IPsec
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) Zero Trust
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) IPsec
1 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (33.33%) Data Lineage
4 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
4 2 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft