Network Security Architect Contract Job Trends in the South East

Network Security Architect
England > South East

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in the South East is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 - 174
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.061% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £590 - £553
25th Percentile £613 - £648
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.83%
75th Percentile £700 - -
90th Percentile £745 - -
England median daily rate £690 £756 £700
% change year-on-year -8.76% +8.04% +12.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 6,043 3,162 4,376
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 90.27% 92.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,519 2,030 2,636
10th Percentile £300 £205 £253
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £630
90th Percentile £713 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 756 284 351
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.62 £15.50 £30.21
Median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +108.45% -56.15% +14.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £85.38 £71.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -44.11% +2.86%

Network Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Network Security Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 2 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Architect in the South East

Network Security 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 Network Security Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Hampshire - 2 £700 -
Berkshire - 2 £625 - 4
Thames Valley - 2 £625 - 4
Network Security Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 September 2026, Network 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 South East region featuring Network Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) BIG-IP
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 2 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) ModSecurity
2 2 (50.00%) NCSC
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP

Network Security 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) BIG-IP
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (25.00%) IOS XR
3 1 (25.00%) IPsec
3 1 (25.00%) Junos
3 1 (25.00%) NX-OS
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) ModSecurity
2 1 (25.00%) gRPC
2 1 (25.00%) NETCONF
2 1 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (25.00%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) F5
1 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (50.00%) Juniper