Security Architect Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £531, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 98 93
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +63
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 33 23 46
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.59% 1.15% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 1.25% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 22
10th Percentile £480 £436 £464
25th Percentile £504 £500 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% -3.23% -4.62%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £650
90th Percentile - £650 £711
South East median daily rate £663 £638 £625
% change year-on-year +3.92% +2.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £74.76
25th Percentile - - £75.35
Median hourly rate - - £77.21
75th Percentile - - £83.74
90th Percentile - - £84.86
South East median hourly rate - £73.31 £77.21
% change year-on-year - -5.05% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,886 1,840 2,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 91.63% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,239 1,089 1,530
10th Percentile £268 £250 £212
25th Percentile £400 £402 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 56 108
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.77 £16.40
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.72 £24.46
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.47% -7.76% +150.00%
75th Percentile £72.75 £62.59 £65.06
90th Percentile £95.00 £66.31 £73.21
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £52.20
% change year-on-year -44.44% -13.79% +49.14%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 December 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 +8 33 £531 -15.12%
Security Architect
South East

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 18 (54.55%) Security Architecture
2 13 (39.39%) NIST
3 11 (33.33%) GDPR
3 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 11 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
4 10 (30.30%) Azure
4 10 (30.30%) CISSP
4 10 (30.30%) Entra ID
4 10 (30.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (27.27%) CI/CD
5 9 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 9 (27.27%) TOGAF
6 8 (24.24%) AWS
6 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (24.24%) Kubernetes
6 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (24.24%) Strategic Roadmap
6 8 (24.24%) Zero Trust
7 7 (21.21%) Azure Certification
7 7 (21.21%) Firewall
7 7 (21.21%) SDLC
7 7 (21.21%) SIEM
7 7 (21.21%) Virgin Media
8 6 (18.18%) Architectural Design
8 6 (18.18%) Cyber Resilience
8 6 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (18.18%) Secure Coding
8 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (15.15%) AI

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
1 10 (30.30%) Entra ID
2 8 (24.24%) AWS
3 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (15.15%) GCP
5 4 (12.12%) SaaS
6 3 (9.09%) IaaS
6 3 (9.09%) PaaS
7 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (3.03%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (3.03%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Firewall
2 5 (15.15%) Network Security
3 3 (9.09%) IPsec
3 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.03%) LAN
4 1 (3.03%) MQTT
4 1 (3.03%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (3.03%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) GitLab
2 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.03%) MLflow
General
1 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) PyTorch
1 5 (15.15%) TensorFlow
2 4 (12.12%) Google JAX
2 4 (12.12%) JAX
2 4 (12.12%) scikit-learn
3 1 (3.03%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Onboarding
1 7 (21.21%) Security Posture
2 6 (18.18%) Cloud Native
3 5 (15.15%) Operational Technology
4 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (12.12%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (9.09%) Algorithms
5 3 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (9.09%) Public Cloud
6 2 (6.06%) SCADA
7 1 (3.03%) CCTV
7 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (3.03%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Security Architecture
2 11 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 9 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 9 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 9 (27.27%) TOGAF
4 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (24.24%) Strategic Roadmap
4 8 (24.24%) Zero Trust
5 7 (21.21%) SDLC
5 7 (21.21%) SIEM
6 6 (18.18%) Architectural Design
6 6 (18.18%) Cyber Resilience
6 6 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (18.18%) Secure Coding
6 6 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (15.15%) DevSecOps
7 5 (15.15%) Machine Learning
7 5 (15.15%) Network Segmentation
7 5 (15.15%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Java
1 5 (15.15%) Python
2 4 (12.12%) C++
2 4 (12.12%) R
3 3 (9.09%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) CISSP
2 7 (21.21%) Azure Certification
3 5 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (12.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (12.12%) AWS Certification
4 4 (12.12%) CCSP
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (12.12%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (6.06%) Degree
5 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.03%) CCIE
6 1 (3.03%) CCNP
6 1 (3.03%) CISM
6 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (39.39%) NIST
2 11 (33.33%) GDPR
3 10 (30.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (15.15%) EU AI Act
4 5 (15.15%) PCI DSS
4 5 (15.15%) PSD2
5 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.03%) NCSC
6 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 3 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (24.24%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.06%) SCCM
3 1 (3.03%) Kubeflow
3 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) Virgin Media
3 3 (9.09%) Tenable
4 2 (6.06%) CheckPoint
4 2 (6.06%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.03%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.03%) Workday