Network Security Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 395 427
Rank change year-on-year +43 +32 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 5 10 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.037% 0.047% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.051% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 4
10th Percentile £643 £474 £505
25th Percentile £744 £616 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £700 £569
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +23.08% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £775 £609
90th Percentile - - £638
UK median daily rate £800 £700 £625
% change year-on-year +14.29% +12.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
UK median hourly rate - - £70.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 12,381 19,636 21,542
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 92.47% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,743 11,699 14,909
10th Percentile £220 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 969 2,517 1,118
10th Percentile £13.49 £12.56 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.96 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%
75th Percentile £58.58 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.44 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%

Network Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Midlands - 3 £800 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £800 - 1
Scotland - 1 - -
South West - 1 £600 -
Network Security Architect
UK

Network Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Network Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (60.00%) Application Security
2 3 (60.00%) OWASP
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) SCADA
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture

Network Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (60.00%) SCADA
1 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Application Security
2 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (60.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) OWASP
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix
1 1 (20.00%) F5
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) VMware