Security Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Solution Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Solution Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 368 360
Rank change year-on-year -94 -8 +43
Contract Security Solutions Architect jobs 19 24 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.066% 0.14% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.15% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 2
10th Percentile £496 £435 £705
25th Percentile £519 £494 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £536 £725
Median % change year-on-year +13.81% -26.07% -3.33%
75th Percentile £645 £595 £738
90th Percentile £686 £721 £745
UK median daily rate £600 £537 £700
% change year-on-year +11.73% -23.29% +13.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £88.75 -
% change year-on-year -60.56% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
15 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 25,930 15,543 15,360
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 90.67% 89.78% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,834 9,622 8,813
10th Percentile £300 £206 £220
25th Percentile £413 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £590
90th Percentile £690 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,754 1,534 1,055
10th Percentile £14.09 £13.77 £15.00
25th Percentile £18.38 £17.25 £19.74
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -28.14% -21.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -30.14% -19.10%

Security Solutions Architect Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Security Solutions Architect job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Security Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Security Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Security Solutions Architect Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for Security Solutions Architect jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 November 2026.

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

Security Solutions Architect Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Security Solutions 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 Security Solutions Architect jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South East -57 8 £680 +26.87% 8
North of England -70 7 £620 +16.76% 10
Yorkshire -36 5 £620 +18.83% 6
Midlands -34 4 £500 -23.08% 1
West Midlands -39 4 £500 -37.50%
North West -53 2 - - 4
Security Solutions Architect
UK

Security Solutions Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 November 2026, Security Solutions Architect contract job ads cited 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 Security Solutions Architect job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Architecture78.9%15
2Cybersecurity52.6%10
3Azure47.4%9
4AWS42.1%8
5Identity Access Management36.8%7
6Data Loss Prevention26.3%5
6Design Patterns26.3%5
6Microsoft26.3%5
6NIST26.3%5
6Threat Modelling26.3%5
11Architectural Patterns21.1%4
11Architecture Governance21.1%4
11Enterprise Architecture21.1%4
11GCP21.1%4
11Google21.1%4
11Microsoft Purview21.1%4
11Risk Management21.1%4
11Secrets Management21.1%4
11Stakeholder Management21.1%4
11Vulnerability Management21.1%4
11Zero Trust21.1%4
22AI15.8%3
22Analytics15.8%3
22Architectural Design15.8%3
22Data Security15.8%3
22Key Management15.8%3
22Open Source15.8%3
22PCI DSS15.8%3
22Problem-Solving15.8%3
22SDLC15.8%3

Security Solutions Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cybersecurity Architect26.3%5
2Cloud Security Architect5.3%1
2Cloud Solutions Architect5.3%1
22 Security Solutions Architect jobs in the UK excluding London