Enterprise Security Architect Contracts

Enterprise Security Architect
UK

The median Enterprise Security Architect daily rate in the UK is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 562 694
Rank change year-on-year +57 +132 +119
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Security Architect 15 20 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.046% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.049% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 22
10th Percentile £629 £483 £650
25th Percentile £663 £618 £652
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £770 £725
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +6.21% +18.37%
75th Percentile £694 - £750
90th Percentile £729 £802 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £705 £663 £613
% change year-on-year +6.42% +8.16% -9.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Enterprise Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Enterprise Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Security Architect in the UK

Enterprise Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Security Architect.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Security Architect in the UK

Enterprise Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Security Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Security Architect in the UK

Enterprise Security Architect
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Security Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +52 14 £675 -12.34% 5
London +37 10 £675 -12.34% 1
Work from Home +40 6 £675 +0.93% 1
UK excluding London +60 5 £705 +6.42% 4
South East - 2 £705 -
Midlands +21 1 - -
West Midlands +13 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - -

Enterprise Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Enterprise 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 featuring Enterprise Security Architect in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Security Architecture
2 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) NIST
3 9 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 9 (60.00%) SABSA
4 8 (53.33%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (46.67%) CISSP
6 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
7 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (20.00%) TOGAF
7 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (13.33%) SCADA
8 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
8 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
8 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
8 2 (13.33%) Edge Computing
8 2 (13.33%) IoT
8 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (13.33%) AWS
8 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (6.67%) Linux
9 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (6.67%) Modbus
9 1 (6.67%) MQTT
9 1 (6.67%) Data Centre

Enterprise Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Modbus
1 1 (6.67%) MQTT
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) IoT
1 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (13.33%) SCADA
1 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Security Architecture
2 9 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 9 (60.00%) SABSA
3 8 (53.33%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (20.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) Edge Computing
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (6.67%) Migration
6 1 (6.67%) Performance Measurement
6 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
6 1 (6.67%) Security Operations
6 1 (6.67%) SIEM
6 1 (6.67%) Threat Modelling
6 1 (6.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) CISSP
3 1 (6.67%) CISM
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Citrix
2 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.67%) VMware