Security Architect Contract Job Trends

Security Architect
UK

The median Security Architect daily rate in the UK is £671, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 243 242
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 +121
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 369 372 489
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.02% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.10% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 221 320
10th Percentile £500 £500 £521
25th Percentile £563 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £671 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £750 £769 £750
90th Percentile £798 £823 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £663 £665 £675
% change year-on-year -0.30% -1.56% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 9
10th Percentile £80.13 - £57.50
25th Percentile £84.06 - £71.42
Median hourly rate £86.25 - £75.67
75th Percentile £96.25 - -
90th Percentile £101.65 - £83.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 - £75.67
% change year-on-year - - +8.10%

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 32,121 33,965 44,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.87% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,371 20,492 29,993
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,875 1,270 1,571
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.10 £15.12
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.11%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Architect in the UK

Security Architect
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 November 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 0 325 £675 - 101
UK excluding London -5 192 £663 -0.30% 69
London -4 139 £675 -1.82% 48
Work from Home +17 116 £675 -1.82% 68
North of England -4 65 £675 -10.00% 13
South East +7 60 £675 +3.85% 24
Yorkshire -18 31 £538 -22.66% 4
South West +1 29 £650 +4.00% 13
North West -22 24 £734 -2.10% 8
Midlands -29 18 £675 -3.57% 4
West Midlands -19 16 £675 -3.57% 4
North East - 11 £750 - 1
Wales +13 9 £725 - 10
Scotland -10 8 £600 - 3
East of England -11 8 £510 +13.33% 1
Northern Ireland -7 2 £500 - 1
East Midlands -9 2 £450 -45.29%

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 November 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 featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 169 (45.80%) Security Architecture
2 134 (36.31%) Cybersecurity
3 120 (32.52%) Security Cleared
4 114 (30.89%) AWS
5 105 (28.46%) Azure
6 93 (25.20%) CISSP
7 92 (24.93%) Cloud Security
7 92 (24.93%) NIST
8 86 (23.31%) SC Cleared
9 81 (21.95%) Threat Modelling
10 73 (19.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 66 (17.89%) Microsoft
12 65 (17.62%) SIEM
13 60 (16.26%) Network Security
14 58 (15.72%) Identity Access Management
15 57 (15.45%) Firewall
15 57 (15.45%) TOGAF
16 52 (14.09%) Incident Response
17 51 (13.82%) Risk Management
18 50 (13.55%) SABSA
19 48 (13.01%) GCP
20 47 (12.74%) CI/CD
20 47 (12.74%) Vulnerability Management
21 45 (12.20%) CISM
21 45 (12.20%) GDPR
22 44 (11.92%) Security Operations
23 42 (11.38%) DevSecOps
24 39 (10.57%) Zero Trust
25 38 (10.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 36 (9.76%) Information Security

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 15 (4.07%) Confluence
2 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.27%) IBM Transformation Extender
3 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.27%) SAS
3 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 114 (30.89%) AWS
2 105 (28.46%) Azure
3 48 (13.01%) GCP
4 25 (6.78%) SaaS
5 18 (4.88%) Entra ID
6 13 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 12 (3.25%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (3.25%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.98%) Amazon SQS
8 11 (2.98%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.17%) PaaS
11 7 (1.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 7 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.90%) GitHub
11 7 (1.90%) IaaS
11 7 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (1.63%) AWS KMS
13 4 (1.08%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (0.81%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 60 (16.26%) Network Security
2 57 (15.45%) Firewall
3 9 (2.44%) VPN
4 8 (2.17%) NGFW
4 8 (2.17%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.63%) DNS
5 6 (1.63%) WAN
6 5 (1.36%) LAN
7 4 (1.08%) DHCP
7 4 (1.08%) IPsec
7 4 (1.08%) SSL
7 4 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.81%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.81%) Skype
8 3 (0.81%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.81%) VSAN
9 2 (0.54%) BGP
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.25%) MongoDB
2 11 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
3 2 (0.54%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (4.07%) JIRA
2 7 (1.90%) Git
3 6 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.08%) GitLab
5 1 (0.27%) MLflow
General
1 87 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 78 (21.14%) Finance
3 53 (14.36%) Public Sector
4 24 (6.50%) Banking
5 21 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.34%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.79%) Legal
8 10 (2.71%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.44%) Military
10 8 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.63%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.36%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.08%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.81%) Electronics
14 3 (0.81%) Marketing
14 3 (0.81%) Retail
15 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.17%) SAML
2 6 (1.63%) OAuth
3 5 (1.36%) ModSecurity
3 5 (1.36%) OpenID
3 5 (1.36%) PyTorch
3 5 (1.36%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.08%) .NET
4 4 (1.08%) Google JAX
4 4 (1.08%) JAX
4 4 (1.08%) scikit-learn
5 3 (0.81%) Kafka
5 3 (0.81%) OAuth2
5 3 (0.81%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.54%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.54%) React
6 2 (0.54%) Web Services
7 1 (0.27%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.27%) JWT
7 1 (0.27%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.03%) Security Posture
2 26 (7.05%) Cloud Native
3 23 (6.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 22 (5.96%) Management Information System
5 21 (5.69%) Onboarding
6 18 (4.88%) Product Ownership
7 17 (4.61%) PKI
8 14 (3.79%) CSOC
9 12 (3.25%) Operational Technology
10 11 (2.98%) Cyber Threat
11 10 (2.71%) Data Centre
11 10 (2.71%) Public Cloud
12 9 (2.44%) Cloud Security Posture
13 8 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (2.17%) Private Cloud
13 8 (2.17%) SCADA
14 7 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (1.63%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.34%) Windows
2 9 (2.44%) Linux
3 7 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.81%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.54%) Unix
5 2 (0.54%) VMS
5 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.27%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (45.80%) Security Architecture
2 134 (36.31%) Cybersecurity
3 92 (24.93%) Cloud Security
4 81 (21.95%) Threat Modelling
5 65 (17.62%) SIEM
6 58 (15.72%) Identity Access Management
7 57 (15.45%) TOGAF
8 52 (14.09%) Incident Response
9 51 (13.82%) Risk Management
10 50 (13.55%) SABSA
11 47 (12.74%) CI/CD
11 47 (12.74%) Vulnerability Management
12 44 (11.92%) Security Operations
13 42 (11.38%) DevSecOps
14 39 (10.57%) Zero Trust
15 38 (10.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 36 (9.76%) Information Security
16 36 (9.76%) Roadmaps
17 35 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
18 34 (9.21%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.07%) Python
2 10 (2.71%) Java
3 6 (1.63%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.36%) R
5 4 (1.08%) C++
6 3 (0.81%) Bash
6 3 (0.81%) Bicep
6 3 (0.81%) C
6 3 (0.81%) SQL
7 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.54%) PHP
7 2 (0.54%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 120 (32.52%) Security Cleared
2 93 (25.20%) CISSP
3 86 (23.31%) SC Cleared
4 45 (12.20%) CISM
5 27 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (6.50%) Degree
7 21 (5.69%) DV Cleared
8 19 (5.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 17 (4.61%) AWS Certification
10 14 (3.79%) CCSP
11 13 (3.52%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (3.25%) Azure Certification
13 9 (2.44%) GIAC
14 8 (2.17%) CCNP
15 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
16 5 (1.36%) CCIE
16 5 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
17 4 (1.08%) CISA
17 4 (1.08%) PhD
17 4 (1.08%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (24.93%) NIST
2 73 (19.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (12.20%) GDPR
4 29 (7.86%) PCI DSS
5 28 (7.59%) NCSC
6 10 (2.71%) EU AI Act
7 9 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.44%) GRC
7 9 (2.44%) QA
8 8 (2.17%) NIST 800
8 8 (2.17%) PSD2
9 7 (1.90%) HIPAA
9 7 (1.90%) JSP 440
10 4 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.81%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.81%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.17%) Docker
3 3 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (5.42%) Terraform
2 18 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.08%) Ansible
5 3 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.81%) OPNET
5 3 (0.81%) SCCM
5 3 (0.81%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.54%) SELinux
7 1 (0.27%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.27%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 66 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.59%) Splunk
3 23 (6.23%) CyberArk
4 15 (4.07%) Palo Alto
5 11 (2.98%) BiZZdesign
5 11 (2.98%) Google
6 10 (2.71%) Centrify
7 9 (2.44%) Cisco
7 9 (2.44%) Fortinet
8 8 (2.17%) Darktrace
8 8 (2.17%) Zscaler
9 7 (1.90%) Sparx
9 7 (1.90%) Virgin Media
10 6 (1.63%) CheckPoint
10 6 (1.63%) F5
10 6 (1.63%) Thycotic
11 5 (1.36%) Oracle
12 4 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.08%) SAP
12 4 (1.08%) VMware