Security Architecture Contracts

Security Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 219 302
Rank change year-on-year -63 +83 +28
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 262 460 522
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.89% 1.06% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.22% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 295 368
10th Percentile £525 £505 £513
25th Percentile £600 £600 £604
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £688
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +1.82% +5.77%
75th Percentile £759 £791 £766
90th Percentile £825 £850 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £638 £681 £700
% change year-on-year -6.42% -2.68% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 7
10th Percentile - - £68.70
25th Percentile £60.75 £81.88 £70.85
Median hourly rate £73.60 £87.46 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +18.19% -
75th Percentile £85.35 £87.53 £91.88
90th Percentile £88.87 - £96.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £78.26 £87.46 £82.00
% change year-on-year -10.52% +6.66% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Architecture.

Hourly rate trend for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Architecture over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Architecture in the UK

Security Architecture
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture 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 -55 229 £675 -6.90% 213
London -6 126 £675 -6.90% 110
UK excluding London -63 100 £638 -6.42% 117
Work from Home -14 83 £675 -3.57% 113
South East +8 52 £625 +15.74% 49
Midlands +11 13 £700 -3.45% 6
West Midlands +4 13 £700 -6.67% 4
North of England -34 13 £563 -29.69% 39
South West +19 9 £663 +6.00% 11
Scotland -3 8 £526 -22.15% 5
North West -39 8 £671 -16.13% 28
East of England +27 5 £775 +14.81% 5
Yorkshire +8 3 £550 - 6
North East - 2 £482 - 5

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.15%) Confluence
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.91%) SAP GRC
3 3 (1.15%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.76%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 110 (41.98%) Azure
2 83 (31.68%) AWS
3 37 (14.12%) GCP
4 17 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.96%) SaaS
6 12 (4.58%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (4.58%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (4.20%) Entra ID
8 9 (3.44%) Serverless
9 7 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.29%) AWS KMS
10 6 (2.29%) GitHub
10 6 (2.29%) IaaS
11 4 (1.53%) PaaS
12 3 (1.15%) Akamai
12 3 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.15%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (1.15%) AWS CloudTrail
12 3 (1.15%) Route 53
12 3 (1.15%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 46 (17.56%) Firewall
2 44 (16.79%) Network Security
3 15 (5.73%) DNS
4 14 (5.34%) VPN
4 14 (5.34%) WAN
5 13 (4.96%) SD-WAN
6 11 (4.20%) TCP/IP
7 10 (3.82%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (3.82%) SSL
8 7 (2.67%) NGFW
9 6 (2.29%) DHCP
10 5 (1.91%) IPsec
11 4 (1.53%) HTTP
12 3 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (1.15%) Kerberos
12 3 (1.15%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (1.15%) SMTP
13 2 (0.76%) BGP
13 2 (0.76%) LAN
13 2 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.53%) GIS
2 3 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.15%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.15%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.76%) Big Data
3 2 (0.76%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.38%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (1.91%) JIRA
2 3 (1.15%) GitLab
2 3 (1.15%) Maven
3 1 (0.38%) Git
General
1 76 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 50 (19.08%) Finance
3 28 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.54%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.11%) Legal
6 10 (3.82%) Banking
6 10 (3.82%) Retail
7 9 (3.44%) Military
7 9 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.53%) Law
12 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.76%) Police
13 1 (0.38%) Automotive
13 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Electronics
13 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 174 (66.41%) Architect
2 147 (56.11%) Security Architect
3 45 (17.18%) Senior
4 26 (9.92%) Solutions Architect
5 20 (7.63%) Lead
6 19 (7.25%) Security Engineer
7 17 (6.49%) Senior Architect
7 17 (6.49%) Senior Security Architect
8 14 (5.34%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 13 (4.96%) Consultant
9 13 (4.96%) Enterprise Architect
9 13 (4.96%) Security Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.96%) Technical Architect
10 12 (4.58%) Security Specialist
11 11 (4.20%) Azure Architect
11 11 (4.20%) Enterprise Security Architect
12 10 (3.82%) Cloud Architect
12 10 (3.82%) Security Consultant
13 8 (3.05%) Lead Architect
13 8 (3.05%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.58%) Web Services
2 11 (4.20%) SAML
3 8 (3.05%) Node.js
4 7 (2.67%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (2.29%) JBoss Seam
6 5 (1.91%) OAuth
6 5 (1.91%) OpenID
6 5 (1.91%) React
6 5 (1.91%) REST
7 4 (1.53%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.53%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (1.15%) OAuth2
8 3 (1.15%) Spring
8 3 (1.15%) Spring Boot
8 3 (1.15%) XACML
9 2 (0.76%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.38%) JSON
10 1 (0.38%) LDAP
10 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.74%) Security Posture
2 29 (11.07%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.87%) Operational Technology
4 16 (6.11%) Public Cloud
5 13 (4.96%) Cloud Native
6 11 (4.20%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.29%) PKI
7 6 (2.29%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.91%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.91%) SCADA
9 4 (1.53%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.53%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.53%) IoT
9 4 (1.53%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.31%) Windows
2 16 (6.11%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.15%) Linux
4 1 (0.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (38.93%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (29.39%) Cloud Security
3 75 (28.63%) Risk Management
4 64 (24.43%) Information Security
5 57 (21.76%) Threat Modelling
6 41 (15.65%) SIEM
7 38 (14.50%) Identity Access Management
8 36 (13.74%) Security Operations
9 35 (13.36%) Application Security
10 34 (12.98%) DevOps
11 33 (12.60%) Roadmaps
12 32 (12.21%) Vulnerability Management
13 31 (11.83%) Incident Response
13 31 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
14 29 (11.07%) SABSA
14 29 (11.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 27 (10.31%) Risk Assessment
16 26 (9.92%) Agile
16 26 (9.92%) Decision-Making
16 26 (9.92%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.96%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.67%) Python
3 5 (1.91%) SQL
4 4 (1.53%) Bash
4 4 (1.53%) Java
5 3 (1.15%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.38%) PHP
6 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (32.06%) Security Cleared
2 72 (27.48%) CISSP
3 58 (22.14%) SC Cleared
4 50 (19.08%) CISM
5 31 (11.83%) DV Cleared
6 27 (10.31%) Degree
7 17 (6.49%) Azure Certification
8 16 (6.11%) AWS Certification
9 13 (4.96%) CISA
10 12 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (4.58%) CRISC
11 9 (3.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (3.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.05%) GIAC
13 7 (2.67%) CEH
13 7 (2.67%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (2.29%) SANS
15 5 (1.91%) CCNA
15 5 (1.91%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (36.26%) NIST
2 54 (20.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (12.60%) GDPR
4 20 (7.63%) GRC
5 17 (6.49%) NCSC
5 17 (6.49%) NIST 800
6 15 (5.73%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (2.67%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.91%) COBIT
10 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.15%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.76%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 20 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.91%) Docker
3 5 (1.91%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.91%) IAG
4 4 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.15%) RACF
Systems Management
1 16 (6.11%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.20%) Terraform
3 7 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.15%) Ansible
5 3 (1.15%) CASB
5 3 (1.15%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.15%) Packer
5 3 (1.15%) SCCM
5 3 (1.15%) WSUS
6 1 (0.38%) Argo
6 1 (0.38%) Cilium
6 1 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.38%) Grafana
6 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.38%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 49 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.44%) SAP
3 8 (3.05%) Darktrace
3 8 (3.05%) Google
4 7 (2.67%) VMware
5 5 (1.91%) Cisco
5 5 (1.91%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.53%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.53%) ESRI
6 4 (1.53%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.53%) Rapid7
6 4 (1.53%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.15%) Ariba
7 3 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.15%) Genesys
7 3 (1.15%) Sophos
8 2 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
8 2 (0.76%) Qualys
8 2 (0.76%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.76%) Ubiquiti