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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 216 292
Rank change year-on-year -57 +76 +37
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 272 456 533
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 1.06% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.23% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 292 378
10th Percentile £525 £503 £513
25th Percentile £594 £600 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £688
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +1.82% +5.77%
75th Percentile £738 £788 £775
90th Percentile £825 £850 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £681 £700
% change year-on-year -4.59% -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 26,789 37,090 51,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.94% 86.26% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,213 23,884 36,030
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £411 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,097 2,438 1,721
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.22 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.16% +0.69% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.34 £38.06 £35.00
% change year-on-year -30.81% +8.74% +75.00%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -28 234 £675 -6.90% 267
London -11 128 £675 -6.90% 119
UK excluding London -60 101 £650 -4.59% 173
Work from Home 0 90 £675 -3.57% 145
South East +12 51 £625 +15.74% 66
North of England -32 13 £563 -29.69% 57
South West +17 12 £675 +8.00% 14
West Midlands +9 12 £713 -5.00% 10
Midlands +8 12 £713 +1.79% 13
Scotland -7 8 £526 -22.15% 7
North West -39 8 £671 -16.13% 26
East of England +22 5 £775 +14.81% 11
Yorkshire +15 3 £550 - 24
North East - 2 £482 - 7

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 (1.10%) Confluence
2 2 (0.74%) nginx
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.10%) Aladdin
2 3 (1.10%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 114 (41.91%) Azure
2 83 (30.51%) AWS
3 37 (13.60%) GCP
4 19 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.51%) SaaS
6 12 (4.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (4.41%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (4.41%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.31%) IaaS
7 9 (3.31%) Serverless
8 7 (2.57%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.57%) AWS KMS
9 6 (2.21%) GitHub
9 6 (2.21%) PaaS
10 4 (1.47%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.10%) Akamai
11 3 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.10%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.10%) Route 53
11 3 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 48 (17.65%) Firewall
2 43 (15.81%) Network Security
3 15 (5.51%) DNS
4 14 (5.15%) VPN
4 14 (5.15%) WAN
5 13 (4.78%) SD-WAN
6 11 (4.04%) TCP/IP
7 10 (3.68%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (3.31%) SSL
9 8 (2.94%) NGFW
10 6 (2.21%) DHCP
11 5 (1.84%) IPsec
12 4 (1.47%) HTTP
13 3 (1.10%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (1.10%) Kerberos
13 3 (1.10%) Radio Access Network
13 3 (1.10%) SMTP
14 2 (0.74%) BGP
14 2 (0.74%) LAN
14 2 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.47%) GIS
2 3 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.10%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.10%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.10%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.10%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.74%) Big Data
3 2 (0.74%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.84%) JIRA
2 4 (1.47%) GitLab
3 3 (1.10%) Maven
4 1 (0.37%) Git
General
1 80 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.22%) Finance
3 32 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.56%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.51%) Legal
6 10 (3.68%) Banking
6 10 (3.68%) Retail
6 10 (3.68%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.94%) Military
9 7 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.47%) Law
12 2 (0.74%) Marketing
12 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.74%) Police
13 1 (0.37%) Automotive
13 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 185 (68.01%) Architect
2 148 (54.41%) Security Architect
3 46 (16.91%) Senior
4 30 (11.03%) Solutions Architect
5 20 (7.35%) Lead
6 19 (6.99%) Enterprise Architect
6 19 (6.99%) Senior Architect
7 18 (6.62%) Security Engineer
8 17 (6.25%) Senior Security Architect
9 15 (5.51%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 14 (5.15%) Azure Architect
11 13 (4.78%) Consultant
11 13 (4.78%) Security Solutions Architect
11 13 (4.78%) Technical Architect
12 12 (4.41%) Security Specialist
13 11 (4.04%) Enterprise Security Architect
14 10 (3.68%) Cloud Architect
14 10 (3.68%) Security Consultant
15 8 (2.94%) IT Security Architect
15 8 (2.94%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.41%) Web Services
2 10 (3.68%) SAML
3 8 (2.94%) Node.js
4 7 (2.57%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (2.21%) JBoss Seam
5 6 (2.21%) OAuth
5 6 (2.21%) OpenID
6 5 (1.84%) React
7 4 (1.47%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.47%) REST
8 3 (1.10%) OAuth2
8 3 (1.10%) Spring
8 3 (1.10%) Spring Boot
8 3 (1.10%) XACML
9 2 (0.74%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
10 1 (0.37%) JSON
10 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.37%) SAP PI
10 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.87%) Security Posture
2 29 (10.66%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.62%) Operational Technology
4 14 (5.15%) Public Cloud
5 13 (4.78%) Cloud Native
6 11 (4.04%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.57%) PKI
8 6 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.84%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.84%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.84%) SCADA
9 5 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.47%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.47%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.10%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.10%) IoT
11 3 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.29%) Windows
2 15 (5.51%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.84%) Linux
4 2 (0.74%) Debian
5 1 (0.37%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (40.44%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (30.15%) Risk Management
3 79 (29.04%) Cloud Security
4 66 (24.26%) Information Security
5 64 (23.53%) Threat Modelling
6 43 (15.81%) Identity Access Management
7 41 (15.07%) SIEM
8 36 (13.24%) Roadmaps
9 35 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (12.50%) Application Security
10 34 (12.50%) DevOps
10 34 (12.50%) Security Operations
10 34 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
11 32 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
12 31 (11.40%) Incident Response
13 30 (11.03%) Decision-Making
13 30 (11.03%) SABSA
13 30 (11.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 28 (10.29%) TOGAF
15 27 (9.93%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.41%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.57%) Python
3 5 (1.84%) Java
3 5 (1.84%) SQL
4 4 (1.47%) Bash
5 3 (1.10%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.37%) PHP
6 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (33.09%) Security Cleared
2 71 (26.10%) CISSP
3 64 (23.53%) SC Cleared
4 49 (18.01%) CISM
5 33 (12.13%) DV Cleared
6 28 (10.29%) Degree
7 19 (6.99%) Azure Certification
8 16 (5.88%) AWS Certification
9 13 (4.78%) CISA
9 13 (4.78%) CRISC
10 12 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (3.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.94%) GIAC
13 7 (2.57%) CEH
13 7 (2.57%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (2.21%) SANS
15 5 (1.84%) CCNA
15 5 (1.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (37.50%) NIST
2 55 (20.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (12.87%) GDPR
4 18 (6.62%) GRC
5 17 (6.25%) NCSC
5 17 (6.25%) NIST 800
6 16 (5.88%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.94%) HIPAA
8 7 (2.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.84%) COBIT
11 3 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.10%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.74%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 19 (6.99%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.84%) Docker
2 5 (1.84%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.10%) IAG
4 3 (1.10%) RACF
Systems Management
1 17 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.04%) Terraform
3 8 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (1.10%) Ansible
5 3 (1.10%) CASB
5 3 (1.10%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.10%) Packer
5 3 (1.10%) SCCM
5 3 (1.10%) WSUS
6 1 (0.37%) Argo
6 1 (0.37%) Cilium
6 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.37%) Grafana
6 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.37%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 53 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.31%) SAP
3 8 (2.94%) Darktrace
3 8 (2.94%) Google
4 6 (2.21%) VMware
5 5 (1.84%) Cisco
5 5 (1.84%) CyberArk
5 5 (1.84%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.47%) ESRI
6 4 (1.47%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.47%) Rapid7
6 4 (1.47%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.10%) Ariba
7 3 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.10%) Genesys
7 3 (1.10%) Oracle
7 3 (1.10%) Qualys
7 3 (1.10%) Sophos
8 2 (0.74%) BMC
8 2 (0.74%) Ubiquiti