Senior Security Architect Contracts

Senior Security Architect
UK

The median Senior Security Architect daily rate in the UK is £775, 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 491 527 683
Rank change year-on-year +36 +156 +147
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Security Architect 29 55 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.13% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 23
10th Percentile £605 £534 £565
25th Percentile £621 £764 £719
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £775 £750
Median % change year-on-year - +3.33% -
75th Percentile £800 £780 £781
90th Percentile £833 - £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 - £763
% change year-on-year - - +0.33%

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%

Senior Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Security Architect in the UK

Senior Security Architect
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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 +39 29 £775 -0.32% 38
London +27 19 £800 +2.89% 16
UK excluding London +56 10 £675 - 29
Work from Home +35 5 £800 +60.00% 33
Midlands - 4 £775 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £775 -
South West - 3 £633 - 2
South East +31 2 £675 - 10
North West - 1 - - 13
North of England - 1 - - 14

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

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

1 17 (58.62%) Security Architecture
2 14 (48.28%) CISSP
3 13 (44.83%) Cloud Security
4 11 (37.93%) Azure
5 10 (34.48%) Risk Management
5 10 (34.48%) NIST
6 9 (31.03%) Identity Access Management
6 9 (31.03%) Data Loss Prevention
6 9 (31.03%) Finance
6 9 (31.03%) Windows
7 8 (27.59%) SIEM
7 8 (27.59%) Threat Modelling
7 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (27.59%) SABSA
8 7 (24.14%) Banking
8 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (24.14%) Firewall
9 6 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (20.69%) Information Security
9 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
9 6 (20.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (17.24%) SANS
10 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
10 5 (17.24%) Public Cloud
10 5 (17.24%) Architectural Design
10 5 (17.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
10 5 (17.24%) AWS
10 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared

Senior 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 11 (37.93%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) Akamai
3 2 (6.90%) GCP
3 2 (6.90%) SaaS
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) Network Security
2 4 (13.79%) VPN
3 3 (10.34%) DNS
4 2 (6.90%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Legal
4 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
1 5 (17.24%) Public Cloud
2 2 (6.90%) Algorithms
2 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
3 3 (10.34%) Linux
3 3 (10.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Security Architecture
2 13 (44.83%) Cloud Security
3 10 (34.48%) Risk Management
4 9 (31.03%) Data Loss Prevention
4 9 (31.03%) Identity Access Management
5 8 (27.59%) SABSA
5 8 (27.59%) SIEM
5 8 (27.59%) Threat Modelling
5 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (20.69%) Information Security
7 5 (17.24%) Architectural Design
7 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
7 5 (17.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 4 (13.79%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (13.79%) DevSecOps
8 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.79%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (13.79%) TOGAF
9 3 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) CISSP
2 6 (20.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 6 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
3 5 (17.24%) CISA
3 5 (17.24%) CISM
3 5 (17.24%) SANS
3 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
4 4 (13.79%) CCSK
4 4 (13.79%) CRISC
4 4 (13.79%) Degree
4 4 (13.79%) GIAC
5 2 (6.90%) CCSP
5 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
5 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (34.48%) NIST
2 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (13.79%) NIST 800
4 3 (10.34%) GDPR
5 2 (6.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (6.90%) GRC
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) AlgoSec
1 3 (10.34%) Cisco
1 3 (10.34%) Fortinet
1 3 (10.34%) Tufin
2 2 (6.90%) F5
2 2 (6.90%) Google
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle
2 2 (6.90%) TOWER Software