Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Welwyn Garden City

Security Architect
Hertfordshire > Welwyn Garden City

The median Security Architect daily rate in Welwyn Garden City is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Welwyn Garden City 3.33% - 16.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.70% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £750 - £675
% change year-on-year - - -12.90%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Welwyn Garden City

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City. 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 Welwyn Garden City with a recognized job title 27 24 15
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 100.00% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 4
10th Percentile £319 £223 £273
25th Percentile £463 £280 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +56.45% -30.52% +15.00%
75th Percentile £688 £588 £600
90th Percentile £750 £788 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £525 £430
% change year-on-year - +22.09% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £18.82 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £65.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year -23.95% +5.20% -0.79%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Welwyn Garden City

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Welwyn Garden City

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, 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 across the Welwyn Garden City region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Identification
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storyboarding

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Identification
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storyboarding
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST