Cybersecurity Architect Contract Job Trends in West London

Cybersecurity Architect
London > West London

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in West London is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.22% - 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £674
25th Percentile £825 - £678
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - £686
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.82%
75th Percentile £875 - £693
90th Percentile - - £697
London median daily rate £675 £575 £700
% change year-on-year +17.39% -17.86% -1.75%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 420 247 299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 89.17% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 167 218
10th Percentile £231 £231 £250
25th Percentile £363 £361 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £425 £486
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% -12.60% -13.56%
75th Percentile £675 £501 £588
90th Percentile £738 £580 £650
London median daily rate £550 £545 £550
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 24 21
10th Percentile £21.66 £20.30 £18.13
25th Percentile £26.45 £21.99 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.04 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.76% -33.23% -42.31%
75th Percentile - £42.25 £65.00
90th Percentile - £54.10 £68.00
London median hourly rate £39.00 £29.54 £33.07
% change year-on-year +32.05% -10.69% -11.81%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in West London

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in West London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in West London

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 5 August 2026, Cybersecurity 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 West London region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust