Lead Security Architect Contract Job Trends in West London

Lead Security Architect
London > West London

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in West London is £875, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £830 - -
25th Percentile £838 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 - -
75th Percentile £913 - -
90th Percentile £920 - -
London median daily rate £675 £688 £630
% change year-on-year -1.82% +9.13% -14.02%

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 438 241 284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 88.60% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 151 206
10th Percentile £225 £204 £250
25th Percentile £363 £338 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% -11.46% -12.73%
75th Percentile £680 £500 £588
90th Percentile £775 £538 £644
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 21 21
10th Percentile £21.54 £20.24 £18.13
25th Percentile £26.25 £22.50 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £30.59
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -17.78% -57.51%
75th Percentile - £40.75 £65.00
90th Percentile - £47.50 £68.00
London median hourly rate £39.50 £30.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.51% -12.86% -6.67%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Lead Security Architect job vacancy trend in West London

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 14 September 2026, Lead 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 West London region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) WAN

Lead Security 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 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling