Security Architect Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Security Architect daily rate in the West Midlands is £700, 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 76 106 109
Rank change year-on-year +30 +3 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 21 5 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.56% 0.26% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 0.28% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 4 24
10th Percentile £550 - £574
25th Percentile £605 £750 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £813 £680
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +19.49% +0.74%
75th Percentile £800 £888 £738
90th Percentile £900 - £750
England median daily rate £673 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.86% - +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,221 1,776 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 91.22% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,198 1,556
10th Percentile £200 £259 £250
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £702 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 134 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £15.02
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%
75th Percentile £28.18 £42.31 £26.82
90th Percentile £35.58 £55.88 £55.63
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architect in the West Midlands

Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Architect in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Security Architect in the West Midlands

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the West Midlands

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the West Midlands region 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
Warwickshire +7 8 £750 -7.69%
Birmingham - 5 £700 - 5
Coventry - 4 £606 -
Herefordshire - 3 £900 -
Worcestershire - 3 £900 - 1
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 10 (47.62%) Security Cleared
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 9 (42.86%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 8 (38.10%) Design Patterns
4 7 (33.33%) Security Posture
4 7 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 7 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (33.33%) AWS
5 6 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 6 (28.57%) CISSP
5 6 (28.57%) Migration
5 6 (28.57%) Operational Technology
6 5 (23.81%) Architectural Patterns
6 5 (23.81%) NIST
6 5 (23.81%) Risk Management
6 5 (23.81%) SCADA
6 5 (23.81%) SIEM
7 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
7 4 (19.05%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
7 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
7 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (19.05%) Information Security
7 4 (19.05%) Windows
7 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
7 4 (19.05%) Firewall

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (42.86%) Azure
2 7 (33.33%) AWS
3 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
4 3 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (14.29%) GCP
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.76%) OCI
6 1 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (4.76%) Modbus
3 1 (4.76%) MQTT
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Apache Axis
2 1 (4.76%) OAuth
2 1 (4.76%) OpenID
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.76%) SailPoint
2 1 (4.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 6 (28.57%) Operational Technology
3 5 (23.81%) SCADA
4 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
5 2 (9.52%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
5 2 (9.52%) Public Cloud
6 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (4.76%) IoT
6 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Unix
2 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
2 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Security Architecture
2 8 (38.10%) Design Patterns
3 7 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 7 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (28.57%) Migration
4 6 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (23.81%) Architectural Patterns
5 5 (23.81%) Risk Management
5 5 (23.81%) SIEM
6 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
6 4 (19.05%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (19.05%) Information Security
6 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
6 4 (19.05%) Zero Trust
7 3 (14.29%) Agile
7 3 (14.29%) Application Security
7 3 (14.29%) DevSecOps
7 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Java
1 3 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) C#
2 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Ruby
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Security Cleared
2 9 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 6 (28.57%) CISSP
4 3 (14.29%) Degree
4 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 2 (9.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (9.52%) CCSP
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.76%) CISA
6 1 (4.76%) CISM
6 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.76%) OCP
6 1 (4.76%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (4.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) NIST
2 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (14.29%) PMO
4 1 (4.76%) GRC
4 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (4.76%) NCSC
4 1 (4.76%) NIST 800
4 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) CASB
2 2 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle
2 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.52%) TOWER Software
3 1 (4.76%) Ariba
3 1 (4.76%) Qualys
3 1 (4.76%) SAP