Enterprise Security Architect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Enterprise Security Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Enterprise Security Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £675, 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 298 338 464
Rank change year-on-year +40 +126 +147
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Security Architect 6 7 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.046% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.049% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 13
10th Percentile - £506 -
25th Percentile £663 £656 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £669 £725
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% -7.76% +18.37%
75th Percentile £688 £834 £738
90th Percentile - £888 £748
UK median daily rate £675 £770 £725
% change year-on-year -12.34% +6.21% +18.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Enterprise Security Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Enterprise Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Enterprise Security Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Enterprise Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Enterprise Security Architect.

Enterprise Security Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Enterprise Security Architect Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Enterprise 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Enterprise Security Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Security Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) SABSA
2 5 (83.33%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 5 (83.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) OWASP
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (16.67%) ISSAP
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Salesforce

Enterprise Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (16.67%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cloud Security
1 5 (83.33%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (83.33%) SABSA
1 5 (83.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) OWASP
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
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