Security Architect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £671, 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 197 192 206
Rank change year-on-year -5 +14 +53
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 107 159 313
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.08% 1.04% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.11% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 113 225
10th Percentile £547 £555 £559
25th Percentile £600 £640 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £671 £700 £680
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% +2.94% +4.62%
75th Percentile £800 £763 £750
90th Percentile £838 £898 £835
UK median daily rate £665 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 12
Median hourly rate - £87.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - +24.99% -
UK median hourly rate £79.16 £87.46 £70.00
% change year-on-year -9.50% +24.94% -

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%

Security Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

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 Security Architect.

Security Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Security Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architect
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Architect hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 48 (44.86%) Security Architecture
2 44 (41.12%) Azure
3 31 (28.97%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (26.17%) AWS
4 28 (26.17%) Threat Modelling
5 26 (24.30%) NIST
5 26 (24.30%) Social Skills
6 25 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (23.36%) Security Cleared
7 24 (22.43%) Firewall
8 23 (21.50%) CISSP
8 23 (21.50%) Cloud Security
9 22 (20.56%) Finance
9 22 (20.56%) SC Cleared
10 21 (19.63%) GCP
11 20 (18.69%) SIEM
12 16 (14.95%) Network Security
12 16 (14.95%) Fortinet
12 16 (14.95%) Microsoft
13 15 (14.02%) BGP
13 15 (14.02%) Information Security
13 15 (14.02%) SaaS
14 14 (13.08%) Vulnerability Management
14 14 (13.08%) Palo Alto
14 14 (13.08%) Identity Access Management
14 14 (13.08%) OSPF
15 13 (12.15%) CISM
15 13 (12.15%) Terraform
15 13 (12.15%) Cloud Native
16 12 (11.21%) DevOps

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:

Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 44 (41.12%) Azure
2 28 (26.17%) AWS
3 21 (19.63%) GCP
4 15 (14.02%) SaaS
5 11 (10.28%) AWS CloudFormation
5 11 (10.28%) IaaS
6 9 (8.41%) PaaS
7 6 (5.61%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (4.67%) GitHub
9 4 (3.74%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.80%) Entra ID
10 3 (2.80%) OCI
11 2 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
12 1 (0.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.93%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.93%) AWS CloudTrail
12 1 (0.93%) dbt
12 1 (0.93%) GitHub Copilot
12 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (22.43%) Firewall
2 16 (14.95%) Network Security
3 15 (14.02%) BGP
4 14 (13.08%) OSPF
5 11 (10.28%) DNS
5 11 (10.28%) TCP/IP
6 10 (9.35%) DHCP
6 10 (9.35%) HTTP
7 9 (8.41%) HTTPS
8 6 (5.61%) NGFW
9 4 (3.74%) VPN
9 4 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (2.80%) SSL
11 2 (1.87%) IPsec
11 2 (1.87%) Radio Access Network
11 2 (1.87%) WAN
11 2 (1.87%) Wireless
12 1 (0.93%) HSRP
12 1 (0.93%) tcpdump
12 1 (0.93%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) Big Data
2 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Git
General
1 26 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.56%) Finance
3 10 (9.35%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.41%) Banking
5 5 (4.67%) Legal
6 3 (2.80%) Military
7 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.87%) Law
7 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.87%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) SAML
2 3 (2.80%) OAuth
2 3 (2.80%) OpenID
3 2 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.87%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.93%) .NET
4 1 (0.93%) ADO
4 1 (0.93%) LDAP
4 1 (0.93%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.15%) Cloud Native
2 12 (11.21%) Security Posture
3 8 (7.48%) Operational Technology
4 6 (5.61%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (5.61%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.67%) SCADA
6 4 (3.74%) PKI
7 3 (2.80%) Cyberattack
7 3 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.87%) NHS
8 2 (1.87%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.21%) Windows
2 6 (5.61%) Linux
3 5 (4.67%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.87%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.93%) Unix
5 1 (0.93%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (44.86%) Security Architecture
2 31 (28.97%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (26.17%) Threat Modelling
4 25 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (21.50%) Cloud Security
6 20 (18.69%) SIEM
7 15 (14.02%) Information Security
8 14 (13.08%) Identity Access Management
8 14 (13.08%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (11.21%) Application Security
9 12 (11.21%) DevOps
9 12 (11.21%) Infrastructure as Code
10 11 (10.28%) Data Loss Prevention
10 11 (10.28%) Risk Management
11 10 (9.35%) DevSecOps
11 10 (9.35%) Incident Response
12 9 (8.41%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 9 (8.41%) OWASP
12 9 (8.41%) Risk Assessment
12 9 (8.41%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.41%) Bicep
2 3 (2.80%) Java
2 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.80%) Python
3 1 (0.93%) Bash
3 1 (0.93%) C
3 1 (0.93%) PHP
3 1 (0.93%) SQL
3 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (23.36%) Security Cleared
2 23 (21.50%) CISSP
3 22 (20.56%) SC Cleared
4 13 (12.15%) CISM
5 11 (10.28%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (8.41%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (4.67%) CCNP
8 4 (3.74%) Degree
9 3 (2.80%) CRISC
10 2 (1.87%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.87%) CCIE
10 2 (1.87%) CEH
10 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.87%) OCP
10 2 (1.87%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (1.87%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.93%) CCIE Security
11 1 (0.93%) CCNA
11 1 (0.93%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (24.30%) NIST
2 11 (10.28%) GDPR
3 9 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (6.54%) GRC
5 6 (5.61%) NCSC
6 5 (4.67%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.87%) COBIT
7 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.87%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.87%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.87%) QA
7 2 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.93%) Docker
3 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (12.15%) Terraform
2 10 (9.35%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.74%) SCCM
4 3 (2.80%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.80%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.93%) CASB
6 1 (0.93%) Grafana
6 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.93%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 16 (14.95%) Fortinet
1 16 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.08%) Palo Alto
3 11 (10.28%) CheckPoint
3 11 (10.28%) Cisco
4 10 (9.35%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.67%) CyberArk
6 4 (3.74%) Meraki
6 4 (3.74%) Zscaler
7 3 (2.80%) Google
7 3 (2.80%) Oracle
7 3 (2.80%) Qualys
8 2 (1.87%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.87%) Ericsson
9 1 (0.93%) Arista
9 1 (0.93%) Aruba
9 1 (0.93%) F5
9 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.93%) Splunk
9 1 (0.93%) Symantec