Security Architecture Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Architecture
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 207 270
Rank change year-on-year -14 +63 +28
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 83 140 217
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.84% 0.91% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.04% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 107 157
10th Percentile £550 £500 £513
25th Percentile £613 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £800 £756 £775
90th Percentile £838 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £675 £700 £688
% change year-on-year -3.57% +1.82% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 2
10th Percentile - - £66.45
25th Percentile £45.75 £87.46 £67.13
Median hourly rate £54.50 £87.50 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.71% +27.73% -
75th Percentile £63.25 £87.53 £70.13
90th Percentile - - £70.95
UK median hourly rate £73.60 £87.46 £74.00
% change year-on-year -15.85% +18.19% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Security Architecture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Security Architecture
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 Architecture.

Security Architecture daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Architecture daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architecture
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 Architecture.

Security Architecture hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (42.17%) Azure
2 17 (20.48%) AWS
3 11 (13.25%) GCP
4 7 (8.43%) SaaS
5 6 (7.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (7.23%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.82%) IaaS
7 3 (3.61%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.61%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (3.61%) AWS KMS
7 3 (3.61%) GitHub
7 3 (3.61%) PaaS
7 3 (3.61%) Route 53
7 3 (3.61%) Serverless
7 3 (3.61%) Snowflake
8 2 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.20%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.66%) Firewall
2 10 (12.05%) Network Security
3 6 (7.23%) SSL
4 5 (6.02%) IPsec
5 3 (3.61%) DNS
5 3 (3.61%) Kerberos
5 3 (3.61%) NGFW
5 3 (3.61%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.61%) VPN
5 3 (3.61%) WAN
6 2 (2.41%) BGP
6 2 (2.41%) HTTP
6 2 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.41%) LAN
6 2 (2.41%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.20%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.20%) OSPF
7 1 (1.20%) SMTP
7 1 (1.20%) VRRP
7 1 (1.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (3.61%) MongoDB
1 3 (3.61%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.41%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) GitLab
1 3 (3.61%) Maven
2 1 (1.20%) Git
General
1 26 (31.33%) Finance
2 23 (27.71%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.64%) Banking
5 7 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (6.02%) Retail
7 4 (4.82%) Legal
7 4 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.61%) Military
9 2 (2.41%) Law
10 1 (1.20%) Automotive
10 1 (1.20%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.20%) Police
10 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (65.06%) Architect
2 48 (57.83%) Security Architect
3 16 (19.28%) Senior
4 10 (12.05%) Security Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) Consultant
6 6 (7.23%) Enterprise Architect
6 6 (7.23%) Security Solutions Architect
6 6 (7.23%) Senior Security Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Azure Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Security Consultant
7 5 (6.02%) Senior Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Senior Security Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.82%) IT Architect
8 4 (4.82%) IT Security Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Lead
9 3 (3.61%) Cloud Security Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.25%) Web Services
2 5 (6.02%) SAML
3 3 (3.61%) Node.js
3 3 (3.61%) OAuth
3 3 (3.61%) OAuth2
3 3 (3.61%) OpenID
3 3 (3.61%) REST
3 3 (3.61%) Spring
3 3 (3.61%) Spring Boot
3 3 (3.61%) XACML
4 1 (1.20%) .NET
4 1 (1.20%) ADO
4 1 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.64%) Operational Technology
1 8 (9.64%) Security Posture
2 6 (7.23%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.82%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (3.61%) SCADA
4 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.20%) Life Science
5 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.46%) Windows
2 5 (6.02%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.41%) Linux
4 1 (1.20%) Unix
4 1 (1.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.35%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (33.73%) Information Security
3 22 (26.51%) Risk Management
4 21 (25.30%) Threat Modelling
5 18 (21.69%) Cloud Security
6 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (18.07%) SIEM
8 14 (16.87%) Identity Access Management
9 13 (15.66%) Agile
10 12 (14.46%) Enterprise Architecture
10 12 (14.46%) SOA
10 12 (14.46%) Zero Trust
11 11 (13.25%) Application Security
11 11 (13.25%) DevOps
12 10 (12.05%) Vulnerability Management
13 9 (10.84%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (10.84%) Roadmaps
14 8 (9.64%) Data Loss Prevention
14 8 (9.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 8 (9.64%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.82%) Java
2 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.61%) Python
2 3 (3.61%) SQL
3 2 (2.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.20%) PHP
4 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (31.33%) CISSP
2 18 (21.69%) CISM
3 17 (20.48%) Security Cleared
4 15 (18.07%) SC Cleared
5 10 (12.05%) Degree
6 7 (8.43%) Azure Certification
7 5 (6.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (4.82%) CEH
9 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.41%) CCNA
9 2 (2.41%) CCSP
9 2 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.41%) GCIH
9 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.20%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (37.35%) NIST
2 8 (9.64%) GRC
3 7 (8.43%) GDPR
3 7 (8.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (6.02%) NIST 800
5 4 (4.82%) NCSC
6 2 (2.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (2.41%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.20%) COBIT
7 1 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.61%) Docker
1 3 (3.61%) RACF
Systems Management
1 6 (7.23%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (6.02%) Terraform
3 3 (3.61%) Ansible
3 3 (3.61%) Packer
4 2 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.20%) CASB
5 1 (1.20%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.20%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 15 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.61%) Google
3 2 (2.41%) Cloudera
3 2 (2.41%) Darktrace
3 2 (2.41%) Qualys
3 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.20%) Arista
4 1 (1.20%) Aruba
4 1 (1.20%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.20%) Cisco
4 1 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.20%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.20%) F5
4 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.20%) Juniper
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle
4 1 (1.20%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.20%) Splunk
4 1 (1.20%) Tenable
4 1 (1.20%) Zscaler