Cybersecurity Architect Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cybersecurity Architect
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
South East median daily rate £480 £625 £645
% change year-on-year -23.20% -3.10% -7.86%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 456 273 564
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 97.50% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 198 414
10th Percentile £216 £210 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £573 £597 £600
90th Percentile £638 £652 £725
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 5 42
10th Percentile £15.32 £12.97 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.91 £14.42 £17.06
Median hourly rate £22.21 £18.70 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.76% -12.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £29.61 £53.75 £29.25
90th Percentile £36.00 £56.00 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.29% -5.56% -

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Cybersecurity Architect
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 1 £650 -
Cybersecurity Architect
South East

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, Cybersecurity 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared