Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Security Architecture
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 43 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.53% 0.56% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £825 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £850 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% - -
75th Percentile £575 £875 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £575 £850 £725
% change year-on-year -32.35% +17.24% -12.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 321 313 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 85.83% 88.17% 81.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 108 118
10th Percentile £178 £250 £225
25th Percentile £391 £405 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.43% +2.78%
75th Percentile £580 £625 £559
90th Percentile £626 £700 £638
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £446
% change year-on-year - +12.11% -10.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 96 137
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.03 £14.16
25th Percentile - £14.84 £15.00
Median hourly rate £14.22 £16.00 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -11.13% -1.42% +11.93%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.38 £16.85
90th Percentile £44.88 £43.75 £41.70
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -37.13% +101.92%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Security Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Security Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architecture within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Cambridge +2 1 £550 - 6
Peterborough - 1 £550 -
Security Architecture
East of England

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SABSA
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ISACA
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler