Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Security Architecture
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.78% - 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% - 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £755 - -
25th Percentile £763 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £788 - £575
90th Percentile £795 - -
South Wales median daily rate £775 - £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 205 158 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 79.46% 89.27% 78.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 131 154
10th Percentile £235 £200 £160
25th Percentile £293 £259 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £551
90th Percentile £650 £650 £614
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile - - £13.00
25th Percentile - £21.25 £14.88
Median hourly rate £12.21 £24.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.65% +34.72% +23.71%
75th Percentile £19.08 £34.06 £35.88
90th Percentile £20.60 £45.88 £46.60
South Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £22.68
% change year-on-year -2.22% -0.79% +16.37%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared