Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Security Architect
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Security Architect daily rate in Cheltenham is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 0.95% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £650 £625 -
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 92 162 172
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.62% 100.00% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 98 97
10th Percentile £348 £413 £360
25th Percentile £463 £516 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £673 £685 £675
90th Percentile £752 £970 £738
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 2
10th Percentile - £61.13 £38.65
25th Percentile £13.50 £63.75 £42.63
Median hourly rate £14.00 £67.50 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year -79.26% +37.06% -27.57%
75th Percentile £25.25 £73.44 £55.88
90th Percentile £60.10 £73.75 £59.85
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -50.86% +38.55% -18.80%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in Cheltenham

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Security 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 Cheltenham region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes