Network Security Architect Contracts in Cheshire

Network Security Architect
North West > Cheshire

The median Network Security Architect daily rate in Cheshire is £803, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 51 -
Rank change year-on-year -21 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Architect 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.16% 0.41% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.44% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £464 -
25th Percentile £801 £466 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £803 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.62% - -
75th Percentile £804 £516 -
90th Percentile - £521 -
North West median daily rate £803 £750 £486
% change year-on-year +7.00% +54.32% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 546 459 377
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 94.44% 86.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 306 234
10th Percentile £270 £304 £239
25th Percentile £358 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £519 £567 £586
90th Percentile £649 £638 £634
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 22 28
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.47 £14.70
25th Percentile £25.49 £13.49 £22.31
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% +14.20% +40.71%
75th Percentile £39.30 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £58.63 £47.13 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% +33.33%

Network Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Network Security Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Architect in Cheshire

Network Security Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security Architect in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Network Security Architect in Cheshire

Network Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Architect within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 August 2025. 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
Macclesfield - 1 £803 -
Network Security Architect
North West

Network Security Architect Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 18 August 2025, Network Security Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Network Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Network Security Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler