Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Security Architecture
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.07% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £591 - -
25th Percentile £610 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £643 - -
75th Percentile £778 - -
90th Percentile £821 - -
North West median daily rate £750 £650 £900
% change year-on-year +15.38% -27.78% +56.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 582 403 364
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 88.58% 89.16% 91.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 236 236
10th Percentile £268 £311 £265
25th Percentile £358 £374 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% -4.70% +11.11%
75th Percentile £532 £572 £550
90th Percentile £686 £639 £588
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 23 24
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £23.18 £24.18 £21.84
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +10.71% +43.21%
75th Percentile £40.00 £33.75 £35.19
90th Percentile £70.55 £84.30 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £32.01 £35.50
% change year-on-year -0.03% -9.83% +37.54%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Cheshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Cheshire

Security Architecture
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 Security Architecture within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Knutsford - 5 £632 -
Security Architecture
North West

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) GCP
2 3 (42.86%) OpenShift
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Security Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Monitoring Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (42.86%) Observability
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) AI
4 2 (28.57%) Generative AI
4 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (14.29%) AI Transformation
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (14.29%) LLM
5 1 (14.29%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISM
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Fluentd
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cribl.io
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike