Lead Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Lead Security Architect
North West > Lancashire

The median Lead Security Architect daily rate in Lancashire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Security Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
North West median daily rate £713 £750 £813
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.69% +34.08%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 344 174 190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.65% 93.55% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 90 67
10th Percentile £350 £250 £214
25th Percentile £483 £412 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.79% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £665 £588 £600
90th Percentile £950 £671 £650
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 20 59
10th Percentile £16.50 £18.43 £16.58
25th Percentile £26.90 £23.18 £18.00
Median hourly rate £43.56 £44.09 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +9.34% -12.68%
75th Percentile £71.45 £70.48 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.91 £76.31 £76.75
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +81.17% -28.16% +14.60%

Lead Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Lead Security Architect job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Lead Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Security Architect job vacancies in Lancashire

Lead Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Security Architect within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Preston - 1 £600 -
Lead Security Architect
North West

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 4 September 2026, Lead 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 Lancashire region featuring Lead Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management

Lead Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC