Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Security Architect
North West > Lancashire

The median Security Architect daily rate in Lancashire is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 26 32
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.81% 0.69% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 0.72% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £779 - -
25th Percentile £791 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £869 - £725
90th Percentile £888 - -
North West median daily rate £735 £750 £650
% change year-on-year -1.97% +15.38% -3.70%

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 207 139 206
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.86% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 65 114
10th Percentile £165 £265 £350
25th Percentile £335 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +9.22%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £650
90th Percentile £700 £625 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 21 49
10th Percentile £25.15 £16.58 £20.56
25th Percentile £41.94 £24.76 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +13.81%
75th Percentile £61.09 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £51.00 £74.37
North West median hourly rate £40.84 £29.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +40.83% -23.68% +47.23%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Security Architect job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in Lancashire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in Lancashire

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 Security Architect within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 15 January 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 - 3 £863 - 1
Security Architect
North West

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (25.00%) Application Security
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Key Management
4 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) SOC 2
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (25.00%) Application Security
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Key Management
4 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
3 1 (25.00%) SOC 2