Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Security Architecture
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 8 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 3.00% 0.61% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 0.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £600 - -
25th Percentile £643 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £798 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.70% - -
75th Percentile £884 £588 -
90th Percentile £925 - -
North West median daily rate £625 £575 £800
% change year-on-year +8.65% -28.13% +6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 215 149 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 80.52% 90.30% 81.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 78 70
10th Percentile £161 £382 £302
25th Percentile £373 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £539
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% -0.65% +2.62%
75th Percentile £673 £597 £656
90th Percentile £811 £639 £753
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 19 59
10th Percentile £35.15 £14.62 £15.59
25th Percentile £41.94 £23.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.12% -17.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £71.50 £43.94 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £48.09
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £31.64 £23.86
% change year-on-year +43.68% +32.63% -36.22%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Lancashire

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Security Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 March 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 - 6 £825 - 2
Security Architecture
North West

Security Architecture
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 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
General
1 4 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
1 5 (62.50%) Security Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Security Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Register
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
3 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (37.50%) Zero Trust
4 2 (25.00%) Blue Team
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Red Team
4 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (12.50%) Data Security
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CISM
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) JSP 440
3 1 (12.50%) SOC 2