Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Security Architecture
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	81	68	-
Rank change year-on-year	-13	-	-
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture	6	5	0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds	0.57%	0.74%	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.67%	0.84%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	3	4	0
10^th Percentile	£363	£619	-
25^th Percentile	£419	£647	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£738	-
Median % change year-on-year	-28.81%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£556	£825	-
90^th Percentile	£568	-	-
West Yorkshire median daily rate	£525	£738	-
% change year-on-year	-28.81%	-	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	902	598	583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds	86.07%	88.99%	85.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	515	387	376
10^th Percentile	£363	£303	£350
25^th Percentile	£424	£400	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£500	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-6.10%
75^th Percentile	£588	£575	£575
90^th Percentile	£650	£675	£650
West Yorkshire median daily rate	£500	£500	£495
% change year-on-year	-	+1.01%	-5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted	19	3	14
10^th Percentile	£19.69	£25.10	£15.38
25^th Percentile	£35.00	£25.25	£20.13
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£26.00	£30.00
Median % change year-on-year	+69.08%	-13.33%	+50.00%
75^th Percentile	-	£27.63	£38.75
90^th Percentile	-	£28.30	£51.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate	£24.00	£22.14	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+8.40%	-19.49%	+44.74%

Security Architecture Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Security Architecture Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Security Architecture Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Leeds over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Leeds

Security Architecture Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Security Architecture also mentioned 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 Leeds region with a requirement for Security Architecture.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	66.7%	4
2	Agile	50.0%	3
2	AWS	50.0%	3
2	Event-Driven	50.0%	3
2	Event-Driven Architecture	50.0%	3
2	GCP	50.0%	3
2	High Availability	50.0%	3
2	Integration Patterns	50.0%	3
9	ABAP	33.3%	2
9	Analytics	33.3%	2
9	Architectural Patterns	33.3%	2
9	Architecture Governance	33.3%	2
9	Azure DevOps	33.3%	2
9	Business Strategy	33.3%	2
9	CI/CD	33.3%	2
9	CRM	33.3%	2
9	Cybersecurity	33.3%	2
9	DevOps	33.3%	2
9	Disaster Recovery	33.3%	2
9	E-Commerce	33.3%	2
9	Enterprise Architecture	33.3%	2
9	Impact Assessments	33.3%	2
9	Microservices	33.3%	2
9	Microsoft	33.3%	2
9	Performance Testing	33.3%	2
9	Performance Tuning	33.3%	2
9	REST	33.3%	2
9	Roadmaps	33.3%	2
9	SAP	33.3%	2
9	SAP Basis	33.3%	2

Security Architecture Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	50.0%	3
1	Event-Driven	50.0%	3
1	Event-Driven Architecture	50.0%	3
1	High Availability	50.0%	3
1	Integration Patterns	50.0%	3
6	Analytics	33.3%	2
6	Architectural Patterns	33.3%	2
6	Architecture Governance	33.3%	2
6	Business Strategy	33.3%	2
6	CI/CD	33.3%	2
6	CRM	33.3%	2
6	Cybersecurity	33.3%	2
6	DevOps	33.3%	2
6	Disaster Recovery	33.3%	2
6	E-Commerce	33.3%	2
6	Enterprise Architecture	33.3%	2
6	Impact Assessments	33.3%	2
6	Microservices	33.3%	2
6	Performance Testing	33.3%	2
6	Performance Tuning	33.3%	2