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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 61 65
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 +20
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 7 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.77% 0.43% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.47% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £775 £550 -
% change year-on-year +40.91% - -

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 772 430 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 85.12% 92.08% 86.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 281 415
10th Percentile £331 £263 £300
25th Percentile £419 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £669
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 24
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £24.27 £12.15
Median hourly rate £14.50 £33.11 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year -56.21% +169.19% -45.33%
75th Percentile £24.29 £100.28 £12.53
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £14.82
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.50 £22.14 £12.53
% change year-on-year -7.41% +76.70% -37.35%

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 job vacancy trend in Leeds

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) IaaS
1 7 (100.00%) PaaS
1 7 (100.00%) SaaS
1 7 (100.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) IPsec
1 5 (71.43%) Kerberos
1 5 (71.43%) SSL
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Architect
2 5 (71.43%) Senior
2 5 (71.43%) Senior Architect
2 5 (71.43%) Senior Technical Architect
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) OAuth
1 5 (71.43%) OAuth2
1 5 (71.43%) OpenID
1 5 (71.43%) SAML
1 5 (71.43%) Web Services
1 5 (71.43%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 7 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Microservices
1 7 (100.00%) UML
2 6 (85.71%) Technical Architecture
3 5 (71.43%) BPEL
3 5 (71.43%) Continuous Delivery
3 5 (71.43%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (71.43%) Data Architecture
3 5 (71.43%) Design Patterns
3 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
3 5 (71.43%) SOA
3 5 (71.43%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft