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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 9 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.24% - 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £460 - £555
25th Percentile £497 - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £650
75th Percentile £713 - £706
90th Percentile £825 - £725
West Yorkshire median daily rate £575 - £650

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 633 454 797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.31% 88.67% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 281 532
10th Percentile £313 £300 £307
25th Percentile £413 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 7
10th Percentile £14.10 £16.15 £11.11
25th Percentile - £19.37 £11.82
Median hourly rate £14.25 £37.50 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -62.00% +199.28% -76.80%
75th Percentile £16.33 £41.50 £17.25
90th Percentile £39.00 £100.39 £37.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.87 £32.81 £15.50
% change year-on-year -42.49% +111.68% -38.00%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Leeds over the 6 months to 26 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Leeds

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (11.11%) AWS KMS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) GitHub
3 1 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (11.11%) IaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) PaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) IPsec
2 2 (22.22%) Kerberos
2 2 (22.22%) SSL
3 1 (11.11%) BGP
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Architect
2 6 (66.67%) Security Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Power Platform Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) OAuth
1 2 (22.22%) OAuth2
2 1 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (11.11%) OpenID
2 1 (11.11%) SAML
2 1 (11.11%) Visualforce
2 1 (11.11%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (22.22%) Public Cloud
2 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
3 1 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
3 1 (11.11%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
1 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 4 (44.44%) SIEM
3 3 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 3 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Zero Trust
4 2 (22.22%) Compliance Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Privacy
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (22.22%) SDLC
4 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Apex Code
2 1 (11.11%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 3 (33.33%) CCSP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GDPR
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
1 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
1 3 (33.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
1 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) OpenAI
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce