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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 55 67
Rank change year-on-year -9 +12 +27
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 12 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.49% 0.47% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 0.51% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £449 - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £708 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £550 -
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

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 706 395 732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.81% 92.29% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 256 448
10th Percentile £313 £263 £281
25th Percentile £416 £355 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £565 £550 £600
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £455 £490
% change year-on-year +9.89% -7.14% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 21
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £28.86 £12.15
Median hourly rate £14.50 £41.00 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year -64.63% +233.33% -80.32%
75th Percentile £28.75 £97.60 £12.53
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £15.25
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.38 £27.50 £13.02
% change year-on-year -44.09% +111.29% -62.87%

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 27 March 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Azure
2 10 (83.33%) AWS
3 7 (58.33%) IaaS
3 7 (58.33%) PaaS
3 7 (58.33%) SaaS
3 7 (58.33%) Serverless
4 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (25.00%) GCP
5 1 (8.33%) Azure AI
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (8.33%) GitHub
5 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
5 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
5 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) IPsec
1 5 (41.67%) Kerberos
1 5 (41.67%) SSL
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Architect
2 5 (41.67%) Senior
2 5 (41.67%) Senior Architect
2 5 (41.67%) Senior Technical Architect
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Security Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Power Platform Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) OAuth
1 6 (50.00%) OAuth2
2 5 (41.67%) OpenID
2 5 (41.67%) SAML
2 5 (41.67%) Web Services
2 5 (41.67%) XACML
3 1 (8.33%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (8.33%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (16.67%) Public Cloud
3 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) CI/CD
2 9 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 8 (66.67%) DevOps
4 7 (58.33%) Agile
4 7 (58.33%) ArchiMate
4 7 (58.33%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (58.33%) Microservices
4 7 (58.33%) Roadmaps
4 7 (58.33%) UML
5 6 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
6 5 (41.67%) BPEL
6 5 (41.67%) Continuous Delivery
6 5 (41.67%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (41.67%) Data Architecture
6 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
6 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (41.67%) Project Management
6 5 (41.67%) SOA
6 5 (41.67%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Apex Code
2 1 (8.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (25.00%) CCSP
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) GDPR
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (25.00%) NIST
1 3 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (25.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) RACF
2 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) OpenAI
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce