Information Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Information Security Architect
North West > Merseyside

The median Information Security Architect daily rate in Merseyside is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
North West median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Merseyside with a recognized job title 305 171 190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 97.16% 96.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 114 105
10th Percentile £147 £129 £165
25th Percentile £211 £193 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £433 £420
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +3.10% -12.41%
75th Percentile £556 £564 £538
90th Percentile £638 £679 £600
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 19
10th Percentile £17.09 - £16.24
25th Percentile £21.83 £12.21 £18.03
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -20.73% +15.79%
75th Percentile - - £35.11
90th Percentile - £21.22 £42.80
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +81.13% -28.14% +18.04%

Information Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Information Security Architect job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Information Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Architect within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Liverpool - 1 £600 - 1
Information Security Architect
North West

Information Security Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 15 August 2026, Information Security Architect contract job roles required 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 Merseyside region featuring Information Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Information Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft