Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Security Architecture
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside 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	35	28	-
Rank change year-on-year	-7	-	-
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture	7	1	0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside	2.23%	0.49%	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	2.79%	0.56%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	3	1	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	£792	-
Median % change year-on-year	-24.24%	-	-
North West median daily rate	£565	£716	£650
% change year-on-year	-21.09%	+10.15%	-25.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	251	179	166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside	79.94%	88.18%	70.94%
Number of daily rates quoted	129	108	76
10^th Percentile	£172	£129	£154
25^th Percentile	£300	£163	£211
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	£403	£423
Median % change year-on-year	+5.59%	-4.73%	-8.65%
75^th Percentile	£550	£500	£500
90^th Percentile	£672	£650	£600
North West median daily rate	£500	£450	£475
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-5.26%	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	19	11	8
10^th Percentile	£14.55	-	£16.12
25^th Percentile	£17.90	£12.21	£19.27
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£15.18	£22.88
Median % change year-on-year	+189.59%	-33.64%	+20.39%
75^th Percentile	-	£16.24	£37.00
90^th Percentile	-	£20.79	£44.20
North West median hourly rate	£47.50	£24.88	£40.33
% change year-on-year	+90.90%	-38.30%	+15.21%

Security Architecture Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Security Architecture Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Security Architecture 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 Security Architecture within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 17 October 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	-6	7	£600	-24.24%
Security Architecture North West

Security Architecture Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region with a requirement for Security Architecture.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AWS	100.0%	7
1	Azure	100.0%	7
1	Cloud Security	100.0%	7
1	Microsoft	100.0%	7
5	Architectural Patterns	57.1%	4
5	Cisco	57.1%	4
5	Information Security	57.1%	4
5	Project Delivery	57.1%	4
5	Strategic Thinking	57.1%	4
10	(ISC)2 CCSP	42.9%	3
10	AI	42.9%	3
10	AWS Certification	42.9%	3
10	Azure AI	42.9%	3
10	CCSP	42.9%	3
10	Cisco Certification	42.9%	3
10	CISSP	42.9%	3
10	Data Pipeline	42.9%	3
10	Data Protection	42.9%	3
10	Infrastructure as Code	42.9%	3
10	Machine Learning	42.9%	3
10	Network Security	42.9%	3
10	Risk Assessment	42.9%	3
10	SABSA	42.9%	3
10	Zero Trust	42.9%	3
25	Vulnerability Remediation	14.3%	1

Security Architecture Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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	Cloud Security	100.0%	7
2	Architectural Patterns	57.1%	4
2	Information Security	57.1%	4
2	Project Delivery	57.1%	4
2	Strategic Thinking	57.1%	4
6	AI	42.9%	3
6	Data Pipeline	42.9%	3
6	Data Protection	42.9%	3
6	Infrastructure as Code	42.9%	3
6	Machine Learning	42.9%	3
6	Risk Assessment	42.9%	3
6	SABSA	42.9%	3
6	Zero Trust	42.9%	3
14	Vulnerability Remediation	14.3%	1