Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Security Architecture
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £473 - -
25th Percentile £545 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £725 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 275 184 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 90.46% 93.88% 85.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 89 101
10th Percentile £170 £305 £250
25th Percentile £359 £358 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -7.22% -11.82%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £588
90th Percentile £596 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 18 7
10th Percentile £13.98 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.31 £17.50
Median hourly rate £27.63 £16.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -16.67% +14.71%
75th Percentile £53.19 £19.94 £26.13
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £32.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £16.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year +18.46% -14.47% +11.76%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Security Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architecture in Newcastle upon Tyne

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (70.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) MongoDB
1 7 (70.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Military
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Architect
1 9 (90.00%) Security Architect
2 5 (50.00%) Senior
2 5 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 5 (50.00%) Senior Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Architect
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) CISSP Architect
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Microservices
2 6 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (40.00%) Application Security
3 4 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (40.00%) Database Security
4 3 (30.00%) Technical Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) DevOps
6 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (10.00%) SABSA
6 1 (10.00%) SDLC
6 1 (10.00%) SIEM
6 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
6 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
6 1 (10.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CISA
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft