Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Newport

Security Architecture
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 19 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 13.33% 1.52% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.33% 1.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £245 -
Median % change year-on-year +104.08% - -
South Wales median daily rate £625 £245 £638
% change year-on-year +155.10% -61.57% +16.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £78.25 - -
25th Percentile £79.38 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.38 - -
90th Percentile £84.75 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £82.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30 63 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 100.00% 95.45% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 81
10th Percentile £265 £185 £273
25th Percentile £405 £210 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -27.27% -3.51%
75th Percentile £594 - £638
90th Percentile £713 £518 £650
South Wales median daily rate £413 £406 £450
% change year-on-year +1.54% -9.72% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 29 9
10th Percentile £78.25 £15.20 £13.18
25th Percentile £79.38 £20.12 £27.08
Median hourly rate £82.50 £25.36 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.32% -49.28% +150.00%
75th Percentile £84.38 £47.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £84.75 £50.75 £55.50
South Wales median hourly rate £17.50 £25.18 £29.83
% change year-on-year -30.50% -15.60% +49.16%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Newport

Security Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Security Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) NGFW
1 1 (25.00%) SSL
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) SABSA
1 3 (75.00%) Security Management
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (25.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) GCIH
4 1 (25.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) JSP 440
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (25.00%) Zscaler