Security Architect Contract Job Trends in the North East

Security Architect
England > North East

The median Security Architect daily rate in the North East is £738, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Architect 13 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 3.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £610 - -
25th Percentile £684 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £667 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -1.26% - -3.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 356 274 240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 89.54% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 140 165
10th Percentile £170 £262 £211
25th Percentile £343 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £452 £445
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% +1.57% -17.59%
75th Percentile £539 £588 £575
90th Percentile £600 £650 £696
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 15
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.25 £15.48
25th Percentile £17.88 £28.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £46.18 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.04% +44.31% +42.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £46.18
90th Percentile £55.00 £58.09 £54.47
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Security Architect job vacancy trend in the North East

Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Architect job vacancies in the North East

Security Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Architect in the North East over the 6 months to 11 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Architect in the North East

Security Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Architect within the North East region over the 6 months to 11 December 2025. 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
Tyne and Wear - 13 £738 - 8
Security Architect
England

Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 11 December 2025, 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 North East region featuring Security Architect in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) AWS
1 9 (69.23%) MongoDB
1 9 (69.23%) PostgreSQL
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Architecture
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) Microservices
3 7 (53.85%) CISSP
4 6 (46.15%) QA
5 5 (38.46%) Architectural Patterns
5 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
6 4 (30.77%) Application Security
6 4 (30.77%) Database Security
6 4 (30.77%) Technical Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
7 1 (7.69%) CISA
7 1 (7.69%) CISM
7 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.69%) DevOps
7 1 (7.69%) Firewall
7 1 (7.69%) GitLab
7 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
7 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
7 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
7 1 (7.69%) NIST
7 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 1 (7.69%) SABSA
7 1 (7.69%) SIEM
7 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management

Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 9 (69.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) MongoDB
1 9 (69.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Security Architecture
2 8 (61.54%) Microservices
3 5 (38.46%) Architectural Patterns
3 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
4 4 (30.77%) Application Security
4 4 (30.77%) Database Security
4 4 (30.77%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
5 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) SABSA
5 1 (7.69%) SIEM
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (7.69%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (7.69%) TOGAF
5 1 (7.69%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) CISA
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft