Cybersecurity Architect Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Cybersecurity Architect
England > North of England

The median Cybersecurity Architect daily rate in the North of England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 156 200
Rank change year-on-year -31 +44 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 7 11 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.17% 0.27% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.29% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £486 £605 £529
25th Percentile £530 £613 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.04% -20.97%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £678
90th Percentile £685 £645 £706
England median daily rate £600 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,840 3,804 4,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.17% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,543 2,079 3,208
10th Percentile £219 £263 £263
25th Percentile £369 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £569 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 231 219
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.22 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.00 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +19.49% +28.24%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £62.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Cybersecurity Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Cybersecurity Architect job vacancy trend in the North of England

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Architect job vacancies in the North of England

Cybersecurity Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Architect in the North of England

Cybersecurity Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Architect within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Yorkshire -23 5 £550 -8.33% 2
North West -16 2 £650 -
Cybersecurity Architect
England

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Cybersecurity 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 of England region featuring Cybersecurity Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (28.57%) Secrets Management
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) OAuth
3 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) SAML
4 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Certification
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) LDAP
4 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
4 1 (14.29%) GxP
4 1 (14.29%) Kerberos
4 1 (14.29%) Data Security
4 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) SSH

Cybersecurity Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Kerberos
1 1 (14.29%) SSH
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) OAuth
1 2 (28.57%) SAML
2 1 (14.29%) LDAP
2 1 (14.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Secrets Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 1 (14.29%) Application Security
4 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Data Security
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISM
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Certification
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) GxP
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP