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 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 166 171
Rank change year-on-year -70 +5 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Architect 6 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.092% 0.091% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.097% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile £526 £614 £593
25th Percentile £545 £616 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £638 £660
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% -5.71%
75th Percentile £628 £666 £805
90th Percentile £629 £671 £890
England median daily rate £575 £650 £686
% change year-on-year -11.54% -5.28% -3.68%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 6,004 3,087 4,355
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 93.32% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,567 2,038 2,716
10th Percentile £313 £241 £263
25th Percentile £400 £375 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £480
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% -2.40% -4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £661 £638 £670
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.91% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 166 421
10th Percentile £17.13 £12.79 £11.07
25th Percentile £25.49 £14.34 £12.75
Median hourly rate £47.15 £22.36 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +110.89% +3.99% -28.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £46.89 £46.91
90th Percentile £78.75 £74.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £37.50
% change year-on-year +54.80% -22.48% -16.67%

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
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 29 May 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
North West -31 4 £610 -6.15% 4
Yorkshire - 2 £514 -
Cybersecurity Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, 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 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 2 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) B2B
5 1 (16.67%) B2C
5 1 (16.67%) Biometrics
5 1 (16.67%) Burndown Charts
5 1 (16.67%) CCSP
5 1 (16.67%) CEH
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) CISM
5 1 (16.67%) CISSP
5 1 (16.67%) COBIT
5 1 (16.67%) Confluence
5 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 2 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (16.67%) B2B
5 1 (16.67%) B2C
5 1 (16.67%) Biometrics
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Objectives and Key Results
5 1 (16.67%) Security Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stress Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (16.67%) CCSP
1 1 (16.67%) CEH
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) OSCP
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) COBIT
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) F5
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft